Most of the scents of German incense cones, including Crottendorfer, play around with the theme of Christmas or winter. The incenses by Crottendorfer that I have liked the most, are those which attempt directly to capture the essence of Christmas - such as Christmas Frankincense, Christmas Scent, and this Scent of Advent. I wouldn't say that I find the scents here are particularly Christmassy (for me, perhaps they would be for the average German) - the first scent I noticed on lighting the cone is honey. A rather lovely warm, sticky brown honey. I kind of associate honey with summer and sunny days. Each to their own. Other scents start to emerge, but before I can settle on an idea of what I am picking up, the cone has come to an end. They really don't last long these Crottendorfer cones. Though they do remain hot and smouldering for some time after the scent has finished emitting, which means they can't be cleared away easily, and a new incense burner has to be found. After several burns I'm comfortable with saying that really what I pick up is the honey scent, and I quite like it. Other scents that are present are minor, and before I can get to grips with them the cone has finished it's olfactory display, like some bargain basement firework fizzling out.
Anyway. Yeah, this is OK. Not brilliant or anything, but quite a nice, if weak and soon gone, honey scent.
Sold in boxes of 24 cones for €1.95, and available direct from Crottendorfer. Cones burn for approx 10 minutes with a faint scent that doesn't linger for long.
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