I like patchouli, so I'm inclined to like this. But I'm not enjoying it as much as I expected. The masala incense I've had from HEM has been pretty good, and - to be fair - this is not bad. It's just that it's a little dry and plain for me, lacking some of the rich, sweet, heady, passionate sexiness I adore about patchouli. The sticks are standard length, but the charcoal paste is thinly rolled, and the melnoorva (brown tree bark powder used to help dry the paste, increasing called masala powder these days) is meagrely applied. But, having said that, I've had a good number of similar looking sticks which were very dreamy.
The scent on the stick has some sense of patchouli, but also of everyday cologne or body-mist spray. There's a gentle volatility (which is common with both perfume-dipped incense and flora incense), pleasant room freshener top notes, and a general similarity to other perfumed masala incenses such as the New Moon/Wonder incenses which are everywhere these days.
The scent on the stick has some sense of patchouli, but also of everyday cologne or body-mist spray. There's a gentle volatility (which is common with both perfume-dipped incense and flora incense), pleasant room freshener top notes, and a general similarity to other perfumed masala incenses such as the New Moon/Wonder incenses which are everywhere these days.
The scent on the burn is pleasant, attractive, with a moderate, attractive sweetness and sexiness, some woody warmth, and is generally more attractive than the scent on the stick (largely because the top notes are subdued, and the emphasis is on the sexy, woody, musky base notes. And I tend to favour the musky base notes (though I love it more when they are balanced and enriched by a wonderful display of middle and top notes).
On the whole I like this, though I feel it could be doing more, and doing it better.
On the whole I like this, though I feel it could be doing more, and doing it better.
I think Damodaras Patchouli is one of the best, we are selling it here: https://monsoon-incense.com/product/patchouli-incense-sticks/
ReplyDeleteWe have rebranded Good Incense to Monsoon Incense because Monsoon is more unique and it is better for SEO (Amazon sponsors results with the phrase 'good incense,' so we always ended up on the last page of the search).
Did you try Bhagwan's Patchouli Queen? It was in the picture you shared. We have just received the shipment from India and will start selling it any day now. I shall add it to the shop today along with Ocean Flower.