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It's an old term. You are correct that Sanai is NOT fake wood. They use low quality agarwood (think bunk wood) and inject "resin" from agarwood distillations to introduce aromatics into the wood. I do not believe that middle eartern sellers will explicitly tell you that this is Sanai agarwood and this is not. They may or may not based on how knowledgable the seller is. Because most sellers in ME are just that: sellers. Like a cashier at Walmart wouldn't know the origins of the items that Walmart is selling. The idea behind this is two fold: use the leftover resin from agarwood distillations and sell the bunk agarwood as something of higher quality.
I have heard from friends in Indonesia that they'll use processed waste wood from distillation, use oil and pressure to recombine and mold into the final shape.
I got the vietnamese wild fusen red soil chips from kyarashrine and they are very nice on charcoal. Very balanced scent, not too in your face but definitely noticeable. Burns evenly without any charred scent. At first I think (first time trying it so need more time with it) it gives off slightly spicy earthy notes, like heated but not burnt oakmoss but without the fungal notes, or better yet, a touch of musk in resins (not musky though! more like what musk does to myrrh oil with maybe a bit of labdanum!) and then it gives off a lovely clean vietnamese scent even minutes after the smoke stopped. Went outside and back into the room and the ambient scent was pleasant.
That’s the sandalwood burn experience i long for! I will have to try powder… I have a nice jar of sandalwood powder but I haven’t tried burning it on a subitism in a long time.
Where can I find information to make sticks?
I discovered that if I place it as a small pile to one side on my sub, and keep the temp at 13v it lasts quite a long time and also produces those different scents I didn't always get before my realization....
I think @Taesik Yun has done something on that before.....can't remember where...
