GP Industries Amber Kasturi

A sample of GP Industries Amber Kasturi sent to me by Julian of The Incense Atelier.  I've had two other incenses from GP Industries, and I was impressed with both: Ruh Amber and Pandhari. GP Industries are based in the city of Shimoga in Karnataka (they appear to be the only incense house in Shimoga), and seem to have been in business since 2012. Kasturi is musk, which, like amber, is these days a created scent - either synthetic, or a blend of natural oils.

The incense sticks are a hand rolled soft & moist charcoal paste on plain machine cut bamboo splints which have a faint red dye at the tips. The paste is covered with a fragrant brown melnoorva/masala powder. The scent on the stick is very masculine and sexy - bundles of musk. Oooh - it's almost pornographic. I love deep, dark, musky scents, so I am drawn to this. Though it initially hits as masculine, I also see it as female. A strong, dark, sexy female. If a woman wore this as a perfume I would fall in love with her and bundle her off with me to the south of France to have my babies. 

The scent on the burn is more of the same, though with an awareness of floral qualities (without actually having a floral scent). It is a deep, dark, moist and mysterious musk. There's a suggestion of sweetness, but mostly it is a moist earthiness with some woods. It is a glorious scent, though, for me, it could do with some lightness as a relief or contrast. This is a bucket at the bottom of the well of musk, and there's not much air or sunlight coming through. Something else happening now and again would lift this higher. But even so, as it is, it's damned sexy and compelling.  

Date: Oct 2025    Score: 45

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GP Industries

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