| I am a big fan of sandalwood. A fact that should be | | | | meditation however due to the non-intrusive, generic |
| obvious if you have read very many of my reviews | | | | nature of its scent. Given the plain, but pleasant |
| on incense. I am also a fan of Shrinivas Sugandhalaya | | | | scent of this stick it would not be a distraction when |
| and the incense they produce under various names. I | | | | used for meditation as some scents can be. Some |
| am still having a hard time figuring out their Oriental | | | | people might even find it a pleasant daily incense as |
| series though. The series is based on a sandalwood | | | | the scent doesn't tend to linger for a long time after |
| and vanilla mixture with other scents added in to | | | | the stick is extinguished. Although, for daily incense I |
| make up the individual offerings in the line. The | | | | prefer a fresher, cleaner scent and not one so warm |
| Patchouli Forest is absolutely excellent whereas the | | | | and sweet as this stick. |
| Sunrise is really just kind of plain. | | | | The Oriental series from Shrinivas Sugandhalaya is a |
| So that brings me to the sandalwood from this | | | | bit of a mystery to me. They are all enjoyable |
| series. You would think that with a name like | | | | scents and non of them are offensive but with the |
| Sandalwood and being from a line that is based on | | | | exception of Patchouli Forest none of them are real |
| sandalwood, there would be plenty of sandalwood | | | | standouts either. They don't differ very much in |
| goodness to be had. That isn't the case it seems. | | | | character from each other but I suppose because of |
| The scent has sandalwood in it, but there is a | | | | that you could feel pretty safe spending your hard |
| "something else" that keeps it from being as | | | | earned money on any one of them without worrying |
| representative of sandalwood as the name on the | | | | you were buying a dud. |
| box would suggest. A light note of caramelized sugar | | | | So there you have it. Satya Sandalwood is a warm, |
| seems to be in there as well as champa flower. It | | | | sweet scent that hints at sandalwood more than it |
| has a slightly sharp note that is not the spicy note of | | | | represents it as a pure scent. It is pleasant, |
| a good sandalwood. | | | | non-intrusive and would make a good companion |
| It is a pleasant, even enjoyable incense but it lacks | | | | stick for meditation and if you are fan of warm, |
| any real character that would cause it to stand out | | | | sweet scents it would make a good daily incense as |
| from sandalwood offerings from other | | | | well. |
| manufacturers. It would make a good companion for | | | | |