Incense of the Day

[Dan]

Dr Incense Samadhi

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[IntheRedwoods]

RP - Pear/Mysore/Agarwood. One of my favorites, so cooling and purifying to start the day.
Baieido - Tokusen Kobunboku. Nice Japanese incense. Spicy, earthy, great regular in my rotation.
Yamadamatsu - Kayo. Nice sandalwood that reminds me of working in an antique wood shop or stringed instrument repair shop by candlelight.

Pulled out Floating Mountains last night, which blows my mind, so I'm trying to take it easy today.

 

[IntheRedwoods]

RP - Pear/Mysore/Agarwood. One of my favorites, so cooling and purifying to start the day.
Baieido - Tokusen Kobunboku. Nice Japanese incense. Spicy, earthy, great regular in my rotation.
Yamadamatsu - Kayo. Nice sandalwood that reminds me of working in an antique wood shop or stringed instrument repair shop by candlelight.

Pulled out Floating Mountains last night, which blows my mind, so I'm trying to take it easy today.

Taesik Yun - If I'm not mistaken, it was your posts that lead me to Kayo...thank you!

 

[Taesik Yun]

you're welcome @IntheRedwoods

Yamadamatsu - Shikun

Shikun is one of the Yamadamtsu's high-grade incense offerings.
Shikun(紫薫) means purple haze, and it features spicy, brisk agarwood based scent.

Smelling from the box, Shikun smells spicy, woody, herbaceous. It gives a comforting warmth and relaxing feeling.
Once lit, Shikun emits mellow caramel sweet woody fragrance that resembles the image of burning riped fruit and resin dense woods.

You might love Shikun if you like...
- agarwood from Cambodia
- sweet fragrance
- strong fragrance

 

[Oudamberlove]

Baieido Koh En

When I smell something good,
I have a momentary panic...
I think to myself...
do I have enough😕
Then when I remind myself that
I have a spare roll,
I can relax🙂

The woes of a hoarder😀

 

[Dan]

Ken Fiji Sandalwood

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[IntheRedwoods]

I started the evening with Ken’s Fiji sandalwood as well, now onto Dr’s Holy Lotus.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Baieido Tokusen Syukohkoku

I pretended to blind smell it,
the results were favorable,
I can sorta “feel” the agarwood,
and my preference agrees with the
overall blend.


Next up... Shoyeido Infinity
I prefer to waft the smoke from 2 feet instead of 1 foot away. The kinam vibe seems more authentic when the smoke is more dispersed.

Lastly....Ken’s Brunei

I like this stick because the Brunei agarwood was sourced from KZ, and that certainly was a fine batch of mother tree heartwood.

 

[Dan]

Ken's Sovereign

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[Himanshu Sharma]

Ken Fiji Sandalwood

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How have you been Dan ?
This stick is one of my top sandalwood sticks. Somethings simpler things put a smile on your face. This is one of them.

 

[Dan]

How have you been Dan ?
This stick is one of my top sandalwood sticks. Somethings simpler things put a smile on your face. This is one of them.

I'm well brother Himanshu

Indeed even his mysore is really well done.

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[Oudamberlove]

Ken’s Ambon stick

Has some Papuan vibe.

 

[Dan]

Shoyeido Go-Un (5 clouds)

It was fun listening to this stick, perfect harmony of spiciness, creaminess and ouddiness...


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[Oudamberlove]

I usually enjoy sticks as either mainly agarwood,
or a blend. With Shunkohdo Kyara Seikan
I can enjoy both aspects at the same time.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Kyukyodo Murasakino

Every time I try to listen to this stick,
it is difficult, then my imagination goes wild.
Freesias, dragonfruit, opoponax, musk,
agarwood, more flowers, and ambergris.

 

[Oudamberlove]

As I’m enjoying the Dr. Incense Assam,
my brain urged me to do a side by side with
the Dr.’s Hongkong stick,
then I sensed a connection,
an overlap within their profiles.

.....there really is something to those
Chinese-Indian oud oils of late.

 

[IntheRedwoods]

Ken’s Spring fragrance stick. Beautiful and refreshing for the early afternoon.

 

[Himanshu Sharma]

West Malaysian Agarwood sticks from Ken's august release.
Mildly sweet, incensy goodness. I find this stick is very simple, yet very layered. Simple because it's not a blend, just agarwood from malaysia. Complex, because the agarwood itself has spicy peppery clove like undertones.
It's like malaysian agarwood on a heater at medium. Resinous, incensy with subjucated roasted spices.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Simple because it's not a blend, just agarwood from malaysia

Yes, agarwood can carry the profile of a stick without needing added aromatics, with some agarwoods much more than others. The stick I lit today, KZ’s latest Manaban is a good example of such a stick.

 

[Taesik Yun]

Today I received cultivated kinam(don't ask me) incense from China. I bought it just out of curiosity. how good it can be?

yes, it has a kinam-like scent profile. it gives off an airy, silky, cool sweet fragrance. (very sweet)
however, it lacks something I can't put my finger on. 'extra kick'? 'chi'?

$14.5 for 5gram at this quality? well, I can't deny it's pretty impressive.

I haven't smelt enough kinam to tell much about the differences between real(wild) kinam and this cultivated kinam.
my only kinam reference point is Yamadamatsu's Hojo series.
to me, this one feels like about 20~30% close to what I imagine decent kinam would smell like.

my concern is that I have no idea what they used to cultivate kinam trees. maybe there might be potential health issues
here is the link if you'd like to try this incense https://tinyurl.com/y2yq3zxu

Edit: burned a few more sticks. meh, I'm underwhelmed as I expected. 😕 it gives me a slight tingling itch feeling back of my throat. won't burn it again.