Bhagwan – Nag Champa Bliss

I got this sample in January 2025 from Eugene Andrushchenko, the owner of Bhagwan Incense.

A pack with 15g is available for €3.95 and should contain about eight of the 8″ long extruded sticks; that makes approximately €0.36 per stick.

Nag Champa Bliss start relatively sweet and then quickly develop a certain waxy note that I often encounter in Nag Champa incense. This aspect combines with a florally tart facet that I associate with frangipani-heavy incense sticks. At least in the raw scent, frangipani incense sticks smell unpleasant and somehow soapy to me, however, the floral fragrance of the burning sticks is strikingly lovely.

It feels like warm weather suits the fragrance of Nag Champa Bliss best. At summery temperatures of around 24°C and above, the fragrance opens up, the florality appears sweeter and shows fruity and tangy notes.
In return, at cooler temperatures like today, at just over 16°C outside temperature, the tart and waxy note appears to be strongly emphasised and tends to smell a bit soapy.

A small negative point I have to note is that I’ve noticed an unpleasantly strong smell of the bamboo stick when the sticks go out.

Nag Champa Bliss are another delicious Nag Champa from the Bhagwan Incense range.
With their waxiness, they have a certain similarity to the magnificent Nag Champa Gold; though, I find these more multi-layered and less tart.
Nag Champa Bliss remind me most strongly of Nag Champa by Rajpal.

Below you can see the mentioned Nag Champa varieties next to each other:

Nag Champa Gold and Nag Champa Bliss by Bhagwan,
and Nag Champa by Rajpal in comparison.