Satya (Mumbai) Golden Era

 

Second review - scroll down for earlier

Sample of Satya's Golden Era from a box stored up in the attic of my overflow incense. It's a typical Satya incense. I wouldn't know on a blind taste test which of the brothers had made this - indeed, I'm not sure I could pick it out from other Bangalore made incenses. It's a fairly standard decent quality Bangalore masala incense stick. The scent on the stick is sandalwood and fruit with some elements of coconut. Rather attractive. 

The scent on the burn is woody, warm, and familiar. When I reviewed this in 2019 I said "This is a damn good incense, though it doesn't really rock my boat.", and I scored it 36. Since then I have burned and reviewed over 1,100 different incenses, a fair number of which are similar to this. Now, bottom line, this is a good incense, and is good value for money, and I'm happy to burn this at any time, but the more incenses that a person burns which basically do the same thing, and produce roughly the same fragrance, the less interesting that scent becomes. 

Date: Dec 2025    Score: 32

First review

I bought a big stock of Nagraj Setty's Mumbai Satya incense about a year ago with the intention of comparing them with Balkrishna Setty's Bangalore incense. I am now working my way through them. Most of the packets of Nagraj's incense contain a sample packet of Golden Era.

Warm, sensual, mostly sandalwood, with some wooly halmaddi. Yeah, there's a retro or "golden age" vibe going on with the mix of sandalwood and halmaddi. This is a damn good incense, though it doesn't really rock my boat.


Date: Aug 2019     Score:   36

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Satya (Shrinivas Sugandhalaya)