Ganesha Amber

Budget priced incense sticks imported by Cha Cha Dum Dum, an ethnic gifts company founded in Kensington in 1968. Cha Cha sell them wholesale for 20p a packet (30 sticks per packet), and they can be bought online from eBay or  incense-essentials  for around 60p a pack. The packs are flat, stiff paper, with rather crude but pleasant Indian designs. The packs are the same across the brand range, with the fragrance being identified by the shade of colour of the pack, and the name in a box near the bottom. The only writing is "Ganesha 30 Natural Incense Sticks" on the front and "Produced in India" on the back. The sticks are hand-rolled onto plain bamboo, and the incense paste is green. The stick has been perfumed dipped and smells soapy and faintly of amber, but in a soapy, artificial  sort of way. Not like real, gritty, exciting amber. 

It burns pleasantly. Soft, amber-toned perfume. It's a modest, moderate scent, quite relaxing and peaceful. There's a sense of the artificial about it, and as it's attempting to  imitate a basic natural scent, that seems rather silly. But it's a cheap incense, so one can't expect too much. Not an incense that I will be looking to buy again, but pleasant enough, and good value.

[2024 comment:] These old and originally very cheap, poor quality sticks are being sold on the RedBuddha website for £2.99 a packet. 


Date: Oct 2013   Score: 23

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Cha Cha Dum Dum

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