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Is it just me but is life a little stressful at the moment? Human beings have this amazing capacity to get through everything and anything. But it doesn’t mean that the journey between A and B isn’t hard. I can hold my hands up and say I’m one of those people trying to get to B the best way I can. Any opportunity where I can lift my mood and keep my emotions calm and positive in a simple way I will. So thank goodness for Champneys Health Spa Calming Incense Gift which I received last year for my birthday, because right now I need calming!
Why did I use this?
I need to relax. I’ve always found home fragrance helps me to unwind when I’m at home. Instead of grabbing my usual wax melts I wanted to use and try something totally different and this was it.
What is this?
Champneys Health Spa Calming Gift Set is a simple and stylish why of using traditional incense sticks. You light one of the incense sticks while it’s held in the holder it comes with and it releases fragrance.
What do you get?
20 incense sticks and one incense stick holder.
How does this look?
The packaging for this is simple but very stylish. Both the incense sticks and the holder are boxed separately. The pale pink and green small boxes they come in look nice and overall packaging makes it look quite expensive. The incense stick holder is cream in colour and ceramic and would fit into any room and any decor. Great presentation.
Fragrance
This is quite woody and warming in fragrance. I want to say there’s a floral in this but it comes across more plant like rather than flowers, if that makes sense? There’s a sweetness to this which works well and stops this scent from being too hard or male fragrance like.
In Use
Once the incense stick was lit it took 30 minutes for it to totally burn out and disappear. During this time it provided a lovely, comforting and cosy feel to my living room thanks to the fragrance. I was worried it would be heady, as lots of incense sticks tend to be, but this wasn’t. It was strong enough to create a scent which even floated into another room. But it wasn’t overpowering and didn’t make me feel as if I had entered a church. The fragrance lasted after the incense stick had gone for about an hour, but there was still a faint trace of the smell much later.
One thing I was worried about was the incense holder. Would it be large enough to catch any of the incense stick’s ash when it fell away? Not quite. Some of the ash didn’t stay in the flat part of the holder and fell onto the cabinet which this was sitting on. So it should have been slightly larger and you would need something resting under this to protect your surfaces.
Recommended?
I used incense sticks YEARS ago and using this made me remember that. I love how Champneys Health Spa Calming Incense Gift is packaged. The fragrance is lovely, definitely calming and not too strong. And the holder looks simple but elegant. The only drawback is it should have been a touch bigger to catch any falling ash. But overall this is a great set. I would definitely recommended this for someone who likes this form of home fragrance or you want to introduce something different to someone who hasn’t experienced this before.
This set costs £10.00 and can be bought directly from Champneys here.