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| Second review - scroll down for earlier |
I have burned a lot of Balarama incense since I first reviewed this in 2017, and these sticks - while shorter than usual, are typically Balarama. Bright, modern, sweet, commercial scent on the stick. Easy going, fun, and inviting. The Balarama website is currently up and running (which it wasn't when I first reviewed these), and they show the Spiritual Sky incense in the flat packs which us old hippies remember it being sold in back in the early Seventies. The scent on the sticks does remind me of the old Spiritual Sky - bright, modern, sweet, and inviting.
The scent on the burn is a little quiet and smoky - more smouldering sawdust than bright perfume, which is a shame, as the promise of the scent on the stick is quite joyful and interesting. There is little awareness of frankincense or myrrh anywhere - neither on the stick nor on the burn.
The scent on the burn is a little quiet and smoky - more smouldering sawdust than bright perfume, which is a shame, as the promise of the scent on the stick is quite joyful and interesting. There is little awareness of frankincense or myrrh anywhere - neither on the stick nor on the burn.
Date: Nov 2024 Score: 25
Average of the two reviews: 30
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| First review |
Spiritual Sky was THE incense of the Seventies, and every aging hippy will remember it with great fondness. It was originally made by the Krishna Temple in California, but after financial troubles the brand was sold. It has had over 14 owners, and there are many versions available, as I wrote about in this post from 2013. None of them are very good, and none are anywhere near the original. This is a new version to me. It is made by Balarama, a Thailand company, who - according to this article, took over Spiritual Sky, but went bankrupt in the 1990s. The Balarama website is no longer working, though from this archive page on The Wayback Machine, they did sell Spiritual Sky and a range of other brands as well, including Divine Spirit, which may or not be the same as the Divine Spirit I reviewed in 2013. There seem to be links between Balarama, Ancient Wisdom, and Emporium. [Added 2024]: Balarama of Thailand is in business, they are quite possibly also the source for Kuumba incense.
Anyway, I bought these from Just Aromatherapy, and some of the scents I ordered were not available and were substituted, so it may be that when supplies are gone, they will be gone. They are foil wrapped. They are a paste applied to a bamboo, which is then rolled in a brown masala powder. They are quite pleasant, and are indeed, the most pleasant of the non-original Spiritual Sky incense I have tried - they are quite sweet and yummy, like the originals. This Frankincense & Myrrh however doesn't smell anything like frankincense or myrrh. It smells like the foil wrapped Mystic Incense Pink Sugar. It's nice, whatever its original.
Date: Sept 2017 Score: 35
Average of the two reviews: 30
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