![]() Also, the stick itself when not burning just smelled like citrus. This one has a kind of tarry smell - the best way I have to describe it is kind of like a mineral oil or some sort of automotive fluid, with a slightly herbal-citrus undertone. But also completely different from any Nag Champa I've smelled before, either. So I let it acclimate, and the aroma comes out - completely different from the previous box. It's really weird that the 15g sampler box didn't need to, but maybe it was a bit older or something. Okay, maybe they changed something, and Nag Champa just needs to acclimate now. What?! These two boxes of incense are literally the only times I've ever experienced this. The same smell of charcoal and bamboo smoke I'd experienced with the last box. I opened the box, pulled out a stick, and - hey, it's actually a nice tan color! That's a good sign. It arrived, and I was excited to give it a try. Several months later, I decided that, while I've been making due with this new incense, I really wanted to experience the actual Nag Champa smell again, so I order a two-pack of 100g boxes from Amazon - from the same dealer I got the aforementioned Goloka incense from. However, the aroma isn't bad per se, though it has a not-particularly-enjoyable backbite, so I continue burning it. This is pretty disappointing, since Nag Champa is a very nostalgic smell for me. This smell was quite distinctly not Nag Champa, in any way, shape or form. At this point I'd tried Nag Champa from completely different companies. It isn't that it's slightly different, like I'd expect between batches. The fragrance started to become more and more noticeable as it "acclimated", but. It's almost like the incense had to acclimate to the room, which is something I'd never seen in any incense before. On the third day, finally a little bit of fragrance started to peek out. I was burning other incense, including a really overpowering Goloka one, so maybe the smell is just being covered up. No fragrance to it, it smelled like charcoal and bamboo smoke. You could see the charcoal core through the actual fragrant part, which is something that I hadn't seen in any incense before, even the really cheap stuff. But before I even started burning the incense, there was something quite distinctly different about the incense- it came out of the bag looking quite dark and black. I hadn't even opened the box yet at this point - the box looked completely legitimate, at least as far as I could tell, from the outside, so I didn't think too much of it. Over the course of the month, I thoroughly enjoyed the 15g sampler until it ran out, at which point I started on the 250g box. The smell was a bit more fresh and sharp. It wasn't exactly the same as the previous box, but as I said, I was expecting that. I decided to use the Nag Champa in the 15g sampler first, and it was very distinctly Nag Champa. At the same time, since I already knew I enjoyed Nag Champa, I purchased a 250g box from a different seller on Amazon. ![]() I decided to give other fragrances a try, so I purchased a sampler of 6 different Satya incenses, including Nag Champa, from a seller on Amazon. However, when I went to replace my 2010 box, I ran head-first into massive amounts of confusion. So, when I open a new box and start burning the Nag Champa, it isn't that surprising if it isn't exactly what I'm used to. ![]() I go into buying new Nag Champa expecting there to be a difference in fragrance - not only is it from a completely different batch, but the last stick from the old box will have aged quite significantly. A box I bought in 2010 finally ran out early this year. Now, I should state clearly that, while I enjoy my Nag Champa, and tend to burn a lot of it in spurts, a 100g box can last me years. And the only newer information I've found is from a thread on this subreddit about 6 months ago that doesn't provide anything conflusive. ![]() That information is so old that even the scent information doesn't apply to me - that's right about the time I started burning Nag Champa in the first place. The best information I've found is unfortunately outdated - circa 2005-2006 when they officially started using less Halmaddi in the authentic product and there was a flurry of people concerned about the authenticity of their Nag Champa. I've been trying for years to find a guide for identifying whether a box of Satya Sai Baba Nag Champa is authentic or not. ![]()
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