Mysore Sugandhi 777 Chandan

Tube of  approximately twenty 777 Chandan incense sticks by  Mysore Sugandhi Dhoop Factory of Bangalore, bought from Asian Cookshop for 45p. Neatly machine dipped - smooth, round and tidy chocolate brown on a pinky-red bamboo stick. Sweet aroma from the box, slight soapy perfume and a bit of pine loo block. Scent on burning is like stale old ladies rose perfume. It's a modest, cheap, aroma. Not offensive, but not appealing either - though tends closer to the offensive than the appealing. There's little sense of the sandalwood.

The tube design is attractive, and - apart from a change of name from 666 to 777 - the tube design has apparently not changed in 35 years. I doubt if the incense is made the same way - I should assume that back in 1978 the sticks were hand rolled, and were made from natural ingredients, rather than the synthetic perfumes that appear to be used now.

Other than the dyed bamboo stick, this is the same as  Aargee Sandalwood (tube series).

Date: May 2013 Score: 22

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