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Maroke / Hindi / Irina Noir
Calming / When I’m in a happy mood / Out this world scent and reminds me of my childhood days.
By the way, I’ve tried the vertiver scent but from those aerosol EDP’s from Paris. I think the Chems was too much and I might only picked up the vertiver scent a lil bit. I’ll have to find other sources again to get that actual aroma.
Calming / When I’m in a happy mood / Out this world scent and reminds me of my childhood days.
By the way, I’ve tried the vertiver scent but from those aerosol EDP’s from Paris. I think the Chems was too much and I might only picked up the vertiver scent a lil bit. I’ll have to find other sources again to get that actual aroma.
Wild Burmese wood from IO on the Electric "Subitism / Gradualism" heater from TO's Abdenbi Et-tellah
Opening notes are deep green (jungle-