How many kinds of spices are there at present Spices are divided into natural spices and synthetic spices, and there are about 1500 kinds of these spices. Generally speaking, spice refers to the rich fragrance of the bark, resin, wood, roots, leaves, flowers and fruits made of raw materials for incense. According to the different raw materials can be divided into sandalwood, Shen incense, cloves, tulips, naphtha, lavender incense, benzoin and other rich types and even animal secretions formed by the incense such as ambergris, musk and so on. Most of the spices produced in the hot climate of the region due to the tropical region of the human body is prone to produce body dirt and bad smell, so in order to eliminate body odor in ancient times will be made of locally produced incense wood spices applied to the body known as the coating incense or incense burning material to fumigate indoor and clothing known as incense burning or incense fumigation. One of the spices used to apply incense perfume, fragrance oil, incense and other burning incense used in the materials have pills, incense, wipe incense, practice incense, incense and so on.