Aravinda's Mogra

 

This is a decent everyday perfumed-charcoal incense. It has the sort of traditional perfumed jasmine scent that joss sticks have had for years. There's nothing new or profound here, but it does what it says on the tin,  it's as cheap as chips - 49p for 15 sticks (approx 15gm), and it's very likeable with a pleasing warm, floral jasmine scent. 

Date: Oct 2023   Score: 30  

Aravinda Parimala Works, of Mysore, who make Sugandha Shringar, do a range of decent quality everyday perfumed-charcoal incense. This is one - Mogra (jasmine).  It is part of Aravinda's Evergreen Series - hexagonal packs of  joss stick which they describe as containing "special pharmacopic ingredients from Indian forests with a combination of selected natural essential oils". "Pharmacopic" would relate to herbal medicines. There are healthy qualities attributed to jasmine, such as digestive benefits, and helping with depression and insomnia.  These health benefits are unlikely to be reproduced in a synthetic perfume which is burned along with charcoal and binders. But we can but dream....

Anyway, this Aravinda's Mogra is a pleasant incense. It has the standard perfumed-charcoal jasmine scent, adding a general warmth which is quite engaging. The lesser-quality perfumed jasmine incenses can have sharp notes. This one gently informs the room, and while it doesn't leave a delicious scent, it also doesn't leave a dirty ashtray scent. It's an OK, fairly middling sort of scent - not particularly engaging, and quite soft and soon vanishing. Because it's generally pleasant, inoffensive, and polite, I'm OK with this as a casual burner to gently clean up a room, taking off the rough edges, and creating an unobtrusive welcoming atmosphere which smells faintly of warm jasmine on a summer's day. 

Date: Feb 2023   Score: 30

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Aravinda Parimala Works

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