On the Burner
- Thread starter Ensar Oud
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Sounds like you're part of the Taha-and-5MeO club! I even enjoy heating weeks-old 'used' wood.
Imagine if all oud consumers used agarwood like that. Extinction.....? What extinction?
Imagine if all oud consumers used agarwood like that. Extinction.....? What extinction?
I had them with me during my last visit but we were too busy discussing Chugoku Senkoh and your ongoing Tokusen Tai batch!
Pictured: 1 gram Hong Kong & Hainan kinam skins. Smells pretty much like heating proper kinam, at one tenth the price...
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I've had a couple grams of Hainan Kinam skins and they last forever on that monkoh burner, thank you my friend @Ensar, at they time I wasn't sure how much I would use it. But wow, how I love those gentle wafts of Chinese kinam. Couple it with a swipe of one of my (your) kinam oils, bliss, bliss, bliss.
So I definitely follow that Taha-Ensar-5MeO way!
So I definitely follow that Taha-Ensar-5MeO way!
Speaking of fine agarwoods, I have been enjoying some newly acquired treats:
Yunnan 1991 (Ensar) - starts with a lovely sweet/floral and brief reminiscent of Vietnamese kinam type wood, and then develops a rich earthy sour quality - a very dry and rich scent. Really enjoying this, reminds me of the Chinese oils by Ensar with that funky metallic orange neroli type thing going on.. Ensar's Vietnam 2004 wood has a similar earthy sour aspect, but not to the extent of this.. That earthy quality can be enjoyed in an oil like Royal Guallam, which has this is spades, especially during the opening and when smelled from the bottle/vial.
Maluku '96 (Ensar) - unique indeed! A dry wood and fresh oceanic type aroma - certainly on the Indonesian side of things.. Has a delightful sweet and sour mix.. Reminds me of an incense blend I made awhile called "Alien Forest" which had west Borneo agarwood + pathchouli leaves + chios mastic resin.. This one is an acquired taste I can tell..
Wild Thai Prachinburi (JK aka Rising Phoenix Perfumery) - loving this Thai agarwood - sweet, floral, woodsy, and spicy - fantastic aroma and a great deal at this price. This wood and an older batch of Khao Yai Thai agarwood I got from JK are among my very favorites, I find myself reaching for them quite a bit when I want to heat some wood..
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I enjoy and collect kyara, but it is so overpriced in terms of the actual aroma..
Yunnan 1991 (Ensar) - starts with a lovely sweet/floral and brief reminiscent of Vietnamese kinam type wood, and then develops a rich earthy sour quality - a very dry and rich scent. Really enjoying this, reminds me of the Chinese oils by Ensar with that funky metallic orange neroli type thing going on.. Ensar's Vietnam 2004 wood has a similar earthy sour aspect, but not to the extent of this.. That earthy quality can be enjoyed in an oil like Royal Guallam, which has this is spades, especially during the opening and when smelled from the bottle/vial.
Maluku '96 (Ensar) - unique indeed! A dry wood and fresh oceanic type aroma - certainly on the Indonesian side of things.. Has a delightful sweet and sour mix.. Reminds me of an incense blend I made awhile called "Alien Forest" which had west Borneo agarwood + pathchouli leaves + chios mastic resin.. This one is an acquired taste I can tell..
Wild Thai Prachinburi (JK aka Rising Phoenix Perfumery) - loving this Thai agarwood - sweet, floral, woodsy, and spicy - fantastic aroma and a great deal at this price. This wood and an older batch of Khao Yai Thai agarwood I got from JK are among my very favorites, I find myself reaching for them quite a bit when I want to heat some wood..
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I enjoy and collect kyara, but it is so overpriced in terms of the actual aroma..
Thanks Bhanny! I found it such a unique scent at the time, but lo and behold, there is a variety of agarwood that has some similarities.. The west Borneo agarwood that went into the Alien Forest blend is itself a very unique type, obtained through a private sale.. Maluku '96 is something any agarwood lover should have some of in their collection, in my opinion..
Just heated a piece of coal and let it sit for about 10 minutes. I then dumped a spoonful a Japanese white ash on top of the coal and let it sit for another 5 minutes followed by a piece of Mica. I then added a small piece of Walla Patta wood. The result is mind-blowing! Such small subtle notes of cinnamon and some exotic spicy tea. Sri Lankan wood is simply for the inner core inside of you which wants to say something but doesn't have anything to say. That is why Sinharaja X will be something I will want to keep for a very long time! My first beautiful Sri Lankan Walla Patta Oudh!
Totally agree that Sri Lanka Aggarwood has the most amazing nuances when burning the Kodo away , Tears came to my eyes first experienced walla Patta . tears of joy I tell ya , & the mystical aspect of Adam the Prophet PBH taking a Clipping from Paradise and planting it on the Mystical Island Of Sri Lanka definitely gives Walla Patta the mystical essence , Ceylon 1 & 2 & Silani has the exact same profile when burning the wood gently . Never tried Sinharaja X but I would Presume it's Heavenly