The aroma on the sticks is quite nostalgic - reminds me of my hippy days. This is a proper job masala, but not the best. On burning it comes over as a bit crude and hot and sharp. If it burned how it smells on the stick this would be great, but as it is, it's a bit crude and limited.
Date: May 2019 Score: 28
Picked this up in a local Southampton hippy shop, The Loft Ladder, upstairs at Marlands. There's nothing about who makes it on the box, but I found out that Golden Tree Nag Champa is brand name of UK distributor Ancient Wisdom. It's a masala incense with some prickly woolly halmaddi in the ingredients - but not so much that it irritates me unduly. On the stick there's a candy shop aroma - really sweet and jammy, quite lovely. It's somewhat more woody when burning - but fairly thin and acidic. It says there are eleven different ingredients including frankincense and amber; and I don't doubt that, but it's mostly an acidic fairly vinegary note that dominates. Some musty sandalwood underneath, but not quality sandalwood. It's a little bit sawdusty. Some damp beech wood. It's OK, but just a little too sharp for me. If it burned like it smells on the stick, or if it had a more prominent frankincense and amber aroma, I would like it a lot more. As it is, it's not a failure, but it's not one to really excite me. Decent job though.
Date: Dec 2017 Score: 30
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