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| Second review - scroll down for earlier |
While some Ethnic Vibes sticks are still available, this Palo Santo is now very rare. However, Hari Darshan's Tribal Soul Palo Santo is a good alternative.
Pleasant perfumed fragrance on the stick. Quite floral and white woody, with citrus notes and a curious halitosis element. Such off notes in a fragrance tend to lift the accord into something interesting and special.
The scent on the burn is warm, sweet, musky, with a light touch of florals and pale sandalwood. Very attractive. It creates a gently seductive and relaxed atmosphere. Warm and reassuring.
Date: Oct 2025 Score: 35
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| First review |
Attractive packaging for the Ethnic Vibes incense brand of the now closed Fragrances & Sens company set up in the south of France by a sole trader business woman. The incense was made by an unknown white label Indian incense house - the packaging is similar to some of Hari Darshan's recent output, particularly under the Tribal Soul and Native Soul brands.
Standard masala style sticks - quite strongly perfumed on the outside to give the customers a positive initial impression. A little too volatile for my taste - quite crisp and cold, though the perfume is pleasant: creamy sandalwood, some florals - violet and iris, some spice, some mint, and a splash of citrus. It's a nice, though fairly generic, Indian incense smell - woods and florals with some spice and citrus. It's too perfumed to feel like Palo Santo - it feels like a blend of aroma compounds or fragrance oils.
The fragrance on the burn is warm and attractive. More musky than woody. A little spicy, and a little sweet, though not too much of either. There's faint suggestions of patchouli, and a gradually increasing sense of sandalwood. I get the prickles that I associate with halmaddi, though I'm not entirely sure if it is halmaddi that I'm reacting to. On the whole this incense presents as a fairly standard decent modern perfumed masala stick. I like it. It doesn't excite or lift me, but neither does it disappoint or annoy me. It's an OK incense for casual, indifferent burning. It will warm up a room, and it will cover modest off-smells.
Standard masala style sticks - quite strongly perfumed on the outside to give the customers a positive initial impression. A little too volatile for my taste - quite crisp and cold, though the perfume is pleasant: creamy sandalwood, some florals - violet and iris, some spice, some mint, and a splash of citrus. It's a nice, though fairly generic, Indian incense smell - woods and florals with some spice and citrus. It's too perfumed to feel like Palo Santo - it feels like a blend of aroma compounds or fragrance oils.
The fragrance on the burn is warm and attractive. More musky than woody. A little spicy, and a little sweet, though not too much of either. There's faint suggestions of patchouli, and a gradually increasing sense of sandalwood. I get the prickles that I associate with halmaddi, though I'm not entirely sure if it is halmaddi that I'm reacting to. On the whole this incense presents as a fairly standard decent modern perfumed masala stick. I like it. It doesn't excite or lift me, but neither does it disappoint or annoy me. It's an OK incense for casual, indifferent burning. It will warm up a room, and it will cover modest off-smells.
Date: Dec 2024 Score: 30
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