Shroff White Sandal

 

A pack of Shroff "dry" incense from the decent American site Exotic Incense - sold at $2 for 25g. The incense is imported into America by The Incense Sampler Works, who have the sticks simply bundled into 25g and  250g packs, tied with string, and then wrapped in cellophane with a small paper slip giving the basic information: name, place made, weight, who imported it. 

These are hand rolled sticks - a charcoal based paste applied to a hand-cut bamboo splint, and then coated in a woody melnoorva powder to stop the sticks gluing together as the paste dries. The bulk of the scent on the stick comes from a fragrant oil or perfume - there is a volatility about the scent which reveals this. It's unknown if the charcoal paste contains additional fragrant ingredients. At this stage the stick is behaving like a perfumed-incense. The scent on the stick is soapy with some floral notes, vaguely jasmine, and underscored, quite lightly, with some creamy sandalwood. Not a woody sandalwood, just the sweet notes. It's pleasant, inviting, clean. 

The scent on the burn is pleasant, mildly soapy, woody - a soft, creamy wood. Acceptable. OK, but nothing special.  It burns a little hot and sharp. There's little about this which suggests quality. This does feel like bargain basement Shroff. 


Date: Nov 2022    Score: 27 

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