Suraj Brand – Mysore Sandal Bathi I recently bought this slim 10g pack at SatNam. It cost €1.49 and contained 12 sticks – they are very… Continue reading “Suraj Brand – Mysore Sandal Bathi”…
Shoyeido – Daily Incense Mini-Sampler This sampler includes 1/3 long sticks of each of the 8 varieties of the line known in Germany as “Natur… Continue reading “Shoyeido – Daily Incense Mini-Sampler”…
Shoyeido – Daigen-koh | Great Origin In November 2022, I decided to explore the Daily Incense line of Shoyeido. As so often happens,… Continue reading “Shoyeido – Daigen-koh | Great Origin”…
Shoyeido – Hoyei-koh | Eternal Treasure / Mount Fuji In November 2022, I decided to explore the Daily Incense line of Shoyeido.… Continue reading “Shoyeido – Hoyei-koh | Eternal Treasure / Mount Fuji”…
Shoyeido – Kin-kaku | Golden Pavilion In February 2022, I scored two opened bulk packs of the Daily Incense line by Shoyeido on kleinanzeigen.de. Such a… Continue reading “Shoyeido – Kin-kaku | Golden Pavilion”…
Holy Smokes – Green Line Assortment I bought this sampler for €3.60 at Arkanum des Lichts, a very cheap online shop with poor service and bad… Continue reading “Holy Smokes – Green Line Assortment”…
NGR – Nag Champa vs. Satya (BNG) Nag Champa I bought this box of Nag Champa second hand, which is obviously heavily “inspired” by the design of the original Nag Champa by Satya. As… Continue reading “NGR – Nag Champa vs. Satya (BNG) Nag Champa”…
Blue Pearl – Classic Champa Like the other samples of Blue Pearl, this one also comes from Steve Pereira, who writes the “Incense in The… Continue reading “Blue Pearl – Classic Champa”…
The Mother’s – Indiase Koffie (Coffee) When I tried Mother’s Incense in 2022, having gone through the Regular sampler (purchased from Padma Store) and just started… Continue reading “The Mother’s – Indiase Koffie (Coffee)”…
The Mother’s – Golden Fragrances (Trial Packs) The Golden line consists mostly of the same scents as the Regular line, just significantly fewer (17), and there are… Continue reading “The Mother’s – Golden Fragrances (Trial Packs)”…
Elbenzauber – Patchouli I bought this pack of incense from an online shop called “Arkanum des Lichts” of which I was unfortunately very… Continue reading “Elbenzauber – Patchouli”…
Jeomra’s – Natur pur – Patchouli Georg Huber (Jeomra) became aware of me on Instagram in mid-2023 and offered me… Continue reading “Jeomra’s – Natur pur – Patchouli”…
Balaji – Mystic Moon This box was another second-hand find. The regular price is about the same as other common brands, so they can… Continue reading “Balaji – Mystic Moon”…
Hikali Koh – Japanese Garden – Morikage (Forest Glade) and Kenmei Do – The Path of Perfection – Hanakonjiki (Golden Flower) The brands Hikali Koh and Kenmei Do both seem to belong to a German wholesaler named Anvenor e.K. Interestingly, they… Continue reading “Hikali Koh – Japanese Garden – Morikage (Forest Glade) and Kenmei Do – The Path of Perfection – Hanakonjiki (Golden Flower)”…