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Saturday, 26 October 2024

Inca Aromas Pitanga

 


This is the second of three Inca Aromas scents I bought from the USA website Exotic Incense for $7.  I reviewed the Priprioca in May. I liked it, and wanted to learn more. The current owners directed me to the previous owner, Thiago, for details on the founding of the company, and the Inca connection. Unfortunately I've not had a response.

This Pitanga is remarkably similar to the Priprioca. Indeed, the ingredients are the same -   white breu resin, frankincense, "Inca aromas resin compound", etc, apart from the use of  Priprioca fragrance oil in the first, and Pitanga fragrance oil in this one. The third one, White Breu, has the same ingredients, but leaves out the fragrance oil.  Pitanga, also known as the Brazilian cherry, has several positive medicinal properties as well as being used as an insect repellent.  The fruit is delicious, and very healthy, but is so delicate it cannot travel. The scent is citric, floral, green, and summery (depending on its ripeness), but cannot be captured, so needs to be replicated. I'm not sure what sort of  "Pitanga fragrance oil" has been used here, but I'm getting the same sort of sage like herby notes that I found in the Priprioca. I have lit up the Priprioca to compare. They are very similar, though the Priprioca is more woody, earthy, rubbery, while the Pitanga is lighter and cleaner. But the differences are minor. I guess I might edge toward favouring this Pitanga, but if someone brought one of these to me on a blind test, I doubt I could pick out which one it was. 


Date: Oct 2024    Score: 39 
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