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Sunday 10 March 2024

Om Sai's Vithoba Flora Sticks

 


Wow! This is intense. Everything about this is big and generous. A large box crammed with 100g of fluffy masala incense sticks. The melnoorva powder is heaped on, and will dust your hands and clothes and surroundings quite liberally. There is a waft of  evaporating liquid scent as soon as the box is opened - it's explosive milky honey, leather, and alcohol solvent and/or DEP. The solvent is potent and should come with a health warning. Indeed, frequent inhalation of DEP is considered more damaging to the liver than frequent drinking of alcohol (and both together is even worse).  This is an incense that should only be burned outside, or in a large room with plenty of ventilation. There's no need to ruin your health just to enjoy the fragrance of incense. 

On the burn this is eye-smarting intense. It's an attractive, warm, woody fragrance, but the generous use of DEP means that this is not something for domestic or intimate use. Burn in temples. Burn outdoors when having a picnic. Smudge the house when you're going out - light a stick, go out, and on your return the house will be cleansed. But don't use in the room while you're still there. I love heady incense, but this defeats even me. It's not the fragrance that is defeating me, it's the solvent. Way too much for me. 


Date: March 2024   Score:  27

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