A two stick sample of Natural Incense Company's Lotus incense sent to me by Irene of German incense blog Rauchfahne. The Natural Incense Company was founded in 2011 in a village just outside Mandya, in Old Mysore, Southern India. They produce traditional masala incense for private label companies - their best known customer is the Italian organic products importer, Fiore d'Oriente. The customer for these Lotus scented sticks is the Dutch importer Mani Bhadra - Phoenix Importer who sell the incense under the Yogi & Yogini brand name.
I don't generally consider floral scents to be my thing, but the lotus scent is something that does seem to appeal. Curiously, the lotus scent in perfumes and incense doesn't generally come from the lotus plant but from other plants, such as hyacinth, which have similar scents, or simply from chemical formulations. The organic compound 1,4-Dimethoxybenzene (sweet floral scent) is the primary constituent in the lotus plant that produces the characteristic lotus scent, and that would be used in most lotus perfumes and incenses. The Natural Incense Company pride themselves on using natural scents, so my assumption is that they are using a blend of other natural floral scents, such as the hyacinth.
The scent on the stick is a little muddled - white chocolate, licorice, damp clothes, rubber, some frankincense, some benzoin, candy sugar, some florals, and a vague fresh green garden. I wouldn't say that the range of scents holds together well. It is more interesting than attractive, though it is not ugly or offensive.
The scent on the stick is a little muddled - white chocolate, licorice, damp clothes, rubber, some frankincense, some benzoin, candy sugar, some florals, and a vague fresh green garden. I wouldn't say that the range of scents holds together well. It is more interesting than attractive, though it is not ugly or offensive.
The scent on the burn is quite vanilla focused, underpinned by smoky woods and a suggestion of burnt frankincense and sweet licorice. The vanilla sweetness morphs into honey, and at times I pick up both vanilla and honey, while at other times it's just one or the other. This is a pleasant and likeable incense; it's not as floral as I expected, and I'm not getting much in the way of what I normally associate with lotus, but I still like the incense.
After burning the stick, I went into the next room, which had a delicate, bright, lotus scent. It seems this incense works best at a distance.
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