Emporium incense (out of business)

EmporiumUK.biz are were a UK (Rochdale) based importing business who also have had their own "cottage"  incense factories in Calcutta. [Added 2024:] The company was founded in 1997, but got into financial problems in 2019, and was formally closed in 2021, though continued to sell "clearance stock" via FaceBook. 

They distributed incense, and also had their own brands which are made in India and Thailand. Among their brands were Divine Spirit  and the small Spiritual Sky.  They were at the budget end of the market, offering retailers an option of cheaply made and novelty incense for customers who simply wish for something basic, though they also sold masala incense. 

Reviews

All reviews are over five years old so may not be reliable. 

Impressions 
Premiere Incense Gift Pack

May 2015 - Score: 25

Christmas Time incense 
Aug 2013 - Score: 25

Dream Catcher Magnolia

April 2015 - Score: 25

Time & Again Scorpio Ocean Dreams 
Feb 2017 - Score: 20

Spiritual Sky

May 2013 - Score: 20

Dream Catcher Cannabis

April 2015 - Score: 20

Mystic Scents Lemon 
June 2018 - Score: 19

Emporium Mystic Scents Frank Incense (P)
May 2019 - Score: 19

Emporium Mystic Scents White Musk (P)
May 2019 - Score: 19

Divine Spirit (13 different aromas)

May 2013 - Score: 18

Dream Catcher Frankincense

March 2015 - Score: 09

Incense tried: 11
Highest score: 25
Lowest score: 09
Average: 17

Conclusion: Cheap and nasty. Incense can be basic and still decent, but Emporium cut costs too much, and made products that I should imagine few people wanted to buy again. Emporium are an example of the sort of cheap perfume-dipped incense that gives perfume-dipped incense a bad name. Not all perfume-dipped incense is like this. 

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