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I google search this and find that people drink tea from the leaves of the agarwood tree - has anyone tried this? I was interested though in making tea from ground up agarwood itself - has anyone tried this?

Posted a bit about this in another thread, but figure I should start a new topic.. Any recommendations of Japanese or Tibetan incenses you like? Btw if you're an incense lover but have never encountered Tibetan incense, do yourself a favor and pick some up - it is as distinct from Japanese...

Here it is - if you had to pick, would you keep your wood collection or your oil collection? I think we can all agree this would be a terribly unhappy thing to have to choose - and fortunately we don't have to.. But just for fun, which would it be?

Anybody sampled these yet? With the deterioration of the big Japanese incense houses the chance to acquire some high grade agarwood stick incense is veeeery appealing.. I wonder if Taha will experiment with adding some other ingredients ala Shoyeido or Yamadamatsu?

Haven't been posting much recently, but had to drop by to hype the Brunei kinam Ensar is offering. As most of you know, my taste in agarwood and oud oil is impeccable - it is difficult to overstate the discerning nature of my sniffer.. I am also a very modest man - though I think it's clear...

A rare treat - high grade agarwood from the Philippines! The unheated wood has an epic dark woody scent to it, like an exotic hardwood cabinet shop or something.. Heated this brings a whirlwind of notes - earthy, floral, green/jungle - the green/jungle notes are quite pronounced in the the...

Epic wood chips! Super resin-dense and epic deep dark scent - I was dazzled by the first few minutes of the first chip I tried - exotic and riveting.. Another delightful treat from Ensar - thanks brother!

Not necessarily your favorite ouds, but which 3 smell like no other oud for you? I'll wait on posting my own list to avoid coloring others' perceptions :P