A Journey Into The World of Incenses
These samples were sent by BriefChemistry, a friend of mine during December 2025. PremaNature was founded by David Vandevoort, a Belgian pharmacist who landed in India, which was intended to be a 1-year stay, tuned out to be his new home. He started making incenses during the COVID-19 times, when he joined his Nepalese friend […]
I got this incense from Madhoor Supermarket, who is the sole distributor of Sarathi International incenses (Tulasi, Royal Bakhour). This retails for 4.50 dirhams for 25g of incenses. This is a 9 inch hand-rolled masala incense, which comes in a printed plastic pouch. The fragrance when not burnt is pretty much like musk. It’s very […]
This incense was part of my Scenting Secrets order from July 2025. This retails at 150 rupees for 10 sticks. This incense is manufactured by New Oriental Agarbatti & Co. which is based in Bengaluru and was established in the year of 1890. It was founded by Shri Attar Syed Rahman Hussain and is currently […]
Musk/Kasturi is a very popular fragrance, known for its pungent, animalic, warm, earthy, and slightly sweet notes. Originally, musk is obtained from the musk pod found under the skin of the abdomen of the male musk deer (Moschus). However, harvesting musk pods is expensive and unethical, as the species is protected. Alternatives such as plant-based sources, […]
Brief Chemistry- an active redditor on r/incense and my friend, sent me samples of Vinasons along with other incenses to try out for in the late 2025. Vithaldas Narayandas & Sons or Vinasons, is an attar and incense manufacturer which was founded in 1883 by Manmohandas Sugandhi, making it one of the oldest incense manufacturers. […]
This incense was part of my July 2025 Haul and I ordered this incense from Scenting Secrets website. This incense retails 115 rupees for 25g, but in scenting secrets, this retails for 81 rupees. Scenting Secrets recently stocked on Shroff incenses in India. Before, Shroff was only selling in export markets and I had to […]
Pakeezah ( पाकीज़ा, پاکیزہ), a beautiful word, which means pure, pristine. This word has been derived from Persian/Farsi language and has travelled its way to Hindustani languages, which are Hindi and Urdu . There are multiple uses of this word, a notable example, is the 1972 Hindi/Urdu movie Pakeezah, starring Meena Kumari and Ashok Kumar. […]
I got this incense from aavyaa.com during March 2024. This incense contains 10 sticks and is retailed at 25 ruppes, while a larger 50g pack of this incense is for 90 rupees. Forest Fragrances are based in the city of Bangalore, the incense capital of India. Lajawab is a Hindi/Urdu word which means extraordinary or […]
I ordered this incense from cycle.in website during the month of July 2025. This incense retails at 200 rupees for 20 sticks, so for one stick, it retails for 10 rupees. This incense was launched in 2021 and is part of their ‘Specialty’ line. In their website, this is how they describe this incense- ”The […]
Happy New Year everyone! So sorry for not being active in thsi blog, as I was occupied in a lot of work, but from now on, I will give regular reviews. I bought this incense from Sree Vani’s ‘Indian Heritage’ stall, which was in Global Village’s India Pavilion. Global Village is an amusement park, with […]