Pretty appearance and pretty fragrance on the stick. A blend of floral, herb, lavender, and vanillin, with some wet leather and straw. Attractive and inviting, though the sweetness is a mite too sugary and obvious, which is a slight distraction.
The fragrance on the burn echoes that on the stick, though somewhat sweeter and more perfumed. Because of the vanillin it reminds me of HMS in Pune, though DBS, also of Pune, use vanillin as well, and incense from Vrindavan sometimes uses vanillin. Indeed, I thought for a while that incense sold in Vrindavan by shops such as Vrindavan Bazaar, Hare Krishna Das, and Rasbihari Lal & Sons, were made by HMS - though logically it would make more sense for those shops to sell incense made locally, rather than bring in incense by lorry from a maker over 24 hours drive away. Also, the Lavender incense made by HMS, such as Ab Lavender sold by Sacred Boutiques, Lavender sold by Blue Pearl, and Lavender Bliss sold by Bhagwan, look and smell different.
The fragrance on the burn echoes that on the stick, though somewhat sweeter and more perfumed. Because of the vanillin it reminds me of HMS in Pune, though DBS, also of Pune, use vanillin as well, and incense from Vrindavan sometimes uses vanillin. Indeed, I thought for a while that incense sold in Vrindavan by shops such as Vrindavan Bazaar, Hare Krishna Das, and Rasbihari Lal & Sons, were made by HMS - though logically it would make more sense for those shops to sell incense made locally, rather than bring in incense by lorry from a maker over 24 hours drive away. Also, the Lavender incense made by HMS, such as Ab Lavender sold by Sacred Boutiques, Lavender sold by Blue Pearl, and Lavender Bliss sold by Bhagwan, look and smell different.
I quite like this (indeed, I was going to send two samples to Vid of Ratnagandh, but I'm now only going to send them one as I'm burning this quite a bit). The sticks are somewhat variable, with some being darker and muskier than others (I like the darker and muskier ones more), and the sweetness becomes less obvious on subsequent burnings. On the whole, an attractive, albeit slightly modest, incense. Not bold on the named scent, though in the same ball park. Yeah, these are OK. Available from Sai Handicrafts at approx 15g for £2.00.
Lol, I don’t mind that. I’m glad that you enjoyed it. I only liked Cycle’s Lavender and Tulasi’s Masala Lavender. I just realized that I have not tried a lot of Lavender incenses , I’ve only tried 4 of them till date (Cycle, Shalimar, Hem and Tulasi) so it’s fine if you’re sending me one sample.
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