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Wednesday, 27 November 2024

Vakratund Super Sandal Premium Masala Dhoop

 


In each slide out box of Vakratund dhoops you get a clay dhoop stand and a box of matches, so you are good to go.  The dhoop sticks are foil sealed to keep in the scent freshness. The scent on the sticks is mildly volatile with soft scents of sandalwood. The volatility indicates this is not actual sandalwood, but either essential oil or fragrance oil or both. Using both is generally considered best as synthetic sandalwoods fill in the gaps missing from a sandalwood essential oil. The scent is pleasant, but tilts strongly toward sandalwood top notes rather than the sensual base notes which are my genuine love. The base notes are there, but they are rather battered into submission by the high flying rapture birds of the top notes. 

Dhoops are, I think, one of the unsung heroes of Indian incense. This is a very fragrant burn. It is quite heady, but soft and deliciously so. It is a little floral for my taste, and doesn't deliver enough sandalwood - certainly not the sultry base notes that I love. Give this a non-scent based name like Indian Evening, and suspect I would enjoy it more. Give something a scent name, and then fail to deliver on that scent, and there's going to be some disappointment and/or frustration. But put that aside, and what we have here is something quite delicate and beautiful. Nice one. 


Date: Nov 2024   Score:  41 
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