Burn of the Day

[Olfactory Nomad]

wonderful wild Cambodian wood from a private seller in Hawaii - the guy who got me into all of this.

Hey, so that dial on the front there. Is it marking temperature?

 

[SteveE]

Maybe! It goes up to 530! I’ll use an IR gun to check soon

 

[Glandestine]

Maybe! It goes up to 530! I’ll use an IR gun to check soon

Can't wait to get mine ! I see that you are using the spiderweb tray, have you found any advantage using it instead of the standard mica plate ?

 

[Mr.P]

Can't wait to get mine ! I see that you are using the spiderweb tray, have you found any advantage using it instead of the standard mica plate ?

from miki lee?

Their Instagram is pretty interesting, they are unusually forthcoming with information about kinam and its cultivation, etc.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Maunamoku Nha Trang char

Sometimes it reminds me of the
Golden Triangle agarwood from
Yi-Xin Craft Incense.

 

[Glandestine]

from miki lee?

Their Instagram is pretty interesting, they are unusually forthcoming with information about kinam and its cultivation, etc.

Yep I ordered a subitism from her a couple days ago !

I agree, she regularly shares interesting and detailed stuff on CK. She seems to be really passionated about it, and she was very helpful to answer my questions.

 

[iori]

EO Guallam Antique

Chenla
Just a top notch wood, vast sea of notes.

 

[Olfactory Nomad]

from miki lee?

Their Instagram is pretty interesting, they are unusually forthcoming with information about kinam and its cultivation, etc.

She does. I've also seen her go on rather angry rants when someone accuses her of using innoculant on her tree's, claiming that CK can be formed no other way. She like to be as transparent as possible. Fair enough too. She has put in an insane amount of work (and funds) to produce CK so she has a right to defend her practices.

 

[Joe]

Nippon Kodo Sizuro Vietnamese

Lovely sweetness,
more fruits than flowers,
honey, medicine, wood,
and oudiness.

Like a swipe of good oud.

I'm burning this right now, well, warming it. The Shoyeido is more expensive but, in my opinion, better, and you get more. 10 grams instead of 3. The Nippon Kodo is $100 for 3 grams of granulated chips, and the Shoyeido is $339 for 10 grams (you can get a grade lower for $200 for 10 grams, but the owner of japaincense gave me a discount for the Matsu grade), so they're basically the same price, give or take a gram.

 

[Oudamberlove]

I'm burning this right now, well, warming it. The Shoyeido is more expensive but, in my opinion, better, and you get more. 10 grams instead of 3. The Nippon Kodo is $100 for 3 grams of granulated chips, and the Shoyeido is $339 for 10 grams (you can get a grade lower for $200 for 10 grams, but the owner of japaincense gave me a discount for the Matsu grade), so they're basically the same price, give or take a gram.

You never know what batch or lot you’ll get, they’re not standardized, and within each batch, profiles may vary from piece to piece. I’ve had some good and not so good from both Nippon Kodo’s Sizuro Vietnamese, and Shoyeido Matsu. I probably had 95 grams of Shoyeido’s Matsu, and 90 grams of Nippon Kodo Sizuro Vietnamese, and 150 grams of Sizuro Borneo. I’d say the Matsu showed over 10 variations in profiles, the Vietnamese around 7 variations, and the Borneo around 5 (the most consistent).
Of the 7 the Vietnamese had 2 variations that were out of this world good.

My latter purchases of the Sizuros showed less desireable lots, more lesser stuff mixed in, that’s why I stopped getting more.

 

[mobyus]

Fawn Horn - Vietnamese Shells (1/8 kilo)

Came in a nice leather box. Beautiful calming silky saffron, resinous peppery spice notes.

 

[iori]

Red Soil from brother @Xerohome
Pretty wood, Crassna species with floral profile mixed with sourness and sweetness, pristine notes.
It kinda reminded me of some Cambodian Koh Kong i used to have ages back.

 

[SteveE]

West Vietnamese wood - free gift from PureOudh.com - a delicious sweet and creamy smell. Rare wife approval certified.

Regarding the spiderweb … I like having a separation between the foundational mica and my burn circle disc… just “feels” more likely not to have hot spots? There is more than enough heat available so….

 

[Oudamberlove]

mesOUD Pursat Char

Nice thick resin layer today,
top stuff🤩

 

[mobyus]

Yusa Aromatics - Tarakan Borneo/Vintage Taiwanese Collection

This is such a beautiful incense feeling to this wood. It’s like bitter cloves and spices and feels like the end of year holidays. It has a deep earthy resinous scent to it as the wood gently exudes oily bubbles on the sub.

 

[Olfactory Nomad]

Yusa Aromatics - Tarakan Borneo/Vintage Taiwanese Collection

This is such a beautiful incense feeling to this wood. It’s like bitter cloves and spices and feels like the end of year holidays. It has a deep earthy resinous scent to it as the wood gently exudes oily bubbles on the sub.

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Can I ask where you have that dialed to get it bubbling please?

 

[mobyus]

Can I ask where you have that dialed to get it bubbling please?

17 and above

 

[iori]

Purple Oil from brother @Xerohome
Pineapple, flowers, water melon, coolness of freshly cutting fruits, ancient medicinal notes
So elegant and ethereal.

 

[Oudamberlove]

mesOUD Pursat again

Heating the other half of yesterday’s chip.
👍

 

[mobyus]

Yusa Aromatics - Malaysian Terangannu Ants Nest

The opening was a powerful and earthy very green Kyara-ish scent. The wood is really dense with the scent profile changing. It’s very resinous and smells less of Oud and more of incense. It’s so beautiful. That clove, cinnamon and coffee profile is amazing.