Sera Monastery Incense is noted as containing 25 ingredients, including laxangia tsaoko, saffron, sandalwood and clove. From a quick look on the internets the former ingredient is basically Chinese black cardamom, and I believe it’s something you can pick up in the foreground with all the other ingredients. The clove seems pretty mellow for a spice you can normally pick up right away but that saffron tang definitely seems there right in front, in fact this reminds me of some Indian saffron sandalwood sticks. In fact the incense this most reminds me of is the long deleted Saffron Medicinal Incense from Medicine King, it has that incense’s heavy woodiness mixed in with denser ingredients with a sort of corn chip note in the middle (it’s also a little mesquite-like). So all in all it’s definitely a familiar traditional blend that doesn’t, perhaps, pop up as often as some of the others. I will note that the woodiness of this one is beyond just the sandalwood and moves a bit into campfire levels of bitterness, so it could be too strong for some; however, I think the other ingredients are richer and full bodied enough to make it worth checking out anyway, certainly if you miss the Medicine King incenses like I do.
Sera Monastery Incense
December 9, 2022 at 2:02 pm (Cardamom, Incense, Mike, Saffron, Sera Monastery, Spice (Cinnamon Clove Nutmeg etc.), Tibet Autonomous Region)
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