Burn of the Day

[Obada]

The first time Kyarazen offered Brunei agarwood was on his own website, and at that time he sold sinking, half sinking, and non sinking. I got in late so I ended up with the non sinking, the others were already sold out. Then a few weeks later he offered the Premium Brunei heartwood which was very fragrant at room temperature, I got that one also. Comparing the two, the profiles are a little similar but not close to the same. I sold all the non sinking but kept the Premium heartwood. The Premium heartwood included some of the shavings, but based on the picture of Brunei K, I dont see any shavings.
The Premium that I have seem to be more resinated, see the picture below.
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I see
He said this Brunei K is also fragrant at room temp. We will see how it smells

 

[FreeSoul]

walla Patta from Habz. this is lovely stuff beautiful scent coming from it Even at room temp.

 

[FreeSoul]

Wild Hindi Jura from Mesoud. Delicious stuff! Has this almost tandoori note, Really creamy soothing scent with a deep forest smell. Been enjoying this one more every time I heat this one!

 

[iori]

Special kyara "Infinite Autumn"
extremely elegance fragrance, long lasting with unique spiciness, bitterness, sweetness, sourness and plum blossom, glittering, cool and delicate.
after session i covered the chinese heater to back two days later and the elegance, sweetness and coolness stuck on the heater 😍

 

[Oudamberlove]

Hainan Char

Lovely as usual.

For the thick pieces I like using my Dremel rotary tool with a carving tip to remove the softer portions of the underside, once I feel more resistance I know I reached the resin level.

Although I wouldn’t mind a thick char piece that’s fully resinated, that would be a mega sinker😃

 

[The Scent Guru]

Nagaland sample from Kashti

 

[Mousse de Chene]

KZ Brunei heartwood

As usual, good stuff, I’m just hoping Kangiiten’s Brunei K will have a similar profile.

I purchased the Brunei K, also. When I saw it listed I thought of you. Hopefully it’s a similar profile. Regardless, I’m sure it’s going to be fantastic, as is the case with most Bruneian woods.

 

[Olfactory Nomad]

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I am heating the Cultivated Kinam from Sulaym for a couple of days to enjoy it and get my heater clean of off notes.
Its hard for me to describe wood heating or burning as it is a volatile experience and nuances keep coming and going
This CK is a nice floral spicy bitter and sweet kinam. It has a faint smell at room temp and it blossoms at around 60-80° for me. Its very beautiful and alive at these degrees.
I never like CK on high heat (from the couple I experienced till now), its somehow just woody and looses all these beautiful facets at low temp.

I have some of this also and totally agree. You can plenty of scent out of them. Once I finish them on the heater I grind them up, blend with a little AU sandalwood powder and turn it into a loose incense for trails. Smells so bloody good and an excellent way to get more bang for your buck.

 

[Olfactory Nomad]

I have sampled three woods from maunomoku and they all went in the “special occasion” bin… actually I extracted the CK bead scrap to make a tincture - it was a nice dense resinous specimen of CK


My burn of the day is this powdered incense mixture from Kangiiten. “Sei-Gen Koh” reminds me of the simple unaugmented medicinal herb mixes that baieido does so well. I’ve tried to make mixtures like this myself many many times, and examining this one closely on the subitism (after previously, only having burned it as an incense trail) was very interesting… the various notes are well balanced, and blended and the ingredients, smell, rich and high-quality. I’m used to smelling more edgy or harsh plant fiber notes in t

It is easy to recognize some of the components but they don’t stick out like sore thumbs. This feels like the result of a fair amount of experimentation, or maybe an old recipe that has been refined over time. Very nice stuff and it burns perfectly when using a stencil.

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I have a couple of bottles of this but hadn't considered trying it on a sub. I'll give that a go as when burning I can sometimes find it a little harsh in my small apartment.

 

[Al Shareef Oudh]

I have a couple of bottles of this but hadn't considered trying it on a sub. I'll give that a go as when burning I can sometimes find it a little harsh in my small apartment.

Sent you a couple of chunks of CK, wasnt aware you liked them so much, you are in for a surprise.

 

[Olfactory Nomad]

Sent you a couple of chunks of CK, wasnt aware you liked them so much, you are in for a surprise.

Thanks man! 😀😀

 

[The Scent Guru]

being penurious is the best teacher. Call me slow, but I figured out that by scraping a chip to small particles creates a much nicer aroma from far less material. Currently enjoying some sinking Sri Lankan.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Shoyeido Matsu grade square cut

So comforting, to smell familiar scents.

 

[Mr.P]

Maunamoku old farm Vietnamese on the subitism at the moment… a very sweet and appealing aroma - adjacent to the delicious confectionery appeal of cultivated kinam somehow, but crassna wood is my understanding.

I tried this at higher and lower temperature settings and preferred the lower temperature for this wood. Very happy I have this.

 

[Maunamoku]

After several weeks of heating, I finally exhausted the piece of Deep Red Kynam. January was Red. A visual kaleidoscope; sentient.

Now I heat Nha Trang White Kynam. The aroma is strawberries and stone. Its sweetness touches the heart.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Maunamoku Nha Trang Char
and Nippon Kodo Vietnamese

My room is saturated with lovely scents,
did someone spill a bottle of Vietnamese oud in my room? 😄

 

[TheOudDood]

Got my order from Kangiiten.

First up was Tarakan classic.

Smells almost sri lankan and deeply oudy at room temp.

Low heat was purple fruit kind of like Maluku.

Now hearing Philippines. Oudy oud, bitter sweet medicine. Reminds me of Pinoy Ltd a bit.

Ill heat Brunei L later but I can say the room temp aroma is superb.

These woods punch way above their price point, glad I got some.

 

[Oudamberlove]

KZ Premium Brunei heartwood

I love powdery.

 

[McOudtrade]

Got my order from Kangiiten.

First up was Tarakan classic.

Smells almost sri lankan and deeply oudy at room temp.

Low heat was purple fruit kind of like Maluku.

Now hearing Philippines. Oudy oud, bitter sweet medicine. Reminds me of Pinoy Ltd a bit.

Ill heat Brunei L later but I can say the room temp aroma is superb.

These woods punch way above their price point, glad I got some.

Looking forward to hearing about the Brunei K 🙏

 

[The Scent Guru]

Kalimantan from @mesOUD