Cenacle Mount Athos Cypress Tree

 

Cenacle are a British based online Catholic book and gift store who sell Christian-associated incense such as Prinknash Abbey resins, and others. 

Mount Athos is a Greek peninsular-island named after the mountain at its far end. It is a religious area with 20 monasteries, and, like the Vatican, it has  autonomy to run things its own way, which means only men over the age of 18 are allowed to visit. Incense made in the area is popular among Catholics.  

This resin is Cenacle's own branded Mount Athos Cypress Tree incense, which is frankincense resin mixed with fragrant powders and essential oils made by the Mount Athos monks. 

It is lemony, balsamic, pine elements, quite fresh and lively; hints of lavender and mineral and that "ozone at the seaside" smell, which is actually DMS.  As it develops deeper into the resin there's a food orientated scent which is perhaps best described as doughnut: warm, doughy, moderately sweet. 

Though pleasant, the aroma impact was quite modest. The incense was resolving quite slowly in my old burner, so I changed to my new faster burner, but even that couldn't work the incense effectively. I will try this again later with some charcoal. But as it stands, it is a reasonably pleasant incense which initially impresses with the light, citric aromas, moves attractively into floral, mineral notes, and settles into a warm doughnut.  Very likeable. 


Date: Sept 2021    Score: 32 

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