Burn of the Day

[Mousse de Chene]

Shoyeido - Byakudan Sandalwood Squares.

I cut these squares into thirds for my own personal use. Once it gets going on the sub at low temp, the initial aroma is a bright woody powdery note. As it progresses, delicate white florals emerge before the signature Santal base of cream, butter & crème brûlée vanilla.
Toward the end of the burn, I turn the heat up slightly & the aroma changes from off white to light beige. The spiciness is more pronounced, the vanilla turns caramelised, plus you can sense the grain of the wood if that makes sense? A superior grade of Mysore, probably the best example in my modest collection.

I’m only heating small amounts of woods today, I’m giving my nose a day off from oils or perfume.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Suko Oud Tiger Seram

Very fragrant,
like an overly fruity floral Papua New Guinea.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Nippon Kodo Sizuro Borneo

Ahhhhhh, the sweet and lovely fruity floral, hits the spot every time. The resin, oudy, and hint of pepper…..serious stuff!

 

[McOudtrade]

Brunei 🇧🇳 K today. Straight grain piece.

A very high quality wood with musk notes, a mellow sweetness and a very balanced oudy base. There was just a glimpse of a Kynam note at the very opening, but just as quickly it was gone. Still very tasty imo

 

[-Renton-]

Wild Sinking Sri Lankan Walla Patta Oud by HabzOud.

Lovely notes of (depending on if the chip is on the darker side or on the lighter side) dark or light jungle notes, with a green moss bitterness with a nice somewhat sour sweet note on top with creamy notes and woodiness. Sweet, woody... chocolate? Yep, I picked that note up 😂. Very oudy, sweet, a bit of bitterness and maybe some sourness in the sweet notes.


Lovely wood. 10/10.

3 or 4 small chips I broke up burned on the charcoal with a mica for around 30-35mins.

 

[McOudtrade]

Little green Shin Kyara before work.
Heres a micro pic:

Still great how long these things last, it's been an hour on the heater already! And good value for money 😉

 

[language scent]

havent heated in a little! today 9am the nostrils are on fiiiire i could smell the berries the birds are eating from a mile away so i decided to heat some kyara. i had cut a little bit of a yamadamatsu kyara for a friend the other day and the vial was still out on my office table so i decided to heat it, old time favorite green oil kyara "snow white beach" INSANE VIP grade from Yamadamatsu and man oh man there is a bitter almond note that i recently fell in love with that is so gorgeous and unique!! bitter almond note in kyara is super rare i have only smelled it in 2kyaras(one being this one) and up to now i have smelled close to 80 different wild kyaras and many being famous pieces. whats insane to me is i have heated this kyara so many times and didnt realize it but recently having acquired a new kyara that screams this same almond note but on steroids, it made me see it instantly. kyara is such a crazy topic. as time goes by and you smell different things its like kyara knows it and when you heat some its like "look, you recently smelld this and liked it, look i have some of that also" LOL no wonder from time to time heating different kyaras i get completely different notes. i wonder if there are just glitches in the woods formation that have different oils within or something its just crazy.....i doubt it tho, for sure it is just the noses scent vocabulary increasing with time and capable of realizing more depth inside the fumes.

medicinal almond berry like notes, flowery, bold, slightly sweet, bitter, hints of sour/spicy....just love!

 

[Xerohome]

havent heated in a little! today 9am the nostrils are on fiiiire i could smell the berries the birds are eating from a mile away so i decided to heat some kyara. i had cut a little bit of a yamadamatsu kyara for a friend the other day and the vial was still out on my office table so i decided to heat it, old time favorite green oil kyara "snow white beach" INSANE VIP grade from Yamadamatsu and man oh man there is a bitter almond note that i recently fell in love with that is so gorgeous and unique!! bitter almond note in kyara is super rare i have only smelled it in 2kyaras(one being this one) and up to now i have smelled close to 80 different wild kyaras and many being famous pieces. whats insane to me is i have heated this kyara so many times and didnt realize it but recently having acquired a new kyara that screams this same almond note but on steroids, it made me see it instantly. kyara is such a crazy topic. as time goes by and you smell different things its like kyara knows it and when you heat some its like "look, you recently smelld this and liked it, look i have some of that also" LOL no wonder from time to time heating different kyaras i get completely different notes. i wonder if there are just glitches in the woods formation that have different oils within or something its just crazy.....i doubt it tho, for sure it is just the noses scent vocabulary increasing with time and capable of realizing more depth inside the fumes.

medicinal almond berry like notes, flowery, bold, slightly sweet, bitter, hints of sour/spicy....just love!

I'm on break now from smelling perfumes, oud oils and oud on subitism, as I think having break from time to time will enhance your olfactory nerve receptors to be ready to catch anything you through at it lol, also I noticed fasting can enhance my smell as well.

 

[Mousse de Chene]

Brunei 🇧🇳 K today. Straight grain piece.
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A very high quality wood with musk notes, a mellow sweetness and a very balanced oudy base. There was just a glimpse of a Kynam note at the very opening, but just as quickly it was gone. Still very tasty imo

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I really like this wood overall. Certain pieces exhibit an ephemeral kinamic note in the very top. However my favourite nuance is the resinous sweet Musk in the tail end of the burn. I perceive this Musk note quite often in Bruneian / East Malaysian woods. Good stuff indeed.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Same here, overall I am very satisfied with Brunei K. A good percentage of the lot has the Brunei profile that I like, similar to the KZ premium heartwood Brunei.

Today I’m heating Nippon Kodo Vietnamese.
Like a thick swipe of honey floral oud, with a hint of musk and medicine.

Oud oils are often described as smelling like oudh chips gently heated, but when oudh chips smell like a swipe of lucious oud, that’s quite a complement as well. I remember how a piece of Yamadamatsu SS kyara smelled like a big swipe of Oud Yusuf❤️❤️

 

[-Renton-]

Brunei 🇧🇳 K today. Straight grain piece.

A very high quality wood with musk notes, a mellow sweetness and a very balanced oudy base. There was just a glimpse of a Kynam note at the very opening, but just as quickly it was gone. Still very tasty imo

Is this the Brunei K from Kangiiten? Or somewhere else?

 

[-Renton-]

similar to the KZ premium heartwood Brunei.

Was this the one released on Kangiiten? Or have I missed something?

 

[Oudamberlove]

Was this the one released on Kangiiten? Or have I missed something?

You didn’t miss it on Kangiiten,
KZ sold it at his former website 2088tea.com many years ago.

 

[-Renton-]

You didn’t miss it on Kangiiten,
KZ sold it at his former website 2088tea.com many years ago.

Ahhh, thank you!!!

 

[McOudtrade]

Is this the Brunei K from Kangiiten? Or somewhere else?

Yes this is the kangiiten Brunei K 🙂

 

[-Renton-]

Yes this is the kangiiten Brunei K 🙂

Ahh... looks like you got better chips than me... yours looks like actual Kynam 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Albeit some of mine did too, but not as nicely as that piece and most of it didn't really. I was severely disappointed with the Brunei K. I ordered 2 3g bottles of the Filipino wood (and I love Filipino wood, I know the profile, it is a simple wood most of the time, but it is such a nice wood) and 1 3g bottle of Golden Leaf Cultivated Shin-Kyara. I asked KyaraZen on Facebook what it is, and he said it is a hybrid strain of (I think, IIRC) green that has very noticeable golden streaks on the leaf. I think this produces more OIL and resin, but I think mainly OIL, which oil is more important in Kynam than resin, albeit both are important, ofc.

 

[McOudtrade]

Ahh... looks like you got better chips than me... yours looks like actual Kynam 🤣🤣🤣🤣.

Albeit some of mine did too, but not as nicely as that piece and most of it didn't really. I was severely disappointed with the Brunei K. I ordered 2 3g bottles of the Filipino wood (and I love Filipino wood, I know the profile, it is a simple wood most of the time, but it is such a nice wood) and 1 3g bottle of Golden Leaf Cultivated Shin-Kyara. I asked KyaraZen on Facebook what it is, and he said it is a hybrid strain of (I think, IIRC) green that has very noticeable golden streaks on the leaf. I think this produces more OIL and resin, but I think mainly OIL, which oil is more important in Kynam than resin, albeit both are important, ofc.

So strange I think it's great wood, at least what I got. Most of it looks like the above, and some even more interesting shapes.

I haven't tried all, maybe there will be an off piece in there but I haven't found it...

 

[-Renton-]

So strange I think it's great wood, at least what I got. Most of it looks like the above, and some even more interesting shapes.
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I haven't tried all, maybe there will be an off piece in there but I haven't found it...

IDK, it just seemed quite flat and boring. Maybe I just got a bad batch. I am enjoying the Malaysian agarwood I got from Kangiiten a lot though, and since the Filipino wood wasn't out of stock and is only £21 for 3grams I got 2 bottles of that to see if there are any variations in batches of the agarwood. I personally, love Filipino agarwood.

 

[-Renton-]

Kangiiten's Wild West (😆) Malaysian Agarwood.

Lovely agarwood with notes of dry or wet forest with earthy tones and subtly green (distinctly different than jungle notes IMO) depending on the piece, bitter notes with a sweet undertone on some pieces, and some pieces, bitter notes and sweet overtones, spiciness, subtle to strong cola notes, nice woody notes comparable to musky, library books or furniture, nice creaminess on some pieces that was also woody and creamy (which yes was quite unique but I loved it), and some basic drier oudy notes than any wood I have actually tried.

All in all, good burn, under 5 chips used, now fumigating my room slowly with 1 big tear of frankincense, while I sit here in the living room on my PC for the next few hours , windows and window vents closed in the bedroom and will be entering into sweet, frankincense heaven... for sleep (and frankincense helps my anxiety and pain a lot, it helps pain more than any other aromatic for me).

 

[Mr.P]

you just inspired me to put a little frankincense on the burner, thank you! This is from PureSacra, just their basic hojari. It arrived with a strong smell of cologne / attar fragrance which seemed to be due to where it was stored as opposed to actually having been splashed with cologne because the smell eventually faded. now it smells right and this has a very appealing tangy piney aroma on the subitism. I enjoy burning this resin and the price was very reasonable if i recall