Burn of the Day

[Grega]

A lot of speech related issues comes down to why they were problematized in the first place, and to understand that context is very important. I totally agree that in a ideal world where people were not oppressed by other peoples and words were not loaded with history and pain then we theoretically would be able to use all words without restriction.

Unfortunately humans have done and continue to do nasty stuff to each other, and some of that nasty stuff then carries over into the language where words pick up meanings, for example words such as chink, nigga, coon, bong etc There are certain things due to history that we know people are sensitive about due to what happened historically and how terms were used to further hurt people.

Historically in Malay Archipelago colonial powers made it a tactic to bastardize the local titles and terms, including how they called the peoples tribes, regions, etc. The people in this region have historical reason to be more heightened about this issue due to the historical pain caused by the deliberate misconstruction of local terms and titles. Racial segregation and abuse was a means by which colonial occupiers ensured that the native Malay people never progress in the system. As such whilst to the rest of us it means nothing, to a Malay person it evokes memories of those times.

To acknowledge such issues and understand the deeper pain behind them can only enrich our experience. Especially when the 'word' in discussion is not even an actual English word. As such even from a perspective of expression, you aren't missing anything by not using the incorrect spelling of the word Malay.

I know those tactics, commonly throughout history (and still in certain places) used on my people with other attempts at cultural genocide. It is precisely why we do need to separate speech whose intent is harm, from benevolent speech. This was not an example of harmful intent. I get being annoyed by such use of words, needing clarification, questioning the value of such words, but I don't get the attitude even after clarification. Anyway even if the anger was aimed at ejayb, these kinds of debates are still making me weary of using internet forums. What happened to not assuming malice when interacting with people? My position is thus clear, I respect the difference in our positions, wish no ill will towards Hakim whose posts I have always read with pleasure, but profoundly disagree with this specific problematization.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Heating KZ Brunei Heartwood

Just a few slivers to fill my room.
I step out for a minute,
and when I return it smells like
a flower garden with Oudh in the air.

 

[Proust Madeleine]

Cultivated Kinam filling my room. Nice.

 

[Grega]

Man I really need to try some of that Cultivated Kinam y'all are talking about. What are the notes like?

 

[Taesik Yun]

Man I really need to try some of that Cultivated Kinam y'all are talking about. What are the notes like?

Floral, nectar, labdanum, vanilla, a bit of medicinal bitterness. These are some of the notes I get.

 

[Grega]

Floral, nectar, labdanum, vanilla, a bit of medicinal bitterness. These are some of the notes I get.

Ooooh, sounds lovely. Damn....list expands.

 

[EJayB]

Sinking Malinau melting away on the subitisim

 

[Oudamberlove]

Oudbase Ratnapura

A wonderful profile,
this is goudh oudh 🙂

 

[EJayB]

Hainan heartwood
Sublime

 

[Oudamberlove]

First up....
EO Brunei
Nice oudy floral, which reminds me of Malaysian and Cambodian oudhs.
Next....
Habzoud Hindi
Very nice profile, was sold out,
but Habz was kind to share some
from his personal stash.
Lucky are those who got some of this oudh.
Last up....
Gyokushodo Indonesian Kizami
Very nice oudh at 15g/¥3,300

 

[Taesik Yun]

OudBase - Maroke mini gen
Excavated ouds from the Merauke region are very different from other ouds in both appearance and scent. Merauke ouds have this brown soil color and the scent is dry, peppery spicy without any sweetness that usually can be felt in many ouds. their strong pungency is also what makes them special. it's interesting how these ouds can still fit in the category of oud because they smell so different.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Nippon Kodo Sizuro Borneo

I really dig this stuff,
close to Malinau profile.

 

[Proust Madeleine]

Habz Sinking Sri Lankan. Wow. This one is just amazing.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Hainan Agarwood

Definitely has some scent DNA in common
with oudh from Assam.


Then a Shoyeido Matsu square cut

Oudh perfume

 

[Oudamberlove]

Heating some agarwood
is it Sri Lankan,
is it West Papuan,
is it from Sabah,
is it Merauke,
is it Malaysian,
is it Vietnamese?

It is ASO Papua New Guinea.
Aromatic, but not Herculean.
Nice resin content.
Overall, a nice profile,
albeit much like many regions in one.

Does compare a bit to Ken’s PNG stick,
but not in a big way.

A very welcome addition to my stash.

 

[Mustafa]

Heating some agarwood
is it Sri Lankan,
is it West Papuan,
is it from Sabah,
is it Merauke,
is it Malaysian,
is it Vietnamese?

It is ASO Papua New Guinea.
Aromatic, but not Herculean.
Nice resin content.
Overall, a nice profile,
albeit much like many regions in one.

Does compare a bit to Ken’s PNG stick,
but not in a big way.

A very welcome addition to my stash.

Oh just loving this one. Mild but absolutely beautiful.

 

[Himanshu Sharma]

Dr. Incense Brunei

Amazing aroma. It's a bead scrap material. One small chip lasts me 2-3 sessions, easy.

 

[Taesik Yun]

RPP - Nha Trang black kyara

In JK's description, he says it has a tippy melon note. to my nose, it does have that melon-ish smell but it's far ethereal and bright than melon. so it's quite hard to connect it to melon. also, I get an ambrette-ish white floral and milky, chocolate, faintly vanilla scent. which is completely different from other kyara experiences, although this is my first time smelling wild kyara in a raw form. probably Yamadamatsu's Hojo white "feels" similar to this.

to me, it smells very 'white'. I can't think of better words to describe this scent other than that.

 

[Andrew Salkin]

New strategy!

For wood that lights on fire kinda easy like some cultivated Indian agarwoods, simply lay a few pieces of frank on top of it. The oils from the frank will saturate the non resonated sections of the chip, making it impossible for it to light on fire. It also functions like a really low temp coal bc the frank isn't touching directly. Feel like this is the best win win scenario I've come across for these kinda chips!

The scent of both is stellar!

 

[Castingshadows]

New strategy!

For wood that lights on fire kinda easy like some cultivated Indian agarwoods, simply lay a few pieces of frank on top of it. The oils from the frank will saturate the non resonated sections of the chip, making it impossible for it to light on fire. It also functions like a really low temp coal bc the frank isn't touching directly. Feel like this is the best win win scenario I've come across for these kinda chips!

The scent of both is stellar!

I love doing this! I like to take a few small pieces of Hojari and place it on the foil first and then put the Agarwood on top. I found the same results that it doesn’t over heat the resins and create that acrid sort of smoke.

I really enjoy burning on charcoal as well as low temp heating so it’s fun to experiment. I even like to put a touch of Oud on there sometimes as well. Not all Oud smells good heated up but some stuff does and it’s magnificent!