We finished off the pack in the outhouse. The sticks give the appearance of masala, though present more as softly perfumed when burned. The sticks are extruded rather than hand rolled. The scent while burning is modest, mildly attractive, and gives a sense of perfume. There is a modestly likeable after scent. These are decent everyday sticks. The "Flora" in the name tends to indicate a masala incense - I am assuming these are perfumed masala.
Date: May 2023 - Score: 27
Date: May 2023 - Score: 27
Re-reviewing this Hari Om mixed masala pack, and I'm enjoying it more than I did last year. I think that's perhaps because I'm appreciating masala incense more this year than last, and this is a decent everyday masala incense that is quite pleasant to burn at any time. It is softer than some masala incense aimed at the West, with a softer, more subtle use of halmaddi. The white pack has the least halmaddi, while the green seems to have the most.
Yeah, this is OK.
Date: July 2018 Score: 32
This is part of the 12 Rupee series, but unlike the others this is not perfume dipped, but proper job masala incense. There are three fragrances - all of them marked as "Flora" and then a colour: Purple, Green, and Red. But the packets inside are coloured green, yellow and white. The sticks are colour dyed: green, orange, and the yellow pack is undyed, apart from the tips which are orange. Ha! None of it makes sense - what random, delicious fun!
The green pack has a lot of volatile scent on the stick - quite tickly! There's orange peel and beech wood - very interesting and promising! It burns well - nice and slowly with a decent enough woody scent. I'm not picking up much in the way of floral notes, and the wood scent feels a little cheap and crude - think beech chips rather than cedarwood or agarwood, but is certainly quite acceptable.
Score; 29
The white pack (orange dyed sticks) appear to be machine made from a masala type paste which had dried hard. The scent on this is not volatile, and is quite restrained compared to the other two. It has a faint, but pleasant perfume which is a little old fashioned, like Yardley. It's OK.
Score: 26
The yellow pack like the green has a volatile aroma, quite woody, perfumed, but also slightly fruity. The scent when burned is slightly smoky, and reasonably pleasant, with musky and sandalwood notes. This is an OK everyday room freshener; it's not special, but it's OK, and I'll be happy to burn it to clean up a room and give it some warmth. .
Score: 29
There is a similarity between this pack and Mahendra Sai Jyoti, which is also a 3 in 1 pack of floral incense, and uses the same name - Jyothi or Jyoti (which means "divine light"). This Hari Om, however, is a better quality pack than the Mahendra.
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