Burn of the Day

[The Scent Guru]

Sinking Sri Lankan the good stuff!@Habz786

 

[Sproaty]

This morning I put on some Terrenganu wood by The Tea Guru (etsy) - absolutely delicious smell! Wasn't expecting much TBH as the wood was very thin and broke off easily, but a very sublime aroma

Last night I got a bit bored and started sawing random bits of wood, making litte ~0.1g slithers - and cutting through a little and then using my chisel to end the piece. Quite satisfying (except when you choose a 'thin' piece that just splinters everywhere when you try to saw it) - and now I have about 12 pieces of different woods (no idea what's what) for some random burns!

So I went a liiittle overboard today, and created this. A total assortment of a lot of my oud wood ranging in price. I generally have no idea what's what now so it'll be interesting to pick pieces from the lot and to see what I get from the wood.
I tried to saw a lot of pieces but many just splintered - the wood wasn't too resinated/thick and sawing from the side just created a lot of dust.







I created a lot of dust and small pieces...



...and added them to my bag of wood dust...which I'll eventually get around to burning one day




These are recent woods I've not yet put into a box (which I have ready to go). this is an overload too, I went a little crazy. Not pictured are quite a few boxes with mainly oud and a good size box each dedicated to sandalwood and resins



Some @Al Hashimi and Imperial Oud woods, shoutout!

 

[Oudamberlove]

Nippon Kodo Borneo

All the goodness with a touch of nuttiness.

 

[iori]

Iron Oil Kyara
Green Oil Kyara

 

[Ofaruk]

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[The Scent Guru]

Sinking Silani

 

[The Scent Guru]

Vintage Koh Kong, most enjoyable sweet oud. Thank you @wardlab

 

[Mr.P]

Burning some of these sandalwood slivers I picked up in 2002/2003. Very nice classic sandalwood aroma, my guess is that it is from Tamil Nadu based on the aroma. I struggle to get satisfying burns from sandalwood but today I got an above average burn with below average effort. I broke one of those bits into three pieces and actually left them in chunk form (as opposed to grinding them down to a powder or carving off shavings). Had it on the wabisabitism at medium heat and it continued to give off pleasant smells for an hour or so. went from a classic Sandalwood fragrance to a kind of toasted sandalwood fragrance and then a long sweet vanillin tail.

I collected and hoarded the stuff for a while… I’m realizing now I’ve got to start picking up the rate at which I use it! I have more sandalwood than I’ll ever be able to use up lol I hope my kids learns to love it

 

[Oudamberlove]

Nippon Kodo Vietnamese

Ahhhhh, back to enjoying the sweetness😊

 

[The Scent Guru]

Happiness is a piece of wood on the sub that oozes oil and aroma for hours at low temp. Still on this little piece of Koh Kong from @wardlab love it!

 

[iori]

kyara "neighborhood"
i need to get more of those 😀

 

[joud]

Vintage wild Koh Kong on the sub. Golden hay, fruit and florals and maybe a subtle Burley tobacco from @wardlab. Finding it difficult to leave my desk with this heating and getting back to work. Wow! Starting to get some more fruitiness now. Yum!

 

[zahir]

Guys, stop advertising the Koh Kong! I tried a small chip and loved it too but I need to go back home to see if I'd like to buy more or not 😛

 

[iori]

Rakoku Kamijiyama

 

[Oudamberlove]

Slivers from this Borneo piece I got from
JDHawk years ago.

Fruit and pollen with oudiness
plus a touch of citrus,
quite distinct from other Borneos
that I’ve tried.

 

[iori]

61 famous pieces Partridge
unsual kyara, white flower notes, refined soft sourness, unique sweetness, soft bitter

 

[Mr.P]

I don’t understand what that means. “61 famous pieces Partridge” I feel like I’m having a seizure or something . 61 famous pieces of agarwood? You have all 61? Or is this the name of one of the 61?

 

[iori]

I don’t understand what that means. “61 famous pieces Partridge” I feel like I’m having a seizure or something . 61 famous pieces of agarwood? You have all 61? Or is this the name of one of the 61?

in short Partridge is name of 61 famous pieces of incense using Rikkokugomi system been handed down since long time, they are historical pieces you can say and most famous incense in japan.
its common in japan for them to name woods, many of top wood since long named by kodo masters, emperors, clans etc.
At the end of the Muromachi period, there was a boom in appraisal of fragrant wood, and in the end, 61 kinds of famous incense were selected.
it said the head of Shino school , under order of Ashikaga Yoshimasa classified 180 kinds of famous fragrances owned by the Ashikaga shoguns "collected by Sasaki Doyo" and further selected, added, and replaced 66 kinds owned by Sanjonishi Sanetaka, and established 61 kinds of famous pieces. "there is abit different storys regarding this, like the heads of shino/oie school they both worked on selecting the pieces and made the 61 famous incense"
Kyara = 36 pieces
Rakoku = 4 pieces
Manaka = 6 pieces
Mannaban = 10 pieces
Sasora = 1 piece
Summandora = 1 piece
Shinkyara = 3 pieces

out of all 61 pieces the pieces with name Todaiji Temple "Kyara", and Horyu-ji Temple "Sasora" is most famous from what i heard.

there is many lists of famous pieces besides 61s, 120s, 180s, 200s, Yamakami Soji's 10 kinds of incense, 50 kind of incense, 15 kyaras etc

one of most famous kyaras in japan too is the ichiki sanmei, big tree arrived from vietnam to nagasaki, the Hosokawa family and the Date family competed over the large Kyara tree that arrived in Nagasaki, and Sansai Hosokawa sent a retainer. long story short "there is give and take on this too regarding some of the information
the tree divided between 3 familys and part "which said to be highest went to imperial court.

Date Family Kyara named "Shibafune" "Shiba boat"
Hosokawa Family Kyara named "Shiragiku" "white chrysanthemum
Maeda Family Kyara named "Hatsune" "first warbling heard in a New Year"
and piece went to imperial court was named "Fujibakama" "Orchid" by imperial command.

 

[Mr.P]

Thank you that was a very thoughtful explanation

 

[magister]

I stop burning more than one month after my sickness I advice every one use Agarwood burning just one time in week or tow weeks or burn it away from you inside locker or far room ...

From my experience, I can agree that burning oud is like burning any organic material - too much can cause pulmonary difficulties if inhaled directly. It is best to always burn in small quantities in a well-ventilated area, i.e., a room with windows opened wide. I find that the scent is actually enhanced when diffused in the open air. I wait for a gently breezy day and open my meditation room windows. the scent wafts around the room on every updraft and is diffused throughout my house - heavenly!