"The enchanting and magical scent of opium and blend of poppyseeds will exude confidence from within, giving you a sense of freedom...." Gosh. Sounds like a Chinese opium dealer enticing an addict with his wares. I've tried a few drugs in my youth, and I may well have smoked opium at some point, but if I did I can't recall the scent. Looking on the internet, and taking the first reliable source I could find, it appears that fresh cut opium smells like mown hay. This, though, smells like the Yves Saint Laurent perfume, Opium - a scent I do know, as we have a few bottles in the house. And, a scent that is occasionally used in Indian perfumed and masala incense.
The scent on the stick is heady, sweet, a little cloying, perfumed, fresh, sharp, with hints of strawberries, and - now that it has been brought up - fresh cut grass. It's a delicious and beguiling scent that covers a lot of ground - there's honey and caramel and other delights in here to discover. It's like that jar of sweets at the fair - "Guess how many sweets in the jar, and you win the prize". Well, guess how many scents are in Free Spirit!
When lit there is some initial black smoke. I don't know for certain, but I associate black smoke with DEP. But then again, my understanding is that most Indian incense uses DEP (masala incense as well). Incense would be too expensive, and probably too strong without it, as DEP dilutes the liquid fragrance into an affordable and workable solution. I tend to mention DEP in a casually derogatory fashion, as though it were the forced CO2 in beer. But the majority of folks like fizz in their beer, and unless they are drinking unfiltered beer, they will be drinking forced CO2. I find forced CO2 to be sharp and acidic, while the natural carbonation of unfiltered beer I find to be soft and wholesome. Can I actually tell, other than the black smoke, that an incense uses DEP? I'm not sure I can. Sometimes I think I can, but I don't know for sure. So DEP, then, is not as bad - to me - as forced carbonation. And millions of people don't just like forced carbonation, they actually prefer it, given the huge popularity of lager. So perhaps I should stop casually suggesting that DEP is present in an incense, as though it were an obvious evil.
When lit there is some initial black smoke. I don't know for certain, but I associate black smoke with DEP. But then again, my understanding is that most Indian incense uses DEP (masala incense as well). Incense would be too expensive, and probably too strong without it, as DEP dilutes the liquid fragrance into an affordable and workable solution. I tend to mention DEP in a casually derogatory fashion, as though it were the forced CO2 in beer. But the majority of folks like fizz in their beer, and unless they are drinking unfiltered beer, they will be drinking forced CO2. I find forced CO2 to be sharp and acidic, while the natural carbonation of unfiltered beer I find to be soft and wholesome. Can I actually tell, other than the black smoke, that an incense uses DEP? I'm not sure I can. Sometimes I think I can, but I don't know for sure. So DEP, then, is not as bad - to me - as forced carbonation. And millions of people don't just like forced carbonation, they actually prefer it, given the huge popularity of lager. So perhaps I should stop casually suggesting that DEP is present in an incense, as though it were an obvious evil.
The scent on the burn is gentle, delicious, fragrant, and manages to evoke the scents on the stick. This is a pretty decent Opium incense. I like this. I like it a lot. But then I like Opium perfume, so I'm already halfway there in enjoying it.
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