This looks just like two of my favourite dhoop sticks - Padmini and BIC Panchavati. Both the Padmini and the Panchavati are hugely popular, and much copied. I'm not sure which one is the oldest. They, and the copies, generally combine rose, jasmine, and lotus with sandalwood, and the packs contain a metal ring to hold the dhoop as it burns. Cool. There are sometimes variations in scent, and this one appears to have some "bakhour" (oudh or agarwood) perfume as a variation.
The scent on the stick is cool and mild and fairly neutral. Some sandalwood soap, faint male cologne, touch of musk, a bit of wet clay. Scent on the burn is a tad smoky. There an aroma of wood smoke - a little bit of spice, some boiled egg, perhaps some crude, dark sandalwood. It's fairly dry and simple. Mildly attractive, but nothing that's really grabbing me. I have really liked a number of Parimal incenses, but this is not one of them. Ho hum.
The scent on the stick is cool and mild and fairly neutral. Some sandalwood soap, faint male cologne, touch of musk, a bit of wet clay. Scent on the burn is a tad smoky. There an aroma of wood smoke - a little bit of spice, some boiled egg, perhaps some crude, dark sandalwood. It's fairly dry and simple. Mildly attractive, but nothing that's really grabbing me. I have really liked a number of Parimal incenses, but this is not one of them. Ho hum.
Date: Jan 2025 Score: 25
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Hmm, I have never witnessed this before. This may be for the middle eastern markets, even though I can’t see this in GCC countries (UAE, Saudi, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait).
ReplyDeleteI quite like this style of Dhoop sticks. Here in Dubai, BIC’s, Cycle’s and Shalimar’s mini Dhoop is widely available. Padmini has recently entered here in Dubai and the Dhoop stick is also widely available now.
I really like this style of mini dhoop, but this one didn't work for me.
DeleteI don't know where it came from. It was in a box that Irene sent me, but so were several other professional samples that I'm sure she didn't send, which must have fallen into that box by accident.