Sifcon 100 Incense Sticks With Holder Vanilla Frost

Burns for approx 1 hour, so you can get 4 days of non-stop burning from this one packet, which I bought for £1.49. These are OK sticks. Not heavenly, but certainly a decent scent, with a decent formulation so that the sticks burn slowly and evenly, releasing the scent without the harm that comes from an hot or fast burn. As with the other Sifcon "Sticks With Holder" packs, the sticks are 10 inches long, crude hand cut bamboo splints, thinly hand-rolled charcoal paste covered with a fine brown wood powder. The scent on the stick is mildly volatile and menthol, though has a pleasing vanilla ice-cream scent.  These sticks are at least four years old so the perfume will have evaporated a bit during that time, reducing the impact of the aroma, and changing the structure of the perfume accord. I have noticed that it is generally the higher notes that are most strained over time. Despite that, this still presents as an attractive scent with pleasing sweet vanilla notes. The scent is a little faint though, and I have to do some wafting to pick it up. On the whole, this is impressive that it has lasted so long.  Available from a variety of sellers, such as CuriositySwanage, who sell this and five other scents for £1.95 a pack.  Excellent value for money as a decent everyday perfumed incense. 

Date: Nov 2023   Score: 28   (Average of two reviews: 32) 

First review

Oooh - this works. There's a yummy, earthy, sweet, coconut, vanilla, white chocolate, bubblegum and ice-cream aroma on the stick that is very promising, and the burn, while not quite matching the promise as it introduces too much of the core ingredients into the fragrance, doesn't disappoint. The aroma gently drifts around the house and lifts the home into a warm, welcoming place. Long burning sticks. This is damn good stuff. And the price is awesome. Check out your local hardware shop to see if they stock it - and if they are not, suggest to them that they should. This is just what you want from an everyday perfumed incense.


Date: April 2019  Score:  36

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Sifcon International

Vanilla

100 Incense Sticks With Holder