Stamford Mythical Black Incense Fairy's Mist

Modestly sweet and pleasant, but a bit clunky and damp and old fashioned. OK for the toilet.


Date: Aug 2019   Score: 22

There's a sherbet sweet, slightly medicinal, slightly acidic scent on the cone which is reasonably pleasant, but also slightly volatile and chemical like. On burning it smells like cheap old fashioned perfume, what my wife calls "Old ladies' knickers". It has a sort of sharp lingering damp rose smell which catches in the throat.

I don't particularly like this. There appears to be little difference between this and some cheap and nasty air freshener spray.

Date: Oct 2016    Score: 18

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Stamford Mythical Black Incense Demon's Lust

From the sublime to the ridiculous. Unicorn's Grace was a lovely incense, full of sweetness and charm, while this Demon's Lust is just another bog-standard cheap cone which has no scent, only the smell of the base material. There is a pleasant violet aroma on the cone, and that may account for the lack of scent when burning, as the chemical component of violets that produces the scent is ionone, which then binds to the scent receptors in the nose and shuts them off to that scent temporarily. It may be that there is so much ionone in the cone, or a particular quirk of burning it, means that it immediately switches off the scent receptors, so all that can be smelt is the base material. Anyway, not much cop these cones. On a level with the bargain basement stuff you can buy off eBay in various gaudy colours.

Date: Oct 2016   Score: 19

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Stamford Mythical Black Incense Unicorn's Grace

Unicorn's Grace is part of  the Mythical series by Stamford that I dubbed "Black Magic" before I knew the official name. The full set of 12 scents is available from Bargain Shop on Amazon for £12.38 including postage. There are twelve cones in each box, along with one of those thin metal stands which are actually little use as the heat goes through them. Our family love the mythical theme of the series, and my daughter chose this one to burn first as she loves unicorns. It has a rose and grassy aroma touched with some sandalwood. The blurb on the box says: "Adore the mythical aroma of aloe vera in Unicorn's Grace, its magical presence is sure to transport you to a serene and tranquil land." It is relaxing, and very pleasant. The scent on the cones is sweet, jammy and sherbet like with some herby, medicine-like peaks.

Made in India by an unknown source, these are not charcoal perfumed-dipped cones, but cones made by hand from natural fragrant ingredients. These are lovely.

Date: Oct 2016   Score: 36

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