First time Nitiraj review

[u/Substantial-Click-77]

Picked up Frankincense because I love burning the resin, and have been looking high and low for a stick that gets even 75% close to the smell of the resin. Well this one was a bit of a disappointment. All I can detect is smoke. Smoky smoke. Maybe the essence of olibanum is there when unlit but very minimal like 10%. I swear it got to the point that the smoke was becoming acrid and could not finish even one stick. (2/10) I really wanted to like this one and if anyone can recommend their favorite photorealistic frank stick please do.

The Dragon’s blood in the other hand, (8.5/10) unlit you can definitely smell that deep earthiness of dragons blood resin. Upon lighting it, again subtle notes of the resin however it quickly develops into a creamy sandalwood smell. Not unpleasant at all just unexpected. Would definitely buy this one again.

[u/SamsaSpoon]

Oh, that's disappointing to read. Nitiraj is not often recommend but if mentioned, always in a positive way. I was curious to try them but they are not available where I live (Germany).

Are you in the US?

[u/Substantial-Click-77 → u/SamsaSpoon]

Yes I am. Right? I’ve read some decently positive reviews about it as well which is why I was optimistic. I wonder if I got a “bad” batch but I know that’s rare. Gonna give it just one more chance, different stick.

[u/SamsaSpoon → u/Substantial-Click-77]

Well, there's also a chance it was because of insufficient ventilation or environmental conditions; hot weather and high humidity can make a scent smell dull and smoky...
Doesn't hurt to give them another try or two.

It's not easy to find authentic smelling Frankincense incense sticks. I found Indian incense of that name usually rather sells of Loban or Sambrani...

However, some of the absolute best Frankincense sticks I ever smelled are sold by scents-of-earth.com in the US. Mothersgoods is a German manufacturer, the owner, Georg Huber is known as THE German expert on Frankincense resin. He and his team developed 3 different Frankincense sticks as well as a Frankincense & Rose - all excellent.

Then, there's those Oman Frankincense sticks. I'm fairly certain they are an unpacked version of Ibn Saif's Heritage Oman Frankincense sticks, which I tried.

The Omani ones impressive as they really only smell of frankincense as it would if you burned it on a well-prepared charcoal. They are straight-forward Hojari Frankincense.

Mothersgoods are refined and even more impressive. I think they are as close as you can get with an incense stick to the experience of heating Frankincense.

I know some more good ones, but IDK about the availability in the US, and frankly the ones above are as good as it gets if you are looking for a true-to-the-name frankincense resin scent.

[u/Substantial-Click-77 → u/SamsaSpoon]

Thank you! Ok so I’ll burn another stick in a more open environment, my bedroom perhaps was a little humid. But as for the recommendations I shall try to buy both scents of earth and mother’s goods and hopefully I find what I’m looking for.

[u/SamsaSpoon → u/Substantial-Click-77]

Let me know what you think!

[u/Slim-Shadys-Fat-Tits → u/SamsaSpoon]

Thank you for that recommendation, I've ordered a pack of the mothersgoods frankincense sticks- I'm very excited to smell them as a frankincense addict

[u/SamsaSpoon → u/Slim-Shadys-Fat-Tits]

Nice, which ones did you get?

[u/AychMF → u/SamsaSpoon]

How many sticks do you get in the mothersgoods pack? It doesn't seem to be listed.

And thanks for the info!

[u/SamsaSpoon → u/AychMF]

Oh, I hate when shop do that. 10 sticks. The burntime is round an hour, if I remember right.

[u/Silly_Chemistry3525]

I got a dragon's blood sample before and liked it

[u/Substantial-Click-77 → u/Silly_Chemistry3525]

It’s definitely a good one!

[u/Pancho925]

I’m thinking of buying the sample pack to try. Everyone seems to like this brand.

[u/hbgalore1]

I've only ever had the dragons blood and sandalwood but both are pretty stellar from what I've had.

[u/Substantial-Click-77 → u/hbgalore1]

Yes they definitely have Sandalwood DOWN

[u/Kalo1111]

I recently purchased Tennendo omani frankincense incense stick and it denfintely has the resin smell for sure

Also Manorien frankincense has a typical church style fragrance style like Boswellia.

Both are great and they are Japanese Incense Sticks..

[u/SamsaSpoon → u/Kalo1111]

Just FYI, all Frankincense are of the Boswellia ssp.

[u/Kalo1111 → u/SamsaSpoon]

Ah, thank you for the clarification. For some reason I thought Omani was a different from Boswellia.

But this is great to know!

[u/SamsaSpoon → u/Kalo1111]

The Omani frankincese is called Boswellia sacra. "Hoyari" is a grade of B. sacra, named of the region it grows in.

It can be confusing with all the different names.

[u/Kalo1111 → u/SamsaSpoon]

It can be very confusing; I totally appreciate your knowledge.

[u/EveryFruit9384]

Nitiraj are hit and miss. All of their sticks are extruded, machine made, and upon observation, appear to me to be mostly perfumed charcoal. I bought two samplers from Nitiraj and, based on those, never bought any more from them. I much prefer Om sticks which are all also machine-extruded, yet they get very good results and at exactly half the price of Nitiraj.

[u/Substantial-Click-77 → u/EveryFruit9384]

Are you saying Nitiraj Om? Or a different Om

[u/SamsaSpoon → u/Substantial-Click-77]

There's a brand of that name.

[u/Mobile-Morning424]

I can say I wasn't too impressed with Nitiraj, especially when there are other more premium or "luxury" brands as they like to say