Meditation
Fragrance to help you feel grounded and to help clear your mind.
Ganesh
Ganesh is a masterpiece, rich and sumptuous, feminine and happy.
An exceptionally clean, well balanced and warm incense. Full of spicy and green notes of lavenders, with hints of rose and rosemary, and drying down to a warm and sensuous note of patchouli and amber.
Our most popular fragrance and for good reason..
This is how one critic put it:
"Ganesh is virtually one of the finest durbars to have been created by human hand, it’s a triumph of the incense making art.(....) It’s so rich, decadent and astonishingly good that even one stick will have one reeling in amazement that one could hit such a perfect match of ingredients. Every incense lover owes themselves a treat such as this".
We won't argue with that.
Mauna
A rich fragrance based on Indian temple incense, with champa flower, subtle sandalwood and sweet, elegant rose. A delightful sister to our Shanti and Lakshmi.
Mauna, meaning silence, is very well suited to quiet contemplation and meditation.
Meera
The Heena flower (Lawsonia Inermis) is only small but once distilled, the Heena attar packs a fine punch. The copper stills of Kannauj in Northern India have created the finest attars for many generations, and for our Meera incense, beautiful Heena attar from these stills is mixed with sandalwood and cedar wood to form an exquisitely balanced fragrance. We think it very special: purifying and grounding with a little bit of adventure.
We named Meera in honour of Mira Alfassa, a lady also known as 'The Mother'. Together with Sri Aurobindo, she formulated that 'All Life Is Yoga': that we all have an opportunity for spiritual progress by striving to do everything the very best we can, and to do so for the benefit of humankind.
Let's just say that this strikes a cord with us, and our incense is named 'The Mother's Fragrances' after her.
Om
Om is an 'aromatic nirvana' of cassia, vanilla and amber, and has become a firm favourite with friends of The Mother's India Fragrances.
It is well balanced with opening notes of sweet and soft vanilla, followed by richer notes of the Champa flower, and supported by intense amberlike base notes, sweet and spicy cassia and warm balsams.
Earthy and grounding, and true to its name, it is perfectly suited for meditation and contemplation.
Om has a well-deserved place in Olfactory Rescue Service's 'Hall of Fame'.
For a lighter version of Om, you might like to try 'Amber'
Sattva
Sattva is a luxurious woody and floral fragrance with a touch of fruits and spices. Its natural sweetness is enhanced by gentle heliotrope and vanilla, with a cleanliness of fragrance brought on by the green touches of cyclamen and lily of the valley.
Sattva is a modern fragrance, bold and confident yet balanced and pure. Strong like the other India Fragrances, and very well suited for meditation.
Shanti
Nag Champa. With a woody base, and blended beautifully with rose and jasmine, this fragrance has its roots in the traditional temple fragrance of India, and is reminiscent of the classic Nag Champa incense of old.
It is based on the sweet and delicate aroma of the Indian golden Champa flower, also known as the flower of paradise. Shanti is ideal for use in meditation or for unwinding and relaxing.
If you love 'shanti', we recommend you also try the 'lakshmi' in our 'online only' range, and if you would like to futher explore the classic temple fragrance in our range, try 'mauna' and 'veda' too.
Yoga
Yoga is a stunning sandalwood blend, in the best of sandalwood traditions. With centre stage for sandalwood, supported by a beautiful combination of oakmoss, patchouli and vetiver.
It is pure and grounding, it is perfectly suited for meditation.
And like all our India Fragrances, it is long burning, made from plant-based ingredients only, packed without plastic, and Fair Trade.
If your love sandalwood, you might also like to try 'buddha' in online only range, or for a milder sandalwood, try the 'sandalwood' in our Mother's Fragrances range.