A pack of 20 everyday perfumed-incense sticks by Padmini; bought from the German online store Aqasha for €1,89. Available at $3.95 from CalmStore in Australia, and at $6.49 from Walmart in the US.
The scent on the sticks is unmistakable - vanilla! It's a little rough and fake, but it's certainly a vanilla scent. While not a common incense scent, I have come upon it a number of times, mostly in low end perfumed incense, and it can work as a simple room freshener.
The paste is dark and crumbly, applied by hand onto crude hand cut and undyed bamboo splints, and then finished with a smattering of dry tree bark powder. It's all quite simple and rustic, and there's possibly some charm here that is escaping me as I try to avoid getting splinters from handling the bamboo splints.
I've burned a few of these over the past few days, and they've not impressed me. The scent on the stick is the best part of the experience. Once lit a lot of the vanilla aroma is lost in the general smell or fog of smoke. There are weird notes of old fish and school glue among the general light fog of burning garden waste. Not a great incense. However, there is over time a general impression of foggy vanilla in the room, so not necessarily evil. We'll be using the remainder of these in the outhouse.
The scent on the sticks is unmistakable - vanilla! It's a little rough and fake, but it's certainly a vanilla scent. While not a common incense scent, I have come upon it a number of times, mostly in low end perfumed incense, and it can work as a simple room freshener.
The paste is dark and crumbly, applied by hand onto crude hand cut and undyed bamboo splints, and then finished with a smattering of dry tree bark powder. It's all quite simple and rustic, and there's possibly some charm here that is escaping me as I try to avoid getting splinters from handling the bamboo splints.
I've burned a few of these over the past few days, and they've not impressed me. The scent on the stick is the best part of the experience. Once lit a lot of the vanilla aroma is lost in the general smell or fog of smoke. There are weird notes of old fish and school glue among the general light fog of burning garden waste. Not a great incense. However, there is over time a general impression of foggy vanilla in the room, so not necessarily evil. We'll be using the remainder of these in the outhouse.
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