There is a very pleasant and fairly authentic oud aroma on the stick. The sticks are neatly machine made from a charcoal blend with a fine coating of fragrant melnoorva powder. The scent comes from a perfume or essential oil. The aroma on the burn is a little dry and spicy and quite woody (or even wooden). I'm not getting too much of the oud. It's more like a Tibetan incense than a Persian.
On the whole we've not been that impressed with this one. It's OK, a sort of lower end everyday incense. The packaging is attractive and well made. The sticks are kept inside an inner paper packet placed inside a stiff card box which slides open. It gives a feel of a quality product.
Available in the UK from DMRLS for £1.80; WitchesSage for £2.00; OMGI for £2.69; or ScentedAndMore for £3.50; and in the US from PrabhujisGifts for $3.38.
Date: Oct 2022 Score: 22
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I tried two other's form this line and didn't like them. They are not offensive to me but also just not good. I find them very perfumy. I got Oud Topaz and Dehn al Oud and they both smell like a veriation of oldfashioned male cologne for me.
ReplyDeleteWhat rubs me the wrong way is that the icon on the back suggests it's hand rolled while it is clearly extruded.
It feels like they put more effort in the (really nice) packaging design than in the incense itself.
I agree with you. Nice packaging, shame about the incense.
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