roughbarked said:

kii said:

buffy said:

Perhaps they did just chuck an incense stick on the fire. Which reminds me…I haven’t burnt incense for some time. I used to light a stick in the kitchen at Casterton when I went over there for gardening. Mr buffy doesn’t like the smell. I do, I like the sandalwood ones (never liked patchouli at all). However, now it’s been brought back to my attention, once we are out of the fire restrictions ( posted for 1/5/26), I could light a stick outside the window of the library/office/sewing room and I’d get the drift without the complaints.

It seems that Google coughed up the answer. Scented firestarters are a thing. You can even make your own or buy cute ones from Etsy.
The neighbours had their backyard landscaped over summer, then had their engagement party a month or so ago. The firepit was part of that work..
I can imagine they received gifts that might have included scented firestarters from Etsy.
The smoke was not sandalwood*, it was a floral and musky scent.

*despite roughbarked’s insistence that he knows better than dumb dumb idiot me

Well I didn’t know tthat. If it was gathered from the bush and smelt like incense almost aywhere inland AU, it will be sandalwood..

Jaysus fecking Chris…I can’t even begin to respond to those comments without wanting to scream.
You turn the blame onto me because you made random assumptions about a suburban backyard firepit.
Fuck off.