Radha Madhav Nag Champa

Radha Madhav are a Mumbai based incense company who are followers of Krishna. All their incense is traditionally made using natural ingredients. They are distributed in the UK by Gokula, who are also followers of Krishna. Available at £8.99 for 180 gm from Gokula. 

Standard masala stick - a fragrant charcoal paste hand-rolled onto a hand-cut bamboo splint, and then covered in woody melnoorva powder to dry. There is a pleasant scent on the stick which is mostly informed by essential oil. Quite sweet and floral, with magnolia aspects.  Very enjoyable. The paste is quite dry, though this is a vintage stick from May 2013, so drying out is to be expected. 

The scent on the burn is quite acceptable, though is more woody than floral; however, this is quite typical of even fresh masala sticks as the higher floral notes are more detectable on the stick, while  they tend to be obscured during the burn by the heavier woody notes. The experience here is somewhat similar to that with Ramakrishna's Nag Champa, which I reviewed very fresh. Indeed, there is little to separate the two, other than in age. The scents on the Ramakrishna stick were brighter and more delicious mostly, I feel, due to the freshness of the stick. 

On the whole this is a pleasant and acceptable nag champa masala; and, as with other Radha Madhav I've reviewed, is what would be expected from a decent everyday masala. Something has been lost due to the age, though Happy Hari Meena Supreme incense I've been burning steadily for the past seven years still burns true and brilliant. 

Date: Dec 2022     Score: 29

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