GLTASN
Junior Member
Great description, i would add that Japanese sticks have little to no binding agents added wich can change scent as well as they don't use a bamboo stick core.
Incense of the Day
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-Renton-
True Ouddict
Yes. Although, they use a little more binder than some independent artisanal incense makers, as most Japanese incense are usually much harder (although still quite easy) to break than some independent artisans incense makers.
Himanshu Sharma
True Ouddict
Dr. Incense Tarakan Sinking
The stick smells exactly like his Tarakan wood shavings on medium-low heat. Good Stuff.
The stick smells exactly like his Tarakan wood shavings on medium-low heat. Good Stuff.
Ibn Abdillah
True Ouddict
Thanks a lot for your detailed explanation, i really appreciate that!
Also thanks to @Zazu for your sharings
-Renton-
True Ouddict
No problem!!!
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Also the other artisan houses you mentioned i.e Kangiiten, Prof Incense etc. You can't go wrong. Small batch, high grade materials all the way.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Soil Ambon Prof incense. Having a good listen to this incense tonight. There's a lot going on here for such a simple single ingredient stick. Each waft of smoke is different from the one before. How can a wood be so complex? Sweet, perfume-y spicy, woody, warm and soft. This is good shiz 😁💚
-Renton-
True Ouddict
Uses really good, vintage, Indonesian soil wood 😀. I loved those sticks, I would put them on and let my workers smell since it smells exactly like soil agarwood and is super oudy.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Yeah, I think I need to get into the soil sticks a bit more. Would love to try Prof Incense Red soil but I'll wait till it comes down a bit in price (hopefully) TasFragrance has a couple of reasonably priced Red soil sticks. He has an every day red soil and a premium as well. I might give his daily's a go as they're cheaper than the Prof's.
-Renton-
True Ouddict
I am planning on getting his Kynam, 0.4g for 115.57 pounds.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
His little sample set is very much worth spending the cash on as well. When I received that he also included a bunch of his sticks to try. They're even thinner than any I have seen from KZ.
-Renton-
True Ouddict
I cant use powder as I use coal, sadly. But I am not going to be burning this 0.4g, just putting it in a jar and smelling it every day since Alex said it is wild/natural Chinese kynam and has a very high room temp scent. Once I get a proper Kinam heater I will scrape some (quite literally) shavings off of it, around 0.005g-0..01g on the heater at 90-100c.
-Renton-
True Ouddict
Shoyeido's Kings Aroma.
This stick is very spicy and woody, with aloeswood and sandalwood, and Reiryokoh as a soft spice. It starts off with a spiciness and then off onto the sandalwood notes with a sweet milky creaminess over the spices, there is definitely some aloeswood in there, after studying the sticks a bit more. It is nicely balanced with the sandalwood notes, and has a leathery, resinous, sour and unique woody aloeswood vibe, and the spice used in this stick is Reiryokoh, and that doesn't usually cause this much spiciness, and is way more gentle and soft, I think the piercing spiciness is coming from the aloeswood, I am nearing the end of the stick and it is bursting with aloeswood resin.
The stick is very nice, and you can smell the patchouli with its earthy, pungent, somewhat floral and musky scent.
A complex but also rather affordable premium stick from Shoyeido.
This stick is very spicy and woody, with aloeswood and sandalwood, and Reiryokoh as a soft spice. It starts off with a spiciness and then off onto the sandalwood notes with a sweet milky creaminess over the spices, there is definitely some aloeswood in there, after studying the sticks a bit more. It is nicely balanced with the sandalwood notes, and has a leathery, resinous, sour and unique woody aloeswood vibe, and the spice used in this stick is Reiryokoh, and that doesn't usually cause this much spiciness, and is way more gentle and soft, I think the piercing spiciness is coming from the aloeswood, I am nearing the end of the stick and it is bursting with aloeswood resin.
The stick is very nice, and you can smell the patchouli with its earthy, pungent, somewhat floral and musky scent.
A complex but also rather affordable premium stick from Shoyeido.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Genroku- Horin Range Shoyeido. I had actually forgotton I had a box of these as I'd stashed them away. These are such a tasty stick short though they are, you srill get a good 20mins or so out of them. Wonderfully resinious scent and it sticks around well after the stick is gone.
Where is this tasfragrance shop?
Oudamberlove
Member
KZ Tarakan stick
Very well made stick, excellent burn rate, and the aroma of the agarwood is practically all I can smell, not any binder notes, and minimal smoky note.
Very well made stick, excellent burn rate, and the aroma of the agarwood is practically all I can smell, not any binder notes, and minimal smoky note.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Etsy my brother. https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/TASFragrance
-Renton-
True Ouddict
I have reserve 0.4g of this:https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1390133733/premium-deluxe-grade-aged-vintage-wild?click_key=ab8918e16e6e4796228b9274961dd075409bf595:1390133733&click_sum=fc61e5ba&ref=shop_home_active_27&frs=1&crt=1
That's why it says sold out. It is real wild Chinese Kynam, and has a room fragrance so strong that Alex says you should just keep it in a jar and smell it from the jar any time you want. I will be waiting till I get a kinam heater and gonna scraped off, literally, an under 10mg slice and put the temp at 80-90c.
Look at it man, beautiful, this is his biggest piece that is over a gram (1.65g). I am only getting a wee tiny stick of 0.4g.
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TheOudDood
Not that Brandon
Lol, I just ordered the .39g option so that one is sold out now too 🙂
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