The Story of Heung Yau
"Heung Yau" is a Hong Kong local incense brand founded in 2022.
Hong Kong, once renowned for its agarwood, a place named after "Incense"( Incense pronouns as "Heung/Hong" in Cantonese) . HEUNG YAU means a hill fills with incense. We aspire to revive the traditional methods of incense-making with innovative ideas, crafting a variety of natural and beneficial incense products. Our aim is to reintroduce incense as a symbol of Hong Kong, a unique product capturing the essence of the city.
Heung Yau
The name "Heung Yau" is inspired by Hong Kong. It conveys the hope that Heung Yau can become a worry-free hill in everyone's heart, a safe haven you can always rely on. The brand aims to make "incense" once again a symbol representing Hong Kong.
Isabelle Cheng
Gin, Lee Lap Ki
Ah Crab
Founder of Heung Yau
Isabelle and Gin are the founder and co-founder of Heung Yau . Both graduated in Creative Media from the City University of Hong Kong, they gained experience in various sectors of the creative industry.
Later, Isabelle discovered that aromatic wood helped to heal her own emotional issues as well as those of her kitty, Ah Crab. This sparked her deep devotion to studying the incense art, through which she uncovered the historical connection between Hong Kong and aromatic materials.
Driven by this passion, they founded Heung Yau, with the aspiration to start from "Incense" and integrate the miraculous healing power of nature into daily living environments, thus continuing the story of Hong Kong, aromatic wood, and Heung Yau.