Incense In The Wind

Radiating Incense In The Wind - a painting by Hai Linh Le

Saturday 24 February 2024

Balaji Holiday Premium Incense Sticks

 


A sample stick of machine-extruded synthetic-perfumed everyday incense by the Balaji Agarbatti Company  (BAC) of Bangalore. Pleasant fragranced soap scent on the stick. Nothing exciting, but pleasant enough in an everyday synthetic room-freshener way. There's odd nips of fresh onion in the scent which tend to lift it and add interest. Mild prickly volatility.  

Burns hungrily when lit, producing copious amounts of black smoke. When the flame is blown out there's a healthy amount of swirling silver grey smoke, and a rather typically Balaji heady fragrance.  This is a stick best burned with the windows wide open and/or in a very large room.  Rose elements to the fragrance, with some spice, wet soap, and sawdust in the base notes. It's a reasonably attractive everyday perfumed incense. Available from Aavyaa at £1.31 for 25 sticks. Also from eBay at £9.88 for 300g


Date: Feb 2024    Score: 24
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