Ancient Wisdom, owned by David Hardy, is a British importer and distributor of Asian goods and incense. They distribute Satya as well as their own branded incense made for them in Vietnam and India. The Freedom range was created as a fund raiser for a selection of poor children in India. The sticks are made by Mahendra Perfumery Works, a long established Indian incense house in Bangalore; the only incense I've had from them has been simple, everyday perfume-dipped. Most of my Mahendra reviews are quite old, and so a little bit unreliable, but the general impression is that they make acceptable incense - nothing special, but nothing bad either. They work to a budget, and that is possibly a deciding factor in David Hardy using them for his charity fund-raiser.
The sticks are crudely hand-rolled charcoal paste on cheap, hand-cut bamboo splints, and then dipped in "agarbatti oil" which is usually a blend of fragrance oils and diethyl phthalate (DEP). The scent on the stick is reasonably pleasant, especially bearing in mind that I've likely had this pack since 2018. Mild floral, soap, faint citric. A car-freshener sort of scent. Clearly synthetic.
The scent on the burn is reasonably pleasant - warm, perfumed, modest, a little vague, but quite nice. Best when three sticks are burned at the same time. Stocks are still available in some places for around £1 a pack.
The sticks are crudely hand-rolled charcoal paste on cheap, hand-cut bamboo splints, and then dipped in "agarbatti oil" which is usually a blend of fragrance oils and diethyl phthalate (DEP). The scent on the stick is reasonably pleasant, especially bearing in mind that I've likely had this pack since 2018. Mild floral, soap, faint citric. A car-freshener sort of scent. Clearly synthetic.
The scent on the burn is reasonably pleasant - warm, perfumed, modest, a little vague, but quite nice. Best when three sticks are burned at the same time. Stocks are still available in some places for around £1 a pack.
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