Revisiting again as part of a random sampling. Hmmm. The mineral/chemical notes are fairly plain and mildly sharp. And there's a fusty sense of old ladies perfumed knickers. I'm kind of up and down with this incense. It's not exactly terrible, but it's not exactly great either.
Date: Oct 2018 Score: 23
Machine made perfume-dipped charcoal. Spicy slightly sharp rolling tobacco. Lots of top notes, some citric, some benzoin, moth balls, stale rose perfume, etc. I'm not sure this is a misspelling of blackcurrant - there is something sombre and almost spooky about this. Other than the top citric notes, I'm not getting much in the way of fruit or sweetness, though I could be persuaded into thinking there was a sense of warm Ribena present in the mix. There is a mineral quality, such as you get with benzoin. This is a black incense indeed. Kinda interesting.
Date: June 2018 Score: 30
This is sold with the "from the makers of Sai Bhajan" mark on the box, but is not marked as being part of the Premium 12 Rupee series. It is, as with the other 12 Rupee scents, a perfume-dipped charcoal, proving an acceptable everyday incense. I didn't like it at first, finding the scent a little too much like ready rubbed tobacco - a little crude and serious. Trying it again now I am finding it a little more likeable. I can pick up the fruit notes, which I can be persuaded are reminiscent of blackcurrant (if that is the intention - there is an image of currants or other fruit on the pack, but the spelling is for an energy force such as a tidal current or electric current) , but on the whole this is not a scent that excites or lifts me.
Date: Oct 2017 Score: 20
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