Thurga's Sunrayn Parrot

    

Second review - scroll down for earlier

I like exploring incense from around the world, so when I came upon an incense house based in Malaysia back in 2013, I knew I had to try them. The incenses are not top level world class - they are not that special. But they are decently made everyday perfumed-charcoal room-fresheners. I like the packaging - I like the bold colours, and the cute images. That carries over into the scents - they are simple, cute, and bold. Not interesting scents - the usual run of the mill stuff. But they are scents that work well as light and forget  background room warmers and brighteners. This floral, rose accented, incense certainly brightens my room. It's alert without being heady or over-assertive. The sweet, powdery, floral notes are very pleasant. Good value for money.  Available in the UK from Desi Khazana at 79p for 10 long burning sticks. 

Date: April 2025    Score: 28

First review

Fruity and floral everyday synthetic perfumed-charcoal incense from Thurga's Industries of Malaysia.  Not generally found in the usual incense outlets, but in Indian grocery stores including online such as DesiKhazana, and AlliBhavan.  The sticks are a generous length - over 10 inches, with approx 7 1/2 inches of machine extruded charcoal paste which has been infused with a synthetic room-freshener style fragrance. The scent on the stick is mildly candy sweet, volatile with chemical notes, floral (mainly rose) and fruity (possibly strawberry, plum, and something softly citric). 

Thurga's packets are eye-catching: bold and colourful and fun, and larger than the average. The perfumes used are also bold and vibrant and fun. The first I tried was Paavai Vilakku, in March last year (2023), which I got from  Desi Khazana for 69p. It was cheap and cheerful, so I bought a big batch of them to explore further as a fun, and quite decent everyday perfumed incense. 

This is a long burning stick (over 60 minutes) with no off-notes. It settles into a pleasingly sweet and slightly heady rose.  This is a decent quality and good value (10 sticks per pack - over 10 hours of incense for less than 70p) everyday room freshener that pleasantly informs a large room with a sweet, feminine, and uplifting floral fragrance. 

Date: March 2024   Score: 30 

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Thurga's (Sunrayn) Incense

Best rose incense