Prabhuji's Gifts Vishudda Chakra Throat Energy Center Communication & Wisdom Oriental Woods & Amber

 

Fourth of the single stick samples from Padma Store in Germany of Prabhuji's Gifts masala incense in their Chakra range. I liked the first sample, and enjoyed the scents on the stick of the others, but felt that those scents did not come through on the burn. All the stick appear to be made the same way: a fragrant charcoal paste has been hand rolled onto a bamboo splint, either hand cut or, as here, machine cut, and then dyed pink. A pleasantly fragrant finishing powder has been rolled onto the wet paste to prevent the sticks from clinging together. The consistency of the paste varies from moist and crumbly, though soft and crumbly to this which is fairly rock hard. The amount of paste on each stick is fairly modest. Each stick has a pleasant fragrance suggestive of essential oils and/or perfume. The scent on this stick is, as with the others, modestly pleasant and promising. It has a creamy sandalwood and floral tone, with some mild hints of halmaddi - a floral halmaddi. 

As with the others, the scent on the burn is less delightful than the scent on the stick. None of the burn scents are unpleasant as such, simply a little crude compared to the stick scents, and fairly dry, spicy, and prickly -  akin to the earthy plant based incenses of Tibet. Dry incenses are not among my favourites. This does have some OK woody notes, though it remains fairly simplistic, and doesn't take me anywhere.  

 

On looking up details on this, I find that the name is Communication & Wisdom, and the scents are  Oriental Woods and Amber. I'm certainly getting the wood, and - yes - the amber, now my attention has been drawn to it. There are moments of sweeter warmth with a sense of herbs and hedges. Mild, but giving the whole a little more interest. I'm liking this a little more than I was anticipating after the previous two in this Chakra series. 

Date: March 2022   Score: 24