Mr.P
oud<3er
Are you able to smell the ambergris in this one? I have not experimented much with ambergris but a little powder once sprinkled on a coal with oud released a wonderful scent.
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Saudalhajri
True Ouddict
I used about 2-3% ambergris here. You can smell it before burning and during, not too strong in its presence but gives a lovely accent to everything, accentuating the island and marine profiles of the other ingredients.
Mr.P
oud<3er
Beautiful!
Saudalhajri
True Ouddict
I think that’s it yeah. Like oud species you might find some cross over
Woody69
Oud Fanatic
burning Kin Objects-Palace Rituals again today. I'm liking it more every time I burn it. A nice herbal/woody blend. I have liked everything from them and nothing has been super amazing but very nice blends. I need to try some of the stuff they have that they don't make that is all wood that is Nha Trang and Red Soil agarwoods. I will get around to it. I have so many things I still haven't burned that I have had for a while
Woody69
Oud Fanatic
now burning some Shoyeido-Tenpyo and it's been a while and now I remember why. This isn't what it once was and won't be buying it again. It had a nice kyara note in it and this era has none of it. It's still a decent scent but not like the stuff from over a decade ago. So many Japanese incenses are a shell of what they were and it makes it difficult for me to buy any Japanese incense. I'm glad this was bought from Japan and not the over the top U.S. price.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Nice, just been checking out their website. Hadn't heard if them before. They don't send to Australia unfortunately.
RexNobody
Oud Beginner
First Incense of the Day post! And because it's my first post, I went with all first-time burns. None of this is high end but I enjoy it anyway. I have some good stuff to review but not until this endless Bleak Midwinter closes out and my nose opens up.
I started the day with "Dragon's Blood" made by Leftover Hippies. These incenses are made from all natural ingredients, no essential oils or fragrance or fillers. Just Dragon's Blood resin and binder. The scent is very woody and balsamic, slightly and sweetly acrid and bitter orange. It reminds me of a mix between pine and cedar. Sharp hot resin. Enjoyable but not my preferred scent. I got this in a sample pack and likely wont purchase again. I've tried a handful of different scents from Leftover Hippies and it's all been excellent.
For lunch I burned 2 incense:
1. "Space Cakes" made by Hexennacht. Dipped charcoal stick. The maker describes the notes as: chocolate Brownies, ganache frosting, cannabis. I loved this one. It smells exactly as described. The chocolate and ganache are creamy and identifiable, but smells so much better on the cold stick. The hot stick fills the space with baked brownies and creamy frosting, the cannabis is there but not overwhelming (I could be wrong, nose-blind to kush). Really fun incense!
2) "Kahraman" by Ansaam Incense. Cones of indeterminate materials. The maker describes the notes as: Agarwood and Dray Amber, White Musk, Oud and Rose, Saffron. I think I found out about this maker on the blog Incense in the Wind >Incense Around the World. It also received high praise from the blogger. This incense is Egyptian in origin, and since I don't have any Egyptian incense and it was available on Amazon, I jumped in. These cones are HUGE! Fully as big as my thumb. Very smoky and refused to be extinguished. Brothers and Sisters, this is a beautiful incense! No off-notes. No hint of synthetics, though it likely does use at least some. The first note I immediately got was the oud. Not the grape-y/plummy "OUDH" I typically encounter in low-end stuff. This hit like actual stinky sticky oud, although it's clearly not. The rose stood out but with humility. The musk was the back-up singer that made it shine. Very Arabic fragrance. The rest of the incense was perfectly balanced. I Immediately bought several more scents to try and highly recommend this one.
Right now, the after work stick is Sacred Atisrauabha by Vedic Vaani and imported to N. America by TheEverestTrader. WOW! An absolutely perfect Indian masala incense. The scent is delicious and I cant stop sniffing the air! Fruit, berries, spices and a subtle wood. Saffron? Soap? Leather? No off notes or cheap Indian weirdness. I will be stocking up on this one ASAP. It doesn't quit or become a generic boquet. It keeps tapping my nose on the shoulder to whisper how lovely it is. Great incense!
My wife is home soon and she prefers a nice but basic sandalwood from Japan. Minorien Fun-In or some Hori-Kawa or Nijo. I bring it up because I've heard the Horin series is best experienced by coil rather than stick. I'm new-ish to incense and wondered what some more of the weathered noses had to say about it? Cheers!
I started the day with "Dragon's Blood" made by Leftover Hippies. These incenses are made from all natural ingredients, no essential oils or fragrance or fillers. Just Dragon's Blood resin and binder. The scent is very woody and balsamic, slightly and sweetly acrid and bitter orange. It reminds me of a mix between pine and cedar. Sharp hot resin. Enjoyable but not my preferred scent. I got this in a sample pack and likely wont purchase again. I've tried a handful of different scents from Leftover Hippies and it's all been excellent.
