In the big batch of BIC incense samples that Arjun sent me are several square box everyday perfumed-charcoal incense for the Brazil and South American market. The boxes are similar to the square boxes that Tulasi use - there are eight sticks in each box, and the boxes are small, so easy to stock and transport. Useful as door openers to get people to try the scents, and the brand, and then become regular customers.
This Jasmim is an everyday synthetic jasmine scent. It's acceptable rather than good, and wanders off the jasmine scent a little too much. It's sweet, but also a little sickly, with off notes of banana and stale leather. I find these little boxes of budget synthetic perfumed incense quite fun and easy to review, and I shall work my way quickly through them. I don't have high expectations, as my experience with these sorts of sticks is that they are generally not that interesting or satisfying, and tend to be at the lower end of acceptable. The sticks are 9 inches long, with 7 inches of hand-rolled charcoal paste on a dyed green bamboo splint. They have been dipped in a basic synthetic perfume. The sticks burn for around 55 minutes.
We had burned this earlier in the year as part of a jasmine v jasmine burn off, in which the summary was: Plain perfumed-charcoal incense. We had one stick that had a curious blend of faint burning hair with spray-can room-freshener jasmine, but other sticks have been fine - so I assume that a strand of hair got caught in the paste when rolling. It's kind of grassy and gassy. There are waxy floral jasmine notes. Quite an assertive and bold incense. Clearly on trend. Score: 30
I've burned a few more sticks, and these are somewhat variable. There is sometimes some curious off-notes, not quite burning hair, but certainly not jasmine, and on the cusp of unpleasant - old socks and leather. But they can also be pleasantly floral. Initially the score was 21, but going back to our original burn, and incorporating subsequent burns, I'm moving this up to 25.
This Jasmim is an everyday synthetic jasmine scent. It's acceptable rather than good, and wanders off the jasmine scent a little too much. It's sweet, but also a little sickly, with off notes of banana and stale leather. I find these little boxes of budget synthetic perfumed incense quite fun and easy to review, and I shall work my way quickly through them. I don't have high expectations, as my experience with these sorts of sticks is that they are generally not that interesting or satisfying, and tend to be at the lower end of acceptable. The sticks are 9 inches long, with 7 inches of hand-rolled charcoal paste on a dyed green bamboo splint. They have been dipped in a basic synthetic perfume. The sticks burn for around 55 minutes.
We had burned this earlier in the year as part of a jasmine v jasmine burn off, in which the summary was: Plain perfumed-charcoal incense. We had one stick that had a curious blend of faint burning hair with spray-can room-freshener jasmine, but other sticks have been fine - so I assume that a strand of hair got caught in the paste when rolling. It's kind of grassy and gassy. There are waxy floral jasmine notes. Quite an assertive and bold incense. Clearly on trend. Score: 30
Date: Oct 2023 Score: 25
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