Short (15cm) incense sticks made in Thailand, dipped in perfume and dyes. They look lovely, and are packaged with a feather; the aroma from the pack is sugar sweet, rather like many UK dipped and coloured incense. Imported by Windhorse, an "ethically traded giftware" company: trade only, which was formed in 1980 originally as a market stall in Cambridge. Bought off Amazon for £2.99 including postage. There's about 80 in a pack - 65g. Normally an incense stick weighs about 1g - sometimes more; as these are a little shorter, you get more than 65 for 65g. When burned the scent is typical of Nepal incense: burning grass and dried cow pats. Quite earthy and organic. But not really my thing. I prefer my scents to be a little more refined, interesting and attractive. As the burning scent is in complete contrast to the appearance and pack scent, there is an uncomfortable dissonance.
Date: June 2014 Score: 21
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