Hi everyone, I'm Nathan. I'm an incense maker (my work is closest to Chinese style, I think) and enthusiast currently based in Chicago, U.S.A. I don't work much with oud yet, but I find the material really compelling, whether in a stick or on the heater. Most of the oud my heater sees these days is skins from a Crassna Khmer purchase some time ago. They're certainly not as sweet and rich as the high-end materials that Ken Cannata and KyaraZen have access to, but I do enjoy them a little at a time on a low heat. A fellow incense maker also kindly gave me some higher end wood samples which I have been enjoying slowly and with great trepidation (list below if you're interested). I'm a big fan of natural aromatics in their resin or raw plant form, from frankincense to musk root, lavender, sandalwood, etc. I write about incense and incense-making on
my website.
Samples I was given:
* Brunei, Kinam, Ensar Oud
* Cambodi, AAA, Agaroots
* Green Kinam, AAA, Yuzhi Oud
* 2022 Hmarkhawlien, Rising Phoenix
* 2021 Sinking Viet Quang Binh, Rising Phoenix
* White Kinam Bead Waste, Yuzhi Oud