For lunch I burned 2 incense:
1. "Space Cakes" made by Hexennacht. Dipped charcoal stick. The maker describes the notes as: chocolate Brownies, ganache frosting, cannabis. I loved this one. It smells exactly as described. The chocolate and ganache are creamy and identifiable, but smells so much better on the cold stick. The hot stick fills the space with baked brownies and creamy frosting, the cannabis is there but not overwhelming (I could be wrong, nose-blind to kush). Really fun incense!
2) "Kahraman" by Ansaam Incense. Cones of indeterminate materials. The maker describes the notes as: Agarwood and Dray Amber, White Musk, Oud and Rose, Saffron. I think I found out about this maker on the blog Incense in the Wind >Incense Around the World. It also received high praise from the blogger. This incense is Egyptian in origin, and since I don't have any Egyptian incense and it was available on Amazon, I jumped in. These cones are HUGE! Fully as big as my thumb. Very smoky and refused to be extinguished. Brothers and Sisters, this is a beautiful incense! No off-notes. No hint of synthetics, though it likely does use at least some. The first note I immediately got was the oud. Not the grape-y/plummy "OUDH" I typically encounter in low-end stuff. This hit like actual stinky sticky oud, although it's clearly not. The rose stood out but with humility. The musk was the back-up singer that made it shine. Very Arabic fragrance. The rest of the incense was perfectly balanced. I Immediately bought several more scents to try and highly recommend this one.
Right now, the after work stick is Sacred Atisrauabha by Vedic Vaani and imported to N. America by TheEverestTrader. WOW! An absolutely perfect Indian masala incense. The scent is delicious and I cant stop sniffing the air! Fruit, berries, spices and a subtle wood. Saffron? Soap? Leather? No off notes or cheap Indian weirdness. I will be stocking up on this one ASAP. It doesn't quit or become a generic boquet. It keeps tapping my nose on the shoulder to whisper how lovely it is. Great incense!
My wife is home soon and she prefers a nice but basic sandalwood from Japan. Minorien Fun-In or some Hori-Kawa or Nijo. I bring it up because I've heard the Horin series is best experienced by coil rather than stick. I'm new-ish to incense and wondered what some more of the weathered noses had to say about it? Cheers!
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Awesome review post! I am a fan of a couple of those Horin sticks. This is the first time I have heard that mentioned re coils? Where did you hear that? I mean the sticks are fairly chunky and their length suits the amount of smoke and scent that they release. I have considered getting some coils of my favourites but never thought they would be better other than the fact there is more of it? I can't see me burning a whole coil at one go anyway.
RexNobody
Oud Beginner
I've seen it discussed various places. I've seen it mentioned on ORS and the incense subreddit. I may have even seen it posted here. The idea is that the coils are ostensibly a better deal because they are similarly or less priced than the sticks while being the same or more in volume. Also, the coils are supposed to contain a higher wood content leading to a more impactful scent. This information may not be current or actual, but I have seen it in more than one place. Also, coils don't need to be burned all in one go. They can be extinguished or just break off pieces to the preferred length.
Woody69
Oud Fanatic
just burned some Sandalwood Ensemble by Kin Objects. It is made for them by someone in China. It's not something that I would repurchase but it's a decent scent. So far there is probably only 1 or 2 things from Kin Objects that I would buy again and the sampler was a good way to try their incense at a good price. It was less than $30 for the sampler that was 30 something sticks. So far there blends seem to be more sandalwood forward than agarwood.
Kabir Attars
OudSufi
Al-Salaamulikum
Mellifluous Vietnam a blend of multiple Vietnamese Aloes with a sweet woody bold profile.
Ambon Agarwood "Monkoh"
Soft deep with a spicy sweetness.
Mellifluous Vietnam a blend of multiple Vietnamese Aloes with a sweet woody bold profile.
Ambon Agarwood "Monkoh"
Soft deep with a spicy sweetness.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Wrong thread. This is for combustible incense.
My bad, I thought I had posted in the burn of the day
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Kangiiten - Rei-UN Koh, herbal, medicinal, a little acrid if smelled to closely. Much much better to let this fill the space and settle in. It's all about the scent that lingers once the smoke has settled.
RexNobody
Oud Beginner
Good morning. Sunny chilly Sunday here. I went with Sinking Philippines from Dr. Incense to go with a little hot chai sweetened with cream and sugar. The tea is an excellent compliment for this incense. A perfect resinous agarwood vessel expressing sugared amber from the incorporated honey. Up close, it's dark sticky wood that speaks. Take a few steps away and you taste sweetness on your tongue. After about 10 minutes and a few steps out into the brisk morning, coming back inside the bouquet gives a lovely sweet-sour floral dancing above an earthy honey but the wood is, as always, the real star of the show. I really enjoy this and I'm happy to have it around. The scent doesn't linger too long after the fires have died, but that's ok because I have a lot of other stuff to burn too. Cheers!
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