A DESIGNED INCENSE (100) COMPRISING AN INNER LAYER (102) HAVING ON ITS SURFACE A DECORATIVE DESIGN (103) AN OUTER LAYER (101) WHICH COVERS THE DESIGN ON THE INNER LAYER (102) AND FALLS AWAY FROM THE INNER LAYER (102) WHEN BURNT TO REVEAL THE DESIGN (103) AND A CORE STICK (105) INTEGRAL WITH THE INNER LAYER (102) OF THE INCENSE (100) WHEREIN AT LEAST ONE OF THE INNER OR OUTER LAYERS (101, 102) IS MADE OF AN INCENSE COMPOSITION, AND THE INNER LAYER (102) IS OF LOWER FLAMMABILITY THAN THAT OF THE OUTER LAYER (101).