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| Second review - scroll down for earlier review |
A more recent review is at Yadalam Vaastu Champa Thick Dhoop
These Vaastu dhoops are modest, but rather pleasant.
Date: Nov 2018 Score: 37*
Bought from JustAromatherapy for around a £1. These are great value and quite attractive dhoop sticks. They are chunky and well made - burning slowly and evenly, and releasing a very pleasant sweet aroma - base notes of sandalwood and top notes of jasmine. There's also some herby notes - burnt leaves - which sometimes linger at the edges, but mostly it is the very sweet and pleasant fragrance that I experience. The Champa name appears to refer to plumeria or frangipani, a fragrant flowering shrub, rather than the champaca of Nag Champa, which is a plant in the magnolia family.
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I have enjoyed these, and the price is very reasonable, so I went back to Just Aromatherapy to order another box, and more fragrances in the same range. Then I paused, and did a Google search for Vaastu Champa Dhoop, and found that TheAsianCookshop do the same range for about 20% less, so that's where I shall be buying them!
[Update, Oct 2018, The Asian Cookshop no longer sell Vaastu, but Just Aromatherapy still have them for £1.05 a pack]
The dhoops were made by Yadalam (Sree Yadalam Dhoops Industries) of Bangalore, under their Gomaathaa trademark. Gomaatha is the Indian name for the cow as the holy mother. The company went bankrupt last year (2012), with the Central Bank of India selling off some of the companies assets. However, as of 2018, they appear to still be trading.
Date: July 2013 Score: 32*
[*Score is over five years old so may not be reliable]
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I need contact no of dealer in bangalore
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