The delicate ones in simple packaging... Cottage incense sticks from the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry are produced directly in the Ashram for its own use. They are a healthy balance of "East goes West" - Eastern fragrance tradition combined with the European nose.
The incense sticks consist of purely natural ingredients and, unlike many Indian incense sticks, have a somewhat gentler scent. With herbs, seeds, roots, blossoms, aromatic natural oils, hand-picked & hand-rolled. Our personal favorite: rose!
- Fairtrade – incense stick production guarantees a fair income for disadvantaged women
- Content: 10 grams each, approx. 12-14 sticks
- natural raw materials
The Masala incense sticks from Pondicherry are available in 10 original fragrances, starting with number 11:
- No. 11 Mattipal – sap of the Peepal/Bodhi tree, frankincense-like
- No. 12 Jasmine – the intoxicating scent of jasmine blossoms
- No. 13 Musk – spicy and warming, from plant musk seeds
- No. 14 Sandalwood – from the Indian Chandan (sandalwood) tree, strengthening and balsamic
- No. 15 Rose – very delicate sweetness, subtle in scent, pure!
- No. 16 Amber – sensual and calming, from the Amber tree
- No. 17 Ketaki - floral and warm, from the blossom of the Screw Pine
- No. 18 Parijat - sweetly intoxicating (Parijat is a tree with highly fragrant, small flowers)
- No. 19 Myrrh – sensual and earthy, for feminine power
- No. 20 Loban - the fragrant resin of a pine species, fresh-spicy