The Mother's India Fragrances Sattva

There's a clear tobacco scent about this, and a particular tobacco - St Julien Empire Blend, a Virginia tobacco grown in South Africa - it is a sweet, juicy scent with enough spice to contrast the sweetness and keep up the interest. There are hints of chocolate and cedarwood, and moments of sweet musk - quite a masculine smell. I really like this. It is a scent that is a pleasure to inhale - like a good wine or brandy. I'm not sure that it creates a mood for me - it seems mood neutral, and I'm not sure how it could be best used to enhance the house. It seems, really, to be a scent on its own. A scent just for itself - like a pipe tobacco scent. You wouldn't use a pipe tobacco scent for any reason other than to smell it.

Sattva is one of three key states in Hindu philosophy - there is a neutral state, an imbalanced state, and a balanced, creative, positive state. The positive state is sattva.  The Greater Goods (importers of the incense) website describes the scent as "woody and floral" - they feel it is "a modern fragrance, bold and confident yet balanced and pure."

I like it, though feel it perhaps has a limited attraction as it doesn't take me out of myself, and it doesn't lift me. This is one that is perhaps best suited to be burned in short spells just for the pleasure of the scent. Maybe it is for moments in a favourite old chair in the garden shed with a dark beer and a moody detective novel.

Date: Aug 2017   Score: 32

The Mother's India Fragrances