Follow-up on this post.
This is also my fist attempt to review incense sticks. I’m used to describe the scents of all kinds of aromatics on their own, for my notes. This was surprisingly difficult for me.
Goloka – Tree of Live
Out of the packaging: Dry, soapy, woody.
Burned: Quite smoky. Nothing special. Somehow an absolutely generic incense stick smell, I don’t know what to note about it.
I have a feeling they don’t do too well with cold weather. I’ll get back to them when days get warmer again.
Orkey - Vedika - aqua fresh
Out of the packaging: Crass. Rubber seals. Male cologne, “aquatic” in a very artificial way.
Burned: Male shower gel. At first it is relatively pleasant but gets too extreme very fast. Then it again smells of some kind of sealing or plastic exhalations and starts to scratch my throat.
Nope.
Prabhuji’s Gifts – Lalita
Out of the packaging: OMG. Deep, balsamic, spicy, makes a nice tickle in my nose. I smell understated musk and a pungent sweetness reminiscent of persipan (a kind of marzipan).
Burned: Rich, creamy sandalwood but also smoky (Not exactly in a bad way. It reminds me of tinder fungus, with its masculine touch). They also remind me of some sticks I loved as a teen. Maybe Amber & Musk by BERK or some others of their violet line? Anyway, it smells like my room when I was 15/16 and I love it.
On a second burn, I noticed the bitter-almond / persipan smell in a kinda sour fashion. I guess they are also better off with warmer conditions.
Cycle Brand – Oud
Out of the packaging: Like a mix of nice cologne or soap and “Magenbrot” (a special kind of ginger bread). It also reminds me of this soap.
Burned: Very smooth in the beginning, pleasant, soothing. Deep and spicy. It goes on to switch between warm and cold in my perception. It’s fascinating.
On a second burn, I smelled Macis, what makes sense because it’s one of the Magenbrot spices and it always has a slight soapy smell to me. The character of this soapiness is also similar to the Parampara and I'm starting to wonder if this could be something typical for Cycle brand.
These sticks are a very
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