I think this review will be the best first try on my Indian Incense House blog, cause I have a lot of feelings about this incense and this is the most beautiful and authentic incense, that I have tried for last month.

Firstly, my attention was catched on this incense, when I discovered for myself the beautiful retail shop, that associated with The Incense Sampler Works wholesale shop. Retail shop is called The Incense Guru.

This incense have very beautiful and retro-vibed packaging, with big 250g rectangle box, with rich, saturated design and art, which represents Shiva and Parvati, and their son Ganesha in the middle of them.

Type: Durbar stick

Smoke: Intensive

I know, that a lot of manufacturers and sellers, have concept of “retro” Patchouli aroma, with names like “Patchouli 1960s/1970s/Vintage”. But, for me, this incense, that I’m reviewing – have much stronger vintage vibe, than others, even if it’s not saying “vintage” or “60s/70s” on box.

This is not a simple earthy/wet/musk aroma, better explain it, like:
“Old car in which group of hippies traveling through US in the middle of summer, and their car was not cleaned and blankets/pillows/clothes fully filled with weed notes and with a lot of incense smoke”.

It’s dry, it’s retro, and it’s strong enough, to fulfill your room with pleasant aura of dry grass, weed, vintage old caskets and wooden amulets and talismans, that is used as design for that not very small, but not very big car.

It’s very different from usual mass-market Patchouli variations. There is no feeling of a wet and moldy underground basement, no feeling of wet earth under the shadows in some deep and lonely forest. It’s a very happy, fun, and chilling variation of Patchouli.

Links:

• Manufacturer Instagram
• Manufacturer Google Maps
• Manufacturer Facebook
• Buy at The Incense Guru (this one incense)
• Buy at Amazon (all products by manufacturer)
• Interesting interview with owners