A gift from my youngest granddaughter in thanks for supporting her through university. Lovely girl. Folkessence is the trademark of an American company called FolkHomes Global, based in Cheyenne, Wyoming (who trade as Folkulture). The incense is made in India by Star Consumer Products in Gurugram, a satellite city of Delhi. Star Consumer Products appears to be mainly known for selling various cleaning liquids and powders.
The packaging is charming, and is clearly aimed at old hippies like me. There is a collection of psychedelic flat packs, with names like Moon Child, Free Spirit, Good Vibes, in a small cardboard box labelled Trippy Hippy. It's all very sweet and cute, and I have absolutely no expectation that the incense will be any good. But it's good fun, and a brilliant present for aging hippies! The sticks in this Moon Child pack, as in all the others, is mechanically extruded pale coloured wood powder which has been dipped in mildly pleasant room-freshener style scent. This Moon Child has a lemony fragrance, a bit like washing up liquid.
As with most mechanically extruded incense sticks, it burns neatly and consistently, the ash falling in neat strings. The fragrance on the burn is quite mild, and moderately echoes the lemony washing-up scent on the stick, though softer, and smudged by vague grey warmth. There's a hazy floral awareness - nothing specific, but kind of summery. It's basic stuff - not offensive, though it's not the sort of exquisite incense that gets me interested let alone excited.
The packaging is charming, and is clearly aimed at old hippies like me. There is a collection of psychedelic flat packs, with names like Moon Child, Free Spirit, Good Vibes, in a small cardboard box labelled Trippy Hippy. It's all very sweet and cute, and I have absolutely no expectation that the incense will be any good. But it's good fun, and a brilliant present for aging hippies! The sticks in this Moon Child pack, as in all the others, is mechanically extruded pale coloured wood powder which has been dipped in mildly pleasant room-freshener style scent. This Moon Child has a lemony fragrance, a bit like washing up liquid.
As with most mechanically extruded incense sticks, it burns neatly and consistently, the ash falling in neat strings. The fragrance on the burn is quite mild, and moderately echoes the lemony washing-up scent on the stick, though softer, and smudged by vague grey warmth. There's a hazy floral awareness - nothing specific, but kind of summery. It's basic stuff - not offensive, though it's not the sort of exquisite incense that gets me interested let alone excited.
Date: Aug 2025 Score: 23
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I think you linked the wrong Star Consumer Products. The one that you liked is based in Tamil Nadu, nd the one you mentioned in based in Gurugram.
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