Burn of the Day

[Olfactory Nomad]

@PersonelHigh, I've powdered up my KZ Brunei K to use on my ceramic. Crazy, but I'm getting those fresh minty notes you mentioned earlier! That was new to me when I read your description as I had not smelled that in my chips but now, it's like I've stuck my nose into a tube of toothpaste!! Where were these notes before?

 

[amanitamusc]

TASFragrance on Etsy.

Sinking Grade Naturally Cultivated Purple Kynam Chips from Hainan, China​

This one is a long time coming mostly because I have only burned it once and it was the best cultivated Kynam that I have tried.It opens icy vanilla and takes you for a ride!
I save this piece and take it out to enjoy the unheated aroma and I'm sure I wil burn more but I am more than satisfied to inhale it naked.Very nice indeed.Alex is great to work with.

 

[SHib]

Old Nha Trang - Yusa

So this is what old kinam is supposed to smell like. Smells like CK but with added nuances of cream and richness. Definitely another layer to it. Burning on medium high heat.

 

[Olfactory Nomad]

TASFragrance on Etsy.

Sinking Grade Naturally Cultivated Purple Kynam Chips from Hainan, China​

This one is a long time coming mostly because I have only burned it once and it was the best cultivated Kynam that I have tried.It opens icy vanilla and takes you for a ride!
I save this piece and take it out to enjoy the unheated aroma and I'm sure I wil burn more but I am more than satisfied to inhale it naked.Very nice indeed.Alex is great to work with.

I have some of this and agree that it's really something else.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Gyokushodo #422 Vietnamese Kizami

Vietnamese oudh is truly special ❤️

 

[iori]

Famous Kyara "Thousand's Years Branch"
Never smelled anything like it o.o
Literal meaning of noble wood.

 

[PersonelHigh]

I've been meaning to get my Brunei K out again as it's been a while. I also have a bottle of the Beccariana but am yet to heat this. My observations on the Brunei K are pretty much the same as the last which is it just doesn't do much for me. The piecing cherry is definitely there and I am enjoying it but these chips are too random to ever seem to successfully get a nice smell from without burning them. They're just not worth the effort. Unless the wood is sinking grade ( from Kangiiten) I'm going to stick to powder. Thanks for the link. The Sabily stuff looks amazing!

I absolutely agree with you that these chips were too random for success. I finally just torched them on coal with other incense. It's a waste of my time trying to coax anything.

Although you ultimately got some toothpaste🙂 The Wild Ceram arrived in the mail yesterday. It is very good! I would prefer paying double the price of the Brunei for something good.

I get irritated when I am sold stuff that others want to just get rid of. And I am REALLY not thinking about Kangiiten. The stuff I got from Fushigi, was a total burn, they should have not sold to anyone. Of the 8 woods I got maybe 1 was respectable? People who sell agarwood or oud to get rid of their reject stash.. grrrr.

A comment recently that really annoyed me by a purveyor of woods admitted not wanting to sell something because it was too good. I found that revealing. I understand as collectors the urge to covet certain gems. But sellers do themselves a disservice passing on what they know sucks.

 

[amanitamusc]

Yusa Laos sinking.
The first time I tried I didn't give it enough time to heat up.It is very resinous and takes a little time on low heat to get going.
The smell was light wood and vanilla and the effect was nose and upper palate numbing and and a sweet meditative equipoise.I like.

 

[Oudamberlove]

KZ Brunei Microcarpa

Opened with a touch of mintiness
then I’m hit with a jumble of scents
and could extrapolate very many notes from it. Overall…..umami, herbs, medicinal, and resinous. It’s like a swipe of some dark colored oud, like IO’s Pontianak.

 

[DubOudh]

Fired up my sub for the first time in over eighteen months thereabouts. I am going to start with cultivated kinam cause it is a very pleasant burn and doesn't move around to much in notes. It burns well from my memory, that is, I start of at about 11v and can get a nice scent right up to around 22v.
One dimensional but I like it.

 

[Olfactory Nomad]

Fired up my sub for the first time in over eighteen months thereabouts. I am going to start with cultivated kinam cause it is a very pleasant burn and doesn't move around to much in notes. It burns well from my memory, that is, I start of at about 11v and can get a nice scent right up to around 22v.
One dimensional but I like it.

Wow! 22volts! I haven't gone past 16 and that's after a few days. CK heats for such a long time (potentially weeks) I get a bit bored of it and need to put something else on. Layering can be fun. To change it up a little I'll put on a couple of bits of a flat chip and then sit the CK chip on top of that. Makes for some nice scent changes.

 

[Al Shareef Oudh]

Heated a bunch of these pieces over the weekend on charcoal. Left the house with the kids then returned back, I was blown away by the scent that greeted us. Pristine crisp early morning ocean breeze, mangoes, some lime, felt like I was in the Maldives.

These are the left overs pieces from my distillation for Vathimi Raja, our Walla Patta oil.

 

[PersonelHigh]

Heated a bunch of these pieces over the weekend on charcoal. Left the house with the kids then returned back, I was blown away by the scent that greeted us. Pristine crisp early morning ocean breeze, mangoes, some lime, felt like I was in the Maldives.
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These are the left overs pieces from my distillation for Vathimi Raja, our Walla Patta oil.

Omg this is making my palms sweaty. Heart on fire.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Coffee, tobacco, maple, fruits, camphor, clove, resin, florals, and sweet pine.

All from a solid resinated piece of
Oudbase Ratnapura (Sri Lanka)

 

[Humpdidumpdi]

Yusa A. - Old Khao Yai
Beautiful sweet creamy opening

 

[Obada]

Yusa A. - Old Khao Yai
Beautiful sweet creamy opening

This Khao Yai is very delicious 😋

 

[SteveE]

@Oudique wood today…. Ceylon is wonderful. This went 6 hours ranging from medium to medium high voltage. Enhanced my work!

 

[Al Shareef Oudh]

Can't get enough of Vathimi Raja

 

[DubOudh]

Burning some Sarawak. I think I'm getting notes of plums and apricots at around 12v but something different over 16vlts. Very nice scent in my room lingers long after a session.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Shoyeido Matsu square old stock

Like a minty Tarakan.