Burn of the Day

[Oudamberlove]

Today’s burn,
NK Borneo,
First piece was very unusual…
fully resinated with top notes of maple with a little wood, then buckets of passion fruit. I don’t think it’s a proper Aquilaria.
Next piece was very good, fruity oudy resiny with a touch of floral.

 

[Sproaty]

Papua dust from @YusaAromatics - I bought a very thick piece of the wood so figured I'd saw a piece off, but created a *lot* of dust in doing so. So I just burned that as per @language scent 's suggestion - very nice! I'm heating it pretty much as low as my heater will go

 

[language scent]

Papua dust from @YusaAromatics - I bought a very thick piece of the wood so figured I'd saw a piece off, but created a *lot* of dust in doing so. So I just burned that as per @language scent 's suggestion - very nice! I'm heating it pretty much as low as my heater will go

when the wood if amazing so little powder is needed and on the lowest it just does so much compared to a little chip that needs much more heat. but everyone has learned to love specific ways so its all beautiful. little splinters work wonders also and lately has been my way to go

 

[The Scent Guru]

Thank you for the explanation TSGuru and iori.
For visuals, here are my Hainan Char pieces:
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those are purty PIECES!

 

[Mr.P]

Vietnamese jungle ant nest oud from maunamoku. Very nice sweet appealing clean oud scent - one I associate with high end shoyeido sticks. It has much of the straight up appeal of the cultivated kinam.

 

[Mr.P]

This morning ck shavings I got from olefaktory a while back. Using a ring stand and alcohol lamp - can’t find any tea lights for the little one and I greatly prefer a refillable lamp to disposable tea lights.

We all know how good this stuff is at low temperature. There is also a slightly higher temperature that is a sweet spot - gives a little more complex aroma, adds a “salty” layer to the scent to my nose

 

[iori]

Golden triangle
this piece smell more burmese than lao/thai

 

[The Scent Guru]

It's a Fili day, burning a juicy bit of Leyte from @Maunamoku

 

[Mousse de Chene]

This morning I was I need of a gentle aroma to start the day & I heated a few splinters of Byakudan Mysore Squares - Shoyeido. This is beautiful; warm, a touch of spice, white flowers, powdery, replete with the soft buttery Santal signature.
I had it on a very low heat over a longer period of time & the deep sweetness towards the end of the burn was gorgeous.

 

[Mr.P]

These are definitely delicious

 

[Mousse de Chene]

This morning ck shavings I got from olefaktory a while back. Using a ring stand and alcohol lamp - can’t find any tea lights for the little one and I greatly prefer a refillable lamp to disposable tea lights.

We all know how good this stuff is at low temperature. There is also a slightly higher temperature that is a sweet spot - gives a little more complex aroma, adds a “salty” layer to the scent to my noseView attachment 30462

Looks like a great creative space! I’ve never tried that method of heating, but the gentle approach appeals to me.
Lately, I’ve been heating larger amounts of wood on a very low heat over a longer period of time & the results are pleasing. It takes a while for the aroma to build in the air, but the subtleties are more pronounced.

 

[Mr.P]

I agree about the low heat slow burn - I typically use my subitism for that. The setup in the pic can be adjusted from near combustion to gentle heating by raising or lowering the ring, though i tend to use this for hotter burns.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Shoyeido Matsu square

Today’s square opened like Walla Patta.

 

[iori]

managa snow flower
gorgeous, have strong bitterness and sourness "its whats listed mostly in old notes of it"
at 90c i get beautiful flowery aroma, with soft plum

 

[Oudstudent]

Agarwood leftover scent after burning it non stop in a closed enviroment (my room) for 3 months. Everytime i enter my room, there are kynamic like scent And still exist after i stop burning agarwood for 3 months. Beautiful smell

 

[Taesik Yun]

one small good quality Oman frankincense on a tea warmer.
godly scent. there's something spiritual about good Omani frankincenses.

 

[Mr.P]

“Kezi” sinensis from ward lab. This one is different than the other sinensis I have burned - this one is a little darker, something mysterious going on in addition to the sweet sinensis notes. The ck sinensis is like youthful beauty - stunning on one level, but a kind of universal generic beauty. The kezi is like that same beauty with a graduate degree - still beautiful but with another layer of sophistication and developed beauty. There seems to be a lot going on beneath the surface here and I will need more time with this one.

First impression is very positive!

 

[Maunamoku]

Agarwood leftover scent after burning it non stop in a closed enviroment (my room) for 3 months. Everytime i enter my room, there are kynamic like scent And still exist after i stop burning agarwood for 3 months. Beautiful smell

The same within my incense studio, it is so marvelous in the early morning light, such a beautiful presence

 

[Mr.P]

A sign you guys are burning the right kind of wood and incense!

I definitely enjoy the residual aroma from Vietnamese / hainan types. Cultivated kinam leaves an acceptable scent. There are a handful of Malaysian and indonesian woods that smell great during the burn but leave a residue I don’t care for.

One guess is that it relates to the species - maybe there is something in malaccensis wood that I am over sensitive to.

 

[The Scent Guru]

Some ancient Tarakan I spent a lot of $ on from Jing, now showing it's value.