SHHT GmbH Incense Cones (8 Packs of 15 Cones with Holders)

  

A colourful box of cheap perfumed cones made in China. Imported into Europe by SHHT GmbH, a Frankfurt based import and export company. Bought from an Amazon shop for £8.  

There are eight colour-coded little packs of small cones. There are gentle scents on each cone which relate to the intended aroma - Rainforest does smell kinda fresh and green, Cinnamon does resemble a sweet cinnamon, etc. There are 120 cones plus two modest though attractive ceramic burners. The cost works out to around 6p a cone, with two free holders (free holders are fairly standard).  As kinda expected, the cones burn very rapidly, and don't have a robust fragrance - the smells can be pleasant, but all too often the main scent develops into that of the core material. It just smells of burning leaves.  Regardless of which one I light, they all tend to end up smelling the same. There is a brief moment when first lit of some sense of the named fragrance, which - to be fair -can be quite pleasant, but sadly that doesn't last long (though that varies by cone), and then I usually get the generic burning leaves of cheap perfumed cones. To be fair, as long as the perfume holds, the scents are quite reasonable. It's just that you can't always rely on the perfume holding. 

 

The set looks attractive, and it's tempting to give it as a gift (which is what I imagine a number of people will do), but these are not good quality nor good value incense cones.  I'd recommend something like Stamford's Black Incense Collection as an everyday gift to give someone. Great fun, widely appealing, and good scents.  

These Chinese cones are not quite toilet cleaners - some of the scents, like Cinnamon,  are actually quite decent, and can hold well all the way through the burn, but they are at the bottom end of everyday incense.

Date: Oct 2022    Score: 22  

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