Aromatika Palo Santo Incense Cones

 

I've had good experience of Aromatika incense - some of their incense is in my top drawer. However, I'm not impressed with these "natural masala" cones. They are not natural masala, they are perfumed. The image on the boxes is that the cones are coloured according to the scent. Well, none of mine are  - mine are all same undyed raw colour. The boxes are all sealed, and the plastic bags inside are all unbroken Aromatika bags, so these are Aromatika cones. There is a possibility that this is a rogue bunch, and what I have got is not what is supposed to be in the boxes, but when we come to the  7 Chakras box the interior contains different coloured cones, as it appears it is supposed to be. So it doesn't appear to be a mistake. Perhaps there is a rogue distributor who has carefully replaced all the Aromatika masala cones with Aromatika perfumed cones (the company makes both, and perfumed are always cheaper). I somehow doubt that - it seems very involved - and what on earth would they then do with all the masala cones? So, I have to assume that the company wanted to produce some masala cones in different colours, but in the end opted for undyed perfume-dipped cones, but didn't want to waste the boxes they already had printed. That seems more likely. 

Palo Santo is a fragrant wood from the bursera graveloens tree, which is in the same family as the trees which produce frankincense and myrrh. I bought some palo santo woods a while back, but haven't yet got round to reviewing them. The cone has a volatile mineral, candy, citric, mint, caramel, and cigarette-ash aroma.  When burning the scent is light and soon dominated by the base material, and is a little smoky. The cone doesn't last too long.  Not impressive. 

Date: Jan 2021   Score:  20

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