All of the three Laughing Buddhaa incenses I've burned have been decent quality. They are well made sticks with good scents. But they have also been rather unremarkable. Perhaps there are better sticks in the range, but I feel I have had a fair sample with a pure frankincense, a standard Nag Champa, and now this perfumed blend. The scent on the stick is sweet and flowery and delicate and perfumed. It is an attractive scent with no unpleasant off-notes. Quite powdery and soapy with a general aura of a quality fabric conditioner.
The scent on the burn moves away from the perfume elements on the stick, and presents more as a dry, twiggy masala incense. There are woody, resinous scents - quite warm and pleasant, though also rather ordinary. I like the scent, but it is so familiar and everyday, albeit decent quality, that it doesn't really lift or excite me. And I'm not really a big fan of twiggy incense, especially when it remains largely in the same area. Given time some of the perfumed cold throw fragrance starts to emerge from the dry wood notes - or, rather, emerge within the dry wood notes so both exist at the same time in an uncomfortable fixed marriage without love or joy. There are frankincense notes here, with a faint hint of benzoin, and an even fainter herby floral like lavender or sage.
Yeah, overall a decent incense: well made with decent ingredients, and an enjoyable scent. Not too heavy. Good as a decent room fragrance, or even as a meditation aid. Yeah. Nice. The most enjoyable, for me, of the three Laughing Buddhaa incenses I've tried. And the one that totters me on the edge of exploring this range further.
The scent on the burn moves away from the perfume elements on the stick, and presents more as a dry, twiggy masala incense. There are woody, resinous scents - quite warm and pleasant, though also rather ordinary. I like the scent, but it is so familiar and everyday, albeit decent quality, that it doesn't really lift or excite me. And I'm not really a big fan of twiggy incense, especially when it remains largely in the same area. Given time some of the perfumed cold throw fragrance starts to emerge from the dry wood notes - or, rather, emerge within the dry wood notes so both exist at the same time in an uncomfortable fixed marriage without love or joy. There are frankincense notes here, with a faint hint of benzoin, and an even fainter herby floral like lavender or sage.
Yeah, overall a decent incense: well made with decent ingredients, and an enjoyable scent. Not too heavy. Good as a decent room fragrance, or even as a meditation aid. Yeah. Nice. The most enjoyable, for me, of the three Laughing Buddhaa incenses I've tried. And the one that totters me on the edge of exploring this range further.
Date: Feb 2026 Score: 37
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