Coconut potentially would be a pleasant ingredient in an incense fragrance mix, though as a mono-scent I've not had many really positive experiences - Fumino Coconut has been the one I enjoyed the most. Sadly, as with Temple of Incense, we don't know who made it - other than "a team of expert ladies at our third-generation family factory in Bangalore".
The scent on the stick of this Coconut Dream is quite promising. It is woody, dry, quite gourmand, with a vanilla and coconut sweetness. There's not a lot going on, but it is attractive. I pulled out a stick of Fumino Coconut, and the scent on the stick is fascinating. A little perfumed, yes, with some off-notes, but there is a lot going on, which tends to catch my interest - especially with scents just escaping definition: magic, swirling, mists of scent. I like those. But, fair do, the Coconut Dream scent is more conventional and acceptable, and will have the wider appeal.
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| Available from ToI at £10 for a box of 20 sticks or from Exotic Incense for $13.50. |
Blurb says: "Proper coconutty fragrance for those tropical island feels. Coconut Dream incense sticks are fruity and nutty, with a silky vanilla-like sweetness – just how you’d expect them to be."
The scent on the burn is woody with coconut awareness, but more raspy wood than coconut. It's OK, but a little simple. There's not a lot going on, and I find it a little dry for my taste, leaning in the direction of Pondicherry style incense, where it feels a little twiggy with a sense of reused residue waste. This is not to my taste. It's not bad, and it will serve as an OK room freshener, but there's not a lot here to get me interested or excited.
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