Amrutha Shahi Gulab

 

Second review - scroll down for earlier 

Quite sweet on the stick, and quite volatile. Clearly chemical, though there is some sweet rose in here. On the burn it is fairly smoky, which intrudes with the rose scent a little too much for my taste.  On the whole this is a low end synthetic rose everyday perfumed incense. 


Date: Feb 2024   Score: 22 

First review

A perfumed-charcoal incense for 50p from Popat Stores. Amrutha Aromatics are a fairly new incense company (founded 1991) based in Bangalore. Run by experienced perfumer Subramanya Setty, the company develops all its own perfumes. Shahi Gulab translates as Royal Rose, and is also a popular sweet in India made from cashew nuts and rose petals. 

The sticks are machine made, and are quite neat and tidy. The scent on the stick is delicate and attractive with a combination of roses and black tea. It is gently assertive, but far from being over-bearing or too heady. There are little sharp acidic notes, nothing too alarming, but familiar to chemical perfumes. On the whole, it is an attractive scent. 

The scent on the stick is not as clean and positive as on the stick (a common finding with all incense sticks, though particularly perfumed ones), and is less defined, though is noticeably "rose". As a cheap room freshener, this does the job. It's an acceptable everyday perfumed-incense.  

Date: Nov 2022    Score: 28

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