Vijayshree – Golden Nag Forest
I’ve had this pack lying around since last summer; bought on eBay-Kleinanzeigen.
I’m a bit conflicted about the smell of Nag Forest. Although they are the one I liked the most of the “forest and trees” inspired scents so far, there are some details that bother me.
Nag Forest have a strong conifer smell that reminds me of mountain pine bath additive. I think my grandma had one of these and as a child I found the smell incredibly strong, just far too intense. The intensity makes it seem a bit “artificial”, even perhaps it isn’t.
The second main aspect of the composition is floral, in a clear but non-specific way.
Underneath there is a classic masala base note, a little spicy, woody, warm and sweet.
The sweet smell tends to be too intense for a “forest” scent in my eyes, and it has a bit of cinnamon note to it, which comes out even stronger in the aftertaste.
Overall, I find it quite potent. Maybe because of their association with a hot bath, I found them a little too intrusive in the summer. I liked them better in the winter, but then I can’t leave the windows open for long.
I think for me, Nag Forest is more for outdoors. Or maybe I’ll give it away.
Rating: 2.7
I think they are using the Nag part to put “Nag Champa” in people’s thoughts. I think these are scents aimed at the Western market where it is known we like a nag champa scent. I like Vijayshree, though I think much of their output is aimed a little too much at smelling like Nag Champa.
I think you’re right, “Golden Nag” is rater the name of the line.
For years I’ve been confused by the naming of this range – wondering if the Nag part went with Golden or (for example) Forest. That Vijayshree have some scents, such as Golden Hit and Golden Buddha, which don’t use Nag, it seemed likely that the Nag was part of the scent name. But yesterday when looking into my past reviews of Vijayshree, I noted that in reviewing Golden Nag Champa (my first encounter with Vijayshree), I commented that it smelled more like a champa than a nag champa. I now realise that is because it was a champa, and the scent name was Champa, not Nag Champa. The Nag part must belong to the Golden part, so Golden Nag is the brand name, and the scent here is Forest rather than Nag Forest. So, if they have a nag champa scent they would call it Vijayshree Golden Nag Nag Champa. Well, that’s my current thinking….