I am trying to make bakoor at home
Tried and failed
Anyone can help ,

It might help to know what you tried. I think bakhoor is one of those things like making pie. Kinda hard to mess it up - it will always taste good. It's pie! (Maybe a bad analogy)

But I think bakhoor can take on many shapes and sizes. It's just a mixture of different aromatics ; I think most is agarwood based. And then lots of other stuff can be added like resins, oils, sandalwood etc. I think some folks will use a binder too. Ive heard some family's will have recipes they pass down from generations.

What materials did you use and what didn't you like about it?
 
50 ml of Amit's sandalwood on the way.

www.essentialoilscompany.com, true quality sandalwood at not much more than $2/gram. Ive been sent samples of $10-30/gram sandalwood that pale in comparison.
 
Nice big bottle of sandalwood from Amit / Rksons arriving.

about $2 a gram and just fantastic sandalwood of a quality i haven't found elsewhere in a long time at even 4-10x the cost
 
Just got a sample of EJayB's cultivated kinam distillate. Interesting smell. Certain oils, maybe it's fresh ones often share a certain pungent almost Marzipan / fruity note. I don't know how to describe it. dont know if these oils share this note because of how the wood has been cultivated or if it's because we're getting it without it being aged and oxidized and all that.
 
@Joe King
You and all the members are blessed ones. You know, first I have to tender request to accept Western Union, and then most of time, no DHL, or TNT, rather local postal services. 3 out of 5 packages reach me after a month, at least.
So, I am really thankful to the vendors who dispatch the package through DHL, and accept WU. Sometimes, I have to wait for the oil to be present here on the lists at the forum. No samples. Ultimately 50 % oils acquired are not of my taste. So, I oil the plants instead of watering them.

Thanks for your offer. Well, I am sure, someday you will love Rose. A couple of years before, I myself had developed acute repulsion for it because of Tea Rose perfume. :Thumbsdown:. A respected member dragged me out of that quagmire.

I had a plan to write an article about the frequency of different fragrances, but due to my being lazy, it seemed a bit difficult.
Assalamualaicum Rai Sab !!
 
Just got a sample of EJayB's cultivated kinam distillate. Interesting smell. Certain oils, maybe it's fresh ones often share a certain pungent almost Marzipan / fruity note. I don't know how to describe it. dont know if these oils share this note because of how the wood has been cultivated or if it's because we're getting it without it being aged and oxidized and all that.
Age will definitely improve the oils but the the top note concentration is technical in nature and seems to be leaving a distillers fingerprint. I have come up with ways of curing and settling out the distillation notes from the oils using lots of sunlight and water flushes to clean the oil which does slightly oxidize the oil and deepen the color
 
Salam alaykum and hello,
I'm seriously very excited. 🙂

Somewhere in Perth (Australia) travels a DHL package with my name on it. Inside is 2.5ml of Hekayat and 0.2ml of Zumurrud. I'm very grateful to Alshareef Oudh for his kindness. Inshallah it will arrive in Melbourne very soon and make its way to my humble abode.

Hekayat promises the ultimate musk experience. My heart is already picking up pace.

Fee Amaan Allah,
Atif
 
Salam alaykum and hello,
I'm seriously very excited. 🙂

Somewhere in Perth (Australia) travels a DHL package with my name on it. Inside is 2.5ml of Hekayat and 0.2ml of Zumurrud. I'm very grateful to Alshareef Oudh for his kindness. Inshallah it will arrive in Melbourne very soon and make its way to my humble abode.

Hekayat promises the ultimate musk experience. My heart is already picking up pace.

Fee Amaan Allah,
Atif
Can't wait to find out what you think.
 
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