| I drive my girlfriend a bit crazy sometimes with my | | | | a small bowl full of sand as a perfect alternative to |
| patchouli addiction. Like sandalwood, patchouli is a | | | | the included burner. |
| perfect classic scent. Warm, earthy, slightly spicy and | | | | The unlit stick smells amazing and once lit, improves |
| earthy. She isn't a fan of most patchouli offerings | | | | on that. It is a tremendously good version of |
| with the exception of Satya's Patchouli Forest. | | | | patchouli. Nippon-Kodo managed to capture all of the |
| However, all of that changed with one sniff of | | | | nice things about patchouli with their Morning Star |
| Morning Star's Patchouli. Far from being "oily" and | | | | offering without any of the bad things. The smoke |
| lingering in the air for far too long, the scent is | | | | output is far lower than in other incense sticks and |
| delicate and wonderful and that is before you even | | | | the scent never becomes oily or cloying. Instead the |
| light the stick! | | | | scent is warm, spicy, earthy and yet delicate at the |
| Morning Star includes a small square ceramic burner in | | | | same time. If you like patchouli but thick clouds of |
| each box of incense and it is a nice gesture, but the | | | | oily smoke put you off, then you will enjoy this stick |
| stick does not match the diameter of the hole and | | | | very much. If you have never liked patchouli before |
| so it leans in one direction or the other. Unless you | | | | and for precisely the same reasons, this is a |
| put a small plate underneath it the very fine powdery | | | | wonderful introduction. |
| ash can make a mess. I would seriously recommend | | | | |