The pack design is the same for all the fragrances - all that is different is the name and the decoration colouring. This is the most common approach used by own brand traders, as it is low cost, low effort and commitment, and pushes the trader's own brand. The design and colours are simple and unimaginative.
The sticks are quite plain. Some light brown wood paste has been hand rolled onto plain bamboo splints. There is a very mild soapy scent on the sticks, with some very faint wood and resin notes; there's an attractive delicate sherbet sweetness, some mint, and a curious sense of fresh air. So far there is little here that is encouraging, though the low level of scent on the sticks does suggest that this is proper masala, where the fragrance is put into the paste before rolling, rather than added afterwards. Proper traditional masala tends to be designed more for the burn fragrance rather than the fleeting charm of the fragrance on the stick.
Once lit up there is a distinct and pure frankincense fragrance, combined with white sandalwood, and later some twigginess. It is an attractive woody and resinous scent, though doesn't travel far from its white woody resin heart. There's perhaps some pepper and a touch of nettles, but on the whole it treads water. It's a nice spot to be in; though after treading water in the same spot it kind of stirs up some mud, and the earlier cool and pleasant clarity starts to shift to something a little murky - a little bit of burning wood.
Despite my hesitation about the background to this incense, I find I like it. There's a blend of white wood (partly fragrantly sweet sandalwood, though also partly ill-defined garden bonfire wood) with plain frankincense. It mostly works well. I find that the fragrance remains in the same area too much for my liking, with insufficient variety for my easily bored mind. But I can see how others would like that focus. I'm uncomfortable with some of the scratchy burn notes, but that could be partly to do with my terpenes sensitivity which has been playing up for about a month now. On the whole I find this a decent incense, which I suspect I would enjoy more with some summer breezes coming in through the open windows.
The sticks are quite plain. Some light brown wood paste has been hand rolled onto plain bamboo splints. There is a very mild soapy scent on the sticks, with some very faint wood and resin notes; there's an attractive delicate sherbet sweetness, some mint, and a curious sense of fresh air. So far there is little here that is encouraging, though the low level of scent on the sticks does suggest that this is proper masala, where the fragrance is put into the paste before rolling, rather than added afterwards. Proper traditional masala tends to be designed more for the burn fragrance rather than the fleeting charm of the fragrance on the stick.
Once lit up there is a distinct and pure frankincense fragrance, combined with white sandalwood, and later some twigginess. It is an attractive woody and resinous scent, though doesn't travel far from its white woody resin heart. There's perhaps some pepper and a touch of nettles, but on the whole it treads water. It's a nice spot to be in; though after treading water in the same spot it kind of stirs up some mud, and the earlier cool and pleasant clarity starts to shift to something a little murky - a little bit of burning wood.
Despite my hesitation about the background to this incense, I find I like it. There's a blend of white wood (partly fragrantly sweet sandalwood, though also partly ill-defined garden bonfire wood) with plain frankincense. It mostly works well. I find that the fragrance remains in the same area too much for my liking, with insufficient variety for my easily bored mind. But I can see how others would like that focus. I'm uncomfortable with some of the scratchy burn notes, but that could be partly to do with my terpenes sensitivity which has been playing up for about a month now. On the whole I find this a decent incense, which I suspect I would enjoy more with some summer breezes coming in through the open windows.
Date: Jan 2026 Score: 36
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