Burn of the Day

[The Scent Guru]

Wild Pursat from @mesOUD
Filling my room with sweet oud aroma whilst I sip hot agarwood leaf tea, also from Mehmet. I can't speak of his generosity enough.

 

[Maunamoku]

How do you like the agarwood leaf tea? Does it help with the head cold?

 

[The Scent Guru]

How do you like the agarwood leaf tea? Does it help with the head cold?

I love it, I started with a small bit and a lot of hot water but I do feel better, almost invigorated.

 

[Mousse de Chene]

Brunei Dar Al Salam King - Al Shareef Oudh. Perhaps the most resonated wood in my humble collection. Very striking pieces, I cherish my 10g order of which I have about 8 left now. A beautiful aroma, very Oudy! Brunei is one of my favourite regions.

 

[The Scent Guru]

this morning I'm savoring a small piece of Nha Trang char from @Maunamoku on the sub whilst reading and prayer. One of my favorite woods.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Cambodian Char

Nice as usual.

 

[Sproaty]

past day I've had various pieces of " Northwest of Borneo island agarwood Miri region" by @Ouddilicious on the heater, gives off a stunning smell. Almost Filipino

 

[The Scent Guru]

Starting off my day, warming a piece of black meat Sandal used to make the "One Log" oil from @EJayB Olefaktory. Gorgeous aroma!

 

[Oudamberlove]

KZ premium Brunei heartwood

Mmmmmmmmm good

 

[Oudamberlove]

Last night…Daihatsu sandalwood square

On low I got smooth cream with a touch of fruit.


This morning…Hainan Char.

 

[Mr.P]

CK shavings from ejayb. My go-to daily burn - I still can’t believe the general quality of the aroma of this wood… I’ve spent the last 25 years or so assuming i had to spend $20/g for this kind of profile… what a relief.

 

[The Scent Guru]

Also starting my day with CK chips from @Maunamoku and agree, smells fantastic, inexpensive but for me at least, probably mental but CK lacks the unknown spirit found in wild wood. It is the way of the future though.

 

[EJayB]

Also starting my day with CK chips from @Maunamoku and agree, smells fantastic, inexpensive but for me at least, probably mental but CK lacks the unknown spirit found in wild wood. It is the way of the future though.

I also feel it lacks a certain energy or vibration to the scent that I get from wild wood. That being said it smells great as a general background and room scent. Makes nice beads too.

 

[Mr.P]

Makes sense. There is an innocuous pleasantness to the wood and especially the oils of cultivated kinam that’s great for home fragrance but clearly is not as engaging for meditation and close inspection monko style.

 

[Maunamoku]

Also starting my day with CK chips from @Maunamoku and agree, smells fantastic, inexpensive but for me at least, probably mental but CK lacks the unknown spirit found in wild wood. It is the way of the future though.

I also find this to be true. I find myself burning large quantities of cultivated Kynam and then following with regular agarwood. I suspect the difference in meditational qualities is because differing amounts of secondary metabolites such as agarotetrol, etc

 

[Maunamoku]

Burning cultivated Kynam
Hue chips
Papua bead scraps
On the YouYuan

 

[The Scent Guru]

I also find this to be true. I find myself burning large quantities of cultivated Kynam and then following with regular agarwood. I suspect the difference in meditational qualities is because differing amounts of secondary metabolites such as agarotetrol, etc

Part of it could be that the CK is so uniform, piece to piece, batch to batch that it lacks the mystery wild wood presents.

This morning was some leftover Tawi Tawi from @Al Hashimi and now some Cambodhi small chip I ground to powder. 2 very different experiences.

 

[JustAscentGuy]

Wild Pursat from @mesOUD
Filling my room with sweet oud aroma whilst I sip hot agarwood leaf tea, also from Mehmet. I can't speak of his generosity enough.

Hot agarwood leaf tea?? sounds new to me. @mesOUD never heard this from you. @The Scent Guru what’s the recipe and how edible is this?

 

[The Scent Guru]

Hot agarwood leaf tea?? sounds new to me. @mesOUD never heard this from you. @The Scent Guru what’s the recipe and how edible is this?

Almost any fruit leaf can be used for Tea and agarwood tea is supposedly good for sleep aid but I'd recommend Sour Sop leaves for that 😉 I'm just taking a few dried leaves and adding boiled water. It's delicious! Mehmet doesn't sell it, he had a little to share. I think Sam @Maunamoku can source some?

 

[Oudamberlove]

NK Vietnamese

Nice slivers today❤️