Gamta It Smells Like Miracle Majmua

 

I think this is my first encounter with majmua, which is a popular Arabian and Indian perfume made from a blend of  essential oils and sandalwood. The essential oils used don't appear to be fixed, but generally include kewda - made from the fragrant screwpine; khus - made from vetiver; mitti - made from baked clay; and kadam - made from the burflower.  Gamta are a Mumbai based incense house possibly founded in 2021 which use Panchgavya products in their incense - which means they blend cow products, such as milk, urine, dung, ghee, and curd, into the incense paste according to Ayurveda principles.

  

Available from Aavyaa

The scent on the stick is curious. Not unattractive, but certainly not a common fragrance, and not one likely to be found in a Western room freshener product. It's woody, sensual, somewhat perfumed - an assertive masculine cologne, alcoholic, volatile, pine, furniture polish, damp leather, warm wool clothing, cold clay pot. I kinda like it, though more for the compellingly unusual blend of aromas than for any attractive aesthetic pleasure. 

There was some black smoke and hungry flames on lighting, and the smoke is denser and more browny grey than is usual. As the burn settles, the rich, sweet, earthy scent makes itself known in a semi-heady and rather seductively attractive manner.  I've had a look around, and this appears to only be available in India -  Aavyaa have it at ₹345.00 for a pack of 30 sticks.  

I rather like this. 

Date: May 2024   Score: 39

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Gamta Incense