Incense in The Wind: Nandita Fragrances of Mumbai

Monday 7 May 2018

Nandita Fragrances of Mumbai

Nandita Fragrances of Mumbai offer a full range of natural incenses, including bakhoor and dhoop cups. They also do one of my favourite incenses, Nandita Wood Spice, so I am keen to explore further. The company was founded by Sri. K.Y. Acharya (1928-2010), and is based in Mumbai, with a retail store in Udupi, where Acharya was born.

On their website they say:

Nandita Fragrances is the leading manufacturer and exporter of Pure & Natural Premium Hand rolled Incense Sticks. We specialise in Natural Masala Incense using Rare Herbs, Resins, Essential oils etc.
Our Incense are exported to more than 40 countries all over the world.
Nandita Products does not contain restricted forest produce or any species of wild fauna and flora which are listed in the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna & Flora.

I like Nandita incense. They do decent proper job masala with an aim to be eco-friendly. And there is something quiet and understated about them. The packaging is always neat and tasteful. They don't tend to do showy incense, they make fairly simple but attractive incense with quality natural ingredients. The scents are traditional in nature, unassuming, and very attractive. Not harsh, not assertive, not too sweet nor too woody. Just right.

Nandita are distributed to Western markets by importers such as WonderIncense in the UK and WonderImports in Australia. The packets are made up for the Western market.

They focus on masala incense in standard boxes, though perfumes/oils are used in the masala sticks.