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What better way to celebrate the New Moon than with an abundant fumigation of Mastic gum? The cool, clean, slightly wet-smelling scent is an ideal representation of Earth´s nightly consort.

I have been thinking about Satori Fusho and Jung Shen Lu recently. Both are 100% organic kyen distillations. Jing shen Lu was (at that time it was offered) described as "(...) superior to the Satoris in both depth and clarity. The fragisteria heart notes are in full bloom, with a fusion of the...

I can also recommend AlShareef´s Lubaan (Frankincense resin). Initially, I only bought a small quantity. When it arrived, and right after I had tried it out on a live coal, I bought a considerably larger quantity - it is so good, I didn´t wnat to be without a good stash of it.

Thank you Rasoul. Yes the distinction between "masculine" purple and "feminine" white and pink florals makes sense....only that I, personally, wear them regardless of the gender attribution...only disticntion I make is "does it suit my mood today, or not". I once bought an attar from India...

Borneo Zazen is - Borneo Zen on steroids! Every single note of the scent seems amped up a notch or two. The oil itself is of a coppery-golden colour and is quite fluid. The initial blast is all Jasmine, and this Jasmine is greatly enhanced by musk. Very soon the "jasmarine" accord of Borneo...

Can somebody please post the name(s) of reliable vendor(s) of attars, i.e. the real stuff that is hydrodistilled from plants, with sandallwood oil as carrier - instead of synthetic (pharmaceutic) products? I am lookiing to buy Gulab, Nagarmotha, Heena and Shamama attars.

Thank you, Dorje. One of the best reviews ever in this forum. Only one addition: the musk dry-downi is superb. Similar to that of EO No.2 and Sultan Musk attar but to my nose, even better than that of the aforementioned - softer, sweeter, even more powdery.

Only thing is, Thai Tabac does not contain musk. It contains civet as fixative.

Instead of buying from MermadeArts, buy from the companies they get their incense from. Namely Apothecarys Garden and InknScents, both are Etsy stores. And they charge less for shipping than Mermade. Also, Apothecarys Garden imports various frankincenses and myrrh directly from different regions...

Seconded...to me, the new Borneo 3000 v3 is reminiscent of the old version...it has the same thereal top notes...but lacks in punch. I remember the Borneo 3000 v2 having a strong almost-barnyard aspect that this new oil lacks. Well, we all know good agarwood is hard to come nowadays so when we...

Well, I did an an on-line search on alpha pinene, and I learned that alpha-pinene occurs in a varety of plants, from rosemary and eucallyptus to pine trees and peppermint. Maybe it is easier to brew some peppermint tea than ingest frankincense essential oil....

Thank you for the information Ensar.

It´s interesting toread that frankincense essential oil contaibs inly traces of the anti-inflammatory boswellic acids (cit.): "One set describes how “Frankincense oil” kills cancer cells and many people assume they mean Frankincense essential oil, which is not the case. The Frankincense oil in...

I recently came across some very interesting articles by Dan Riegler. Dan imports resins and perfume-making materials from different countries. He wrote about the medicinal properties of Frankincense, here...

Interesting article about the distillation of Heena (or: Hina) an Indian attar: https://www.whitelotusaromatics.com/newsletters/hina

Did you grind the sandalwood chips prior to making the tiincture?

Brunei Exquisite. Heady, oudy, green, sweet, spicy and floral - this wood has so many notes.

Oud Extraordinaire A young, playful oil. The initial hit has tons of sweet notes - as if you inhale deeply over a bag of roasted sugar-coated almonds. There is a note of beeswax that I particularly like. Floral notes, like cherry blossom, also swirl around in the sweet scent. In the beginning...

Well, I haven´t bought any of the latest `Kinam´ oils (Nha Trang LTD, Kynam no.1 etc.) so...the sequence does not say about "this oil is "superoir" to the other oils". I just listed them as they came to mind. Purple Kinam (EO) Oud Royale II (EO) Sultan Abdul Aziz (EO) Lao Chen Xiang (AA) Shano...

Iris Noir is on sale again! If you haven´t already bought a bottle, now is the time to do it. If you liked Hajar Aswad, get one right now. If you like Monsieur Oud this one will put a smile on your face. If you thought Jungle Kinam was a good perfume, you are in for a surprise. Let me tell you...