(Wonder Incense) New Moon Aromas Shree Frankincense

 

I like frankincense. I'd like to explore it more in resin form. Unfortunately the frankincense resin I have tried so far has not been great quality, though I am aware that the quality of frankincense resin can vary widely. Once I have ploughed through my backlog, I can feel comfortable exploring resins and other forms of incense, such as bakhoor. In the meantime, my main experience of frankincense has been through masala or perfumed incense sticks. Frankincense works well as a blend with myrrh - they compliment each other very well. Frankincense is sometimes used as a fixative in incense, though it will be the lower quality resin. The scent itself will often be generated by an oil - sometimes an essential oil, but more often a human-made oil, such as Amphora's Frankincense Oil with 14 different ingredients. 

I am less keen on New Moon, though I have liked (a lot) some individual scents. However, I'm not that keen on the ambiance of the brand, which appears to be a commissioner rather than a producer, because of the detachment between company and product when someone simply buys or orders an incense rather than making it themselves. There is no pride in the creation, just in the purchase. Sure someone can feel pride in owning Starry Night, but that's not quite the same as the pride in having created it. 

The scent on the stick is perfumed and volatile with a menthol coolness. It's a very sweet and perfumed and artificial frankincense. It's moderately pleasant, especially as a room freshener, but it doesn't excite or interest me. The scent on the burn is gentle, attractive, sweet, perfumed. There are woody, musky elements. Yeah, it's nicely done. It's a good room scent, though it does start to gather pace and issue rather a lot of smoke, which is moderately intrusive, and it starts to become a little too intrusively heady. This is better as a room freshener when nobody is in the room while it is burning. I do like the scent. And it does cleanse and warm, up the room. I like the sticky, resinous, honeyed, dark musky sweetness of it, and the sensuality. And I like the playful florals along the top. Sigh. Yes, the more I burn this, the more I like it, which is always a positive sign.  

Date: Nov 2024   Score: 37 

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New Moon Aromas

Frankincense