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    Identifying a Mysterious Sumatran Wood – Call to the Community

    Hello everyone, I would like to hear the opinions of knowledgeable connoisseurs to help me identify a wood I’ve had for several years. It is a Sumatran soil that sinks in water and emits a fresh, balsamic/camphoraceous, fruity apple-like fragrance at room temperature. When heated, its scent...
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    Building a subitism burner & have questions

    I’m planning to build a subitism burner and have a few questions I was hoping to get some help with. I found an old post on here recommending these mica sheets to use so I got them. https://a.co/d/i5KhQTr But I was wondering what is the sheet or covering I see in peoples pictures of subitism...
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    Shoyeido SARA Heater, what do you guys think?

    https://shoyeido-incense.jp/goods_en_HKD_602.html I can order directly from Shoyeido's international website, as you can see by the link. Is this a good heater or not, and I want to ask @iori, have you ever had this heater or do you have it? If you do, what would you rate it? And @language...
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    Struggling to find real ambergris

    Hi guys. I’ve been sourcing for ambergris for the past 2 months and have received fakes so far. Poor luck 😂. The price I paid was rather costly too, approximately 40usd / g for the few purchases. The fakes I received (Attached in photos) are made of palm oil, wax and clay. The ambergris started...
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    Spikenard Oil?

    Anyone here know where to get good, high quality spikenard oil? I really want to try this on its own, neat. As I have tried spikenard incense sticks from India and would love to give it a try on its own merits. Thanks!!!
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    Tin Foil as emergency Mica Sheet, and how to do it?

    So, I am out of mica sheets because they were all burnt, and even when burning quality wood, the after smell was always of burnt toast kinda smell, was wondering, I know you can use tin foil (or am I wrong?) as a mica sheet, but how do you do it exactly? Kinda noob with agarwood right now when...
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