Stamford London

 

Stamford London, trading as Stamford, is the continuation of Aargee which was a British company based in Acton, London, and founded in 1978 to import incense and ethnic gifts. As well as importing incense such as Satya and Goloka, they sold masala incense under their own Aargee name, and perfumed-charcoal incense under their own Stamford brand. Around 2020 it appears that the company split, with Nimesh Radia taking the company's own label Stamford brand as Stamford London, while the incense and ethnic gifts section was taken over by Puckator. The Aargee brand, including the masala incense, appears to no longer exist. 

Previous Aargee incense which has continued with Stamford London, and new incense under the Stamford brand will be listed here.  While Aargee/Stamford didn't make incense themselves, and early on would sometimes rebadge existing Indian incense under their own name, they did start to commission their own unique scents. Some scents were commissioned from Satya, and the rights to some of those appear to have slipped back to Satya. Perhaps there was a time limited license. 

Reviews 

* = Review over five years old, so may not be reliable

  
  

Stamford Earth Angel (P)
June 2014   Score: 32*

Stamford Mythical Range Unicorn's Grace (P)
May 2024 - Score: 31↓

Stamford Mythical Range Werewolf's Bite (P) 
May 2024 - Score: 30↓ 

Stamford Jasmine (cones)
May 2019 - Score: 30

Stamford Dragon's Fire
Sept 2016 - Score: 30* 

Stamford Mythical Range Angel's Touch (P)
June 2019 - Score: 29↓

Stamford Aloe Vera Incense Cones (P)
June 2019   Score: 29

  

Stamford Lavender (P)
May 2025 - Score: 29

Stamford Lavender (cones)
April 2018   Score: 29*↓

  

Stamford Mythical Range Vampire's Kiss (P)
May 2024 - Score: 28↓

Stamford Mythical Range Mermaid's Love (P)
May 2024 - Score: 27↓ 

Aargee Stamford Moods
June 2015 - Overall score: 27*

Stamford Mythical Range Pixie's Dance (P)
June 2019 - Score: 26↓

  

Stamford Sandalwood (P)
May 2025 - Score: 25= 

Stamford Vanilla (P)
May 2025 - Score: 25

Stamford Guardian Angel Incense Sticks (P)
May 2022  -  Score: 25

Stamford Magic Angel
Feb 2015 - Score: 25↓*

Stamford Mythical Range Witches' Curse (P)
Jun 2025 - Score: 25↓=↑  

Stamford Citronella (P)
May 2025 - Score: 24

Stamford 
Aromatherapy Collection
January 2014 - Average score: 24=*

Stamford Exotic Collection
June 2015 - Average score: 23*

Stamford
Red Rose Incense Cones
Nov 2015 - Score: 23*

Stamford Cinnamon (P)
May 2025 - Score: 22

  

Stamford White Musk (P)
May 2025 = Score: 22

Stamford Mythical Range Goblin's Lair (P)
May 2024 - Score: 21↓↓  

Stamford Mythical Range
Dragon's Fire cones (P) 
May 2024 - Score: 21↓

Stamford Cannabis (P)
May 2025 - Score: 21

Stamford White Sage (P)
May 2025 - Score: 21

Stamford Magic Angel Incense Cones (P)
June 2019  - Score: 20*

  

Stamford Patchouli (P)
Jun 2025 - Score: 20

Stamford Mythical Range Incense Fairy's Mist (P)
 May 2024 - Score: 19↑↓

Stamford Mythical Range Demon's Lust (P)
May 2024 - Score: 19=

  

Stamford Mythical Range Pixie's Dance (P)
May 2024 - Score: 19↓

Stamford Moon Angel (P)
May 2019   Score: 19

Stamford Violet Incense Cones (P)
June 2019   Score:   19

Aargee Stamford Cinnamon (cones) 
May 2019 - Score: 19*

Stamford Mythical Range Wizard's Spell (P)
May 2024 - Score: 18↓

Stamford Guardian Angel cones (P)
June 2019   Score: 16

Reviews: 37

Top: 32

Bottom: 16 

Average: 25

Conclusion: Aargee sold some good masala incense under the Aargee name as well as a few under the Stamford brand. But gradually moved more into selling perfumed-charcoal incense solely under the Stamford brand until breaking off the Stamford brand into Stamford London. When I started this blog I really enjoyed the Stamford perfumed incense as being quite bright, heady, and fun. We still like the Stamford branded perfumed incense as decent enough everyday room fresheners, and they are sold at reasonable prices, so we'll keep buying them to freshen up the toilet and outhouse, but they are not interesting incense. Some of the earlier reviews have higher scores than I would give today. 

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Own Brand / Private Label

Stamford
Mythical Black Incense cones