The scent on the stick is gorgeous. Sweet and highly perfumed, feminine and sultry with a yummy musky and woody base and enlivened with vanilla and florals - it follows the tradition of Nag Champa in that it has a woody (sandalwood) base with floral top notes, but is a lot busier and more subtle and interesting than that standard Indian incense base. Very commercial and appealing, but also quite fascinating. A brilliant promise.
The scent on the burn is surprisingly gentle and laid back. It takes its own sweet time to drift around the room and start to meet the promise on the stick. I like my incense to be quite bold and up front, and I tend to expect that of Indian incense in general. Satya is not the boldest of Indian incenses, though it's generally not shy either - using saying hi quite early on in the burn. However, it does come across, and is warm, spicy, sweet, with sandalwood and floral notes in harmony. There are hints of what is available on the stick, but over several burns it doesn't quite deliver that promise. It remains a sweet and attractive incense, and I like it a lot. There's subtle citric and fruit notes to keep it fresh and lively. But, even knowing that most perfumed incenses don't quite perform in the burn as they promise on the stick, it is still a little disappointing that this one doesn't. I think the promise was so exciting, and the burn hints at it, but falls so far sort, that there is a sad sigh in my heart.
Date: Aug 2025 Score: 38
The scent on the burn is surprisingly gentle and laid back. It takes its own sweet time to drift around the room and start to meet the promise on the stick. I like my incense to be quite bold and up front, and I tend to expect that of Indian incense in general. Satya is not the boldest of Indian incenses, though it's generally not shy either - using saying hi quite early on in the burn. However, it does come across, and is warm, spicy, sweet, with sandalwood and floral notes in harmony. There are hints of what is available on the stick, but over several burns it doesn't quite deliver that promise. It remains a sweet and attractive incense, and I like it a lot. There's subtle citric and fruit notes to keep it fresh and lively. But, even knowing that most perfumed incenses don't quite perform in the burn as they promise on the stick, it is still a little disappointing that this one doesn't. I think the promise was so exciting, and the burn hints at it, but falls so far sort, that there is a sad sigh in my heart.
Date: Aug 2025 Score: 38
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| Satya (Shrinivas Sugandhalaya) |
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