99p for a hex box of 20 sticks from Incense-man.co.uk. The box is attractively and richly decorated with a painting of the trees from which frankincense and myrrh both come, along with a photo of the resins. The sticks are well rolled on decent and consistently sized dyed yellow sticks. The paste is charcoal paste, and is then rolled in a beige powder. The aroma is honey and pollen and sherbet. The stick burns slowly and evenly producing a soft and pleasant smoke. The aroma is mild, and doesn't strike me as either frankincense or myrrh, and can be a little hot and harsh at the edges, but is on the whole sweet and attractive with a musk and sandalwood base. There is halmaddi in this incense.
The sticks are made by Sandesh Agarbathi Co (SAC) of Bangalore, a company founded as a cottage industry in 1970, which has developed the capacity to make 2,700 hand-rolled sticks an hour if required. The company produces a wide range of traditional scented incense sticks.
I have been pleasantly impressed by the relaxing aroma of FrankIncense Myrrh, and shall look out for more SAC products.
Date: July 2017 Score: 33
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