Deepika Fragrance

 

Deepika Fragrance is based in Bangalore, and is run by a Hindu family, headed by Harish Gupta, with the contact person being  Ajay Gupta. They have a shop on 1st Block, Rajajinagar, in Bangalore.  [2025: I no longer think the shop photos are related to Deepika] 

Amazon sell a package of five boxes of Deepika cones plus a Satya box for £7.  The Satya is a crude fake.  There is a website listed on the Deepika boxes, but it is not active, and some attempts to reach it have led to spoof sites, so be careful!  

The five Deepika boxes plus the 
fake Satya Nag Champa

The Deepika boxes say they are masala cones, but they present and burn as sawdust cones with perfume. On the whole they are everyday incense, not top end stuff, but certainly quite acceptable.  I wasn't that keen at first, but over time got to respect their sturdy quality. 

Deepika Black Opium Masala Cones
Score: 32

 

Deepika White Sage Masala Cones
Score: 29

Deepika Sandalwood Masala Cones
Score: 26

Deepika Dragon Blood Masala Cones
Score: 23

 

Deepika Palo Santo Masala Cones
Score: 21

Scents reviewed: 5
Highest: 32
Lowest: 21
Average:  26

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Deepika Dragon Blood Masala Cones

 

Fruity and spicy aroma on the cone. Clove I think. It's a bit like a fruit punch as a party. Yeah. Orange and clove mainly. 

I have come to the view that none of these Deepika Masala Cones are actually masala. They present and burn like sawdust based perfumed cones. The aroma of this is OK, especially at the start - the top of the cone - but as it burns down so more of the base material, the sawdust, makes itself felt. And that is what we have been finding as we have burned the others. And after the cones have finished there is just a dirty air, an ash scent, left lingering rather than the wholesome scent that is left after a masala incense, cone or stick, has been burned. 

So, overall, not that impressed. This is a modest bottom end everyday incense - borderline with  a toilet air freshener. Not one to buy again. 

Date: Aug 2022    Score: 23 

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