Elements Anne Stokes Collection: Dragonkin

 

Elements caters to fantasy enthusiasts, with  incense packets illustrated with unicorns, mermaids, and angels. They use known fantasy artists and designers such as  Jessica Galbreth, and - as here - Anne Stokes.  The incense tends to be everyday perfumed charcoal - the main buying impulse being the imagery on the packs.  The incense sticks are made in India by an unspecified source.  

  

The full image of Anne Stokes 
painting Dragonkin

  

Figurine of the image
- these are very popular

This is a hex pack of 20 sticks, each 9 inches long with approx 7 inches of machine extruded charcoal paste dipped in a synthetic patchouli perfume. The sticks burn fairly rapidly which tends to give scorched nylon and burning charcoal notes to the overall aroma. There is a faint herby sense of patchouli, some mint, some cannabis; though there is little in the way of sweetness or musk initially, this does build. Even with the faint scorch notes it's an acceptable scent, though rather bargain basement stuff. OK as a casual low end everyday burner. These are sold at various places, usually around a £1, but sometimes £1.50: IGotItFrom; Moonchild; Avenea; etc. If you like your incense packets to be pretty with fantasy designs, then these are cheap and harmless. The scent is not awesome, but it's gentle and inoffensive, and does build to something acceptable. And the image is cute and attractive. 

Date: Nov 2023    Score: 25

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