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  • About Amethyst Incense

    About Amethyst Incense

    No matter how much we try, some incenses defy us to easily define them. Amethyst Incense is one of those most challenging selections to describe. It’s such a remarkable fragrance that it’s well worth a try. Since it is made by Haridus Madhavdas, the same manufacturers as Egyptian, Superb Sandal, and Crystal Rose, it will…

  • About Jah Love Incense

    About Jah Love Incense

    There can never be too much love, and there can never be too many champa incenses. It’s but one of may rules we live by. Jah Love is indeed a classic champa incense. So you ask, “What is a champa incense?” A true champa is defined by the presence of one key component called “halmaddhi”,…

  • About Balaji Chandan

    About Balaji Chandan

    Chandan is fancy talk for sandalwood. There are likely thousands of different sandalwood incenses. We ourselves probably have a few dozen, each so very different from the next. One of our very favorites is Balaji Chandan. We weren’t surprised as the entire Balaji line is so wonderful. It’s a fairly potent sandalwood fortified with sandalwood…

  • About Vijayshree Golden Nag Champa Cones

    About Vijayshree Golden Nag Champa Cones

    We don’t have many cone incenses. The truth is, there aren’t many that impress us. Granted, they serve a purpose, giving a fairly significant amount of fragrance off in a shorter time. They tend to be cleaner than sticks as their ashes are easier to contain. What is unfortunate is that many of the better…

  • About Satya Patchouli

    About Satya Patchouli

    There are dozens of different Satya incenses. We have our share of them, but we don’t have them all by far. Nearly all of them, with a few exceptions have a similar core fragrance, that being a medium bodied, semi-sweet amber, vanilla-like quality. From there, each has its variant on that theme. They have three…

  • About Our Incense Sleeves

    Normally, we would feel a twinge of remorse packing up all of these incenses, giving out samples and all of that and create such a mess with so many plastic sleeves. That’s one reason why we use cellophane rather than plastic. Plastic is much easier to come by, and it’s considerably less expensive, but cellophane…

  • About Mystery Packs of Incense

    We do get asked now and again, “What’s in the mystery packs?” We appreciate irony as much as the next guy, but it does bring up a real question, “What really is in the mystery packs?” Many of the incenses that we weigh out into packs end up with a small portion that isn’t enough…

  • Hari Darshan Copal + Sandalo

    Hari Darshan Copal + Sandalo

    One of the perks of what we do is that we get to try out all kinds of new incenses. Sometimes it’s not much of a thrill, but now and again, something comes up that wows us. Hari Darshan Copal + Sandalo Incense is one of those items that we checked out and went gaga…

  • Tree of Life Champa

    Tree of Life Champa

    We love champa incenses. This isn’t something that we keep as a secret. We’re always looking for another one to add to our selection. When we found Tree of Life Champa, we knew it had to be part of our library of incenses. This offering is from the Tree of Life company that also produces…

  • Nitiraj Natural Masala Incense

    Nitiraj Natural Masala Incense

    Over the years, there have been many champa incenses, all of such varying quality. The classic that we all know so well, the famed blue box Shrinivas Sugandhalaya has undergone so many changes since the 90s that it is nothing similar to its original formula. It’s still a good fragrance, but it has changed so…