Incense In The Wind

Radiating Incense In The Wind - a painting by Hai Linh Le

Saturday 3 April 2021

SAC Arcangel San Miguel (Arruda - 7 Arcangels)

 

San Miguel Arcangel (or Arcangel Miguel, as it appears in my set) is one of a set of  7 Arcangels - seven archangel themed incenses sold by SAC, either individually or as part of a set of seven. 


SAC are a successful incense manufacturer, producing a range of cheap and popular perfumed and masala incenses. This Arcangels range is crudely made charcoal based perfume-dipped incense. The intention here is not heavenly, spiritual, or aroma-therapy incense, but simple everyday room and mood enhancers. Some people burn incense as a special treat, some burn it as an every day, all day pleasure, and others (like me!) do both. This incense is for those who burn incense as a simple everyday pleasure.  

The scent is "Arruda", which is the herb common rue, which has a variety of uses, including as a food flavouring, a folk medicine used as an antidote for snake poison, or to improve eyesight, as a symbol of virginity and purity, and as an insect repellent. When reduced to an essential oil, the active ingredient is 2-Undecanone, which is used in perfumery to support floral notes. 

Miguel is Saint Michael, one of the prominent archangels, along with Gabriel, and Raphael. He fought successfully against Satan, so is seen as a protector.  The wording onb my packet reads: "Prince of Presence. I am who protect you and guide you on Sunday. I help you with the Energy of Divine Love. I release you of pain and suffering, problems and difficulties, as well as oppressive thoughts." 

It's a pleasant everyday scent. The aroma is familiar, but I can't quite pin it down. It's not highly floral or woody - it's quite a mineral scent, fairly neutral. Some suggestion of lavender. Quite cleansing and invigorating. A good scent for the start of the day. 


Date: April 2021   Score: 25 
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SAC (Sandesh)


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  1. Steve Pereira5 April 2021 at 01:43

    I like Satya. Decent quality masala incense, easily available and sold at good prices. They have had some flack from certain incense fans who speculate about the diminishing quality due to not using halmaddi any more, but that is a misunderstanding. After the father died, the two brothers took over the company. The brother who was in control of distribution decided to break out on his own. The other brother keeping the factory. As the distribution brother did not have the factory, and knew little about the making of incense, for a while quality did drop in the incense he was selling (mostly in America where he had the contacts - there was less of an impact in the UK and other parts of the world). The brother with the factory then took him to court because he was bringing down the reputation of the family name. The brothers came to an agreement, and all the Satya incense is now back to the quality it has always been. The quality of the incense from the brother with the factory never diminished. It had nothing to do with supplies of Halmaddi, as - even though the Indian government banned the harvesting of halmaddi in certain plantations for a while (now relaxed), halmaddi was still available to import.

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