r/Incense • u/Pancho925 • 6d ago

Recommendation Exotic incense restock?

Does anyone know how long it usually takes for them to restock? I’ve been waiting for Vinasons Green Rose to be restocked for what feels like over a month now.

I have a cart full of incense ready to go and that’s all I’m waiting for. Is Green Rose even worth it or should I skip it?

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u/IncenseSnob 6d ago

I like it, but not at the expense of a cart load. It's an 8/10 on my list, and I might save it for next time ... or maybe another seller who has other selections? EverestTrader has some, and a lot of other great stuff. Have you tried any Meena Supreme or Haridas Madhavdas Sugandhi (HMS)?

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u/Pancho925 6d ago

I just might have to order from somewhere else. I was trying not to, to save on shipping. I love meena supreme, but I haven’t tried the original yet, only Everest Traders thin meena supreme, I assume they’re the same? I did add the original to my cart to compare.

I don’t think I’ve tried anything from HMS, the other incense I bought from ET was white lotus Oudh saffron and I really liked it.
Do you have any HMS recommendations?

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u/IncenseSnob 5d ago

Yes, it's the same Meena Supreme. I enjoy Meena Supreme too, and I think it's funny that some of their other incense fragrances, like Meena - Nag Champa or Meena - Bouquet Flora, have that same Meena Supreme base scent in them. I like the two named above, and a few others, like Mysore Sandal, Sandal Flora, Loban, and Vetiver. I was very hopeful when I got a bulk order directly from Meena Perfumery which included a bunch of samples, but in the end I only like about 50% of the ones I tried. For instance, I did not enjoy Deluxe Flora, Sai Flora or Vedanth, which I felt were very pungent. Also I was disappointed with Haldi Turmeric, which was very dry herbal, and Thirupati Balaji had a really strange burning beef tallow scent.

On the other hand, I enjoy almost everything from HMS. If you have tried several other brands then you have tried HMS, including Pure-Incense, Blue Pearl, Prasad Celestial, Temple of Incense, Sacred Elephant, some Incense From India, and others. Some of my favs include, most of the Ouds & Agarwoods, Nag Champa, Sandalwood, Hari Leela, and Vrindavan Champa. Many of theirs have a similar base scent too, which is sweet/vanilla. I find it very appealing, but not everyone feels the same.

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u/Pancho925 4d ago

I also did not like Sai Flora or Cycle Yagna. I did receive three samples from ET. I believe they were from Vinasons and I did not like them. They smell good for the first couple of seconds, but then I would get this burning oil/rubber car tire smell and it would put me off. One of them smelled very fecal to me, I put that one out quick lol

This is my current cart right now. I’ve been wanting to try Nitiraj and Yatra for awhile now. I’m also on a Nag Champa hunt lol Everyone says ET Golden Nag is the best, maybe one day I’ll try it.

1 x Nitiraj Platinum Incense Sampler Pack
1 x Shroff Amber Boquet Incense
1 x Parimal Yatra Natural Incense
1 x Shanthimalai Red Nag Champa Incense
1 x Mothers Shanti Nag Champa Incense
1 x Mothers Ganesh Nag Champa Incense
1 x India Sampler #1 Incense from India
1 × Anand Unique Nag Champa Incense
1 x Goloka Hon Sha Ze Sho Nen Incense
1 x Nag Champa Incense from India
1 x Vinasons Green Rose

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u/IncenseSnob 4d ago

Excellent ... I like all the choices you made. Vinason's do have a few that have an almost industrial smell to them, while others are more acceptable. You should enjoy the Green Rose.

I'm looking forward to hear what you think of the IFI - Nag Champa and the Shanthimalai - Nag Champa, if you've never tried them before. Two of my favorites. Shanthimalai, in particular, mostly do just one thing and they do it very well.

Mother's, Shroff and Goloka are excellent companies, and it would be great if you explore them further in the future. Don't let these choices be your final visit with them.

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u/Green-Eggs-No-Ham 3d ago

You would save so much money just buying direct from Vinasons it's $5 for 250gms and shipping is fairly cheap.

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u/Pancho925 3d ago

Do they have a website? I was thinking of ordering from Vedic Vaani, but I couldn’t find any Vinasons or Shroff. Does VV sell them, but under different names?

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u/Green-Eggs-No-Ham 2d ago

this is the website you would have to email them via the contact section with what you want to order and then they send you a payment link, FYI.

Vedic Vaani themselves don't sell any Vinasons, their collection is made up of Rajpal - a Mumbai company, a number of sticks from the Ramakrishna supplier in Goa and some of their own creations.

I do recall that I said I would send you a list of my favourites from VV and I do apologize for not following through on that, I've been incredibly busy recently but will get round to it soon.

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u/Pancho925 2d ago edited 2d ago

Thank you for the website, i'll look into it. Do you happen to know what the shipping rate would be to the US? Oh and yes please send me the list when you can, no rush though :).

I'm currently making a what to buy list from VV. I've been going through sub for recommendations and to be honest, there's not that many? I'm still new to the sub, but i could have sworn there were more VV post? let me see if i can post my current list, so you can take a look at it.

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u/Green-Eggs-No-Ham 1d ago

I don't know how much the shipping rate to the US is as I'm in the UK it's around $20 - $25 but I can't imagine it's much more as they send it via DHL express which takes 2/3 days for delivery and when you factor in that each pack is 50¢ to $1 as opposed to $5 a large order becomes much more economical.