Burn of the Day

[Joe]

It is the Premium’s older packaging, they were boxes that had a silk covering. Same size, same amount of sticks, but now they come in the boxes that you have.

This is the Ga-ho
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Wow. I wonder why they downgraded! What a beautiful box!


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[Sproaty]

just finished off another low end Shoyeido, have a £9 and £10 packet remaining (white clouds & 5 hills)

Will finish these off as well as some Baieido and the next lot of incense I will buy will be a step up. Still, Baieido Kobunboku remains my favourite of everything I've tried. I have 2 variants, the "excellent" version and another that I can't recall but these have been far better than the Shoyeido

Indian incense, hmm I just don't know. I have a ton and it seems silly to waste but I just don't get the same level of enjoyment from these :/ come over as maybe too artificial and synthetic !

 

[Joe]

just finished off another low end Shoyeido, have a £9 and £10 packet remaining (white clouds & 5 hills)

Will finish these off as well as some Baieido and the next lot of incense I will buy will be a step up. Still, Baieido Kobunboku remains my favourite of everything I've tried. I have 2 variants, the "excellent" version and another that I can't recall but these have been far better than the Shoyeido

Indian incense, hmm I just don't know. I have a ton and it seems silly to waste but I just don't get the same level of enjoyment from these :/ come over as maybe too artificial and synthetic !

Indian incense is too synthetic for me too. But the Estabans from nipponkodo are just as bad.


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[Sproaty]

Tibet incense - Holy Land 1 & 2 (burning together)
also got some IO soil Walla Patta on the burner

 

[Joe]

Tibet incense - Holy Land 1 & 2 (burning together)
also got some IO soil Walla Patta on the burner

What’s IO?


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[Sproaty]

What’s IO?

Imperial Oud

 

[Oudamberlove]

Shoyeido Sho-Kaku (Translucent Path)

Satisfies my “green oil” cravings🙂

 

[Mr.P]

That’s nice stuff. I’m hoarding my last 1/2 stick.

 

[Sproaty]

At that price! Hell yeah, it better had be!! 😀

 

[Mr.P]

I buy the premium sample kit every once in a while. Then make it last...

 

[Dan]

Kyukyodo - Haru No Yama while I read my new book [emoji7]

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[Joe]

Kyukyodo - Haru No Yama while I read my new book [emoji7]

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I’ve bought so much stuff from nipponkodo that the sent me a $50 gift certificate and a CD like yours above.

Whatcha reading? I’m reading Edquad Louis’ A History of Violence.


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[Dan]

I'm reading Kodo - Way of Incense ... I'm still too new to understand reading and understanding incense materials.... Hopefully I'll take some baby steps when I finish reading this book.

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[Joe]

I'm reading Kodo - Way of Incense ... I'm still too new to understand reading and understanding incense materials.... Hopefully I'll take some baby steps when I finish reading this book.

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That’s a great book!


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[Oudamberlove]

Tibetan Medical College Holy Land

This stick “holds it’s own” against Japanese sticks

I’m not sure what creates the pleasant, almost sweet almost floral aroma, and I wonder, does it contain scales from this endangered species

because I read this:

Pangolin scales are another major concern, since the pangolin is endangered. To the best of our knowledge — pangolin scales are not used. And the problem could have a simple answer: misinterpretation between the Chinese and Tibetan languages. In Tibetan, the ingredient is known as “shell scale scent”. Chinese translates this as 貝甲香 — which is interpreted as ‘pangolin scales’. The ingredient may refer to ‘naga sea-shells’ which have been imported in the past — yet a Bhutanese source said it refers to the gill cover (operculum) of fish.

 

[Joe]

Tibetan Medical College Holy Land

This stick “holds it’s own” against Japanese sticks

I’m not sure what creates the pleasant, almost sweet almost floral aroma, and I wonder, does it contain scales from this endangered species
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because I read this:

Pangolin scales are another major concern, since the pangolin is endangered. To the best of our knowledge — pangolin scales are not used. And the problem could have a simple answer: misinterpretation between the Chinese and Tibetan languages. In Tibetan, the ingredient is known as “shell scale scent”. Chinese translates this as 貝甲香 — which is interpreted as ‘pangolin scales’. The ingredient may refer to ‘naga sea-shells’ which have been imported in the past — yet a Bhutanese source said it refers to the gill cover (operculum) of fish.

Not usually prone to saying this, but that is one ugly animal!


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[Abdullah]

conducting some experiments and had to unlock this exquisiteness from our vaults. thought of you guys and how you would appreciate the beauty as i do

 

[Oudamberlove]

conducting some experiments and had to unlock this exquisiteness from our vaults. thought of you guys and how you would appreciate the beauty as i do

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Looks like Kinam

 

[Joe]

Looks like Kinam

What’s Ji am? A type of agarwood?


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[Martin]

Shoyeido Nan-kun (Southern Wind) this afternoon with granules of wild Pursat on the heater in the background. Is there a source for Shoyeido incense sticks without paying full retail? TY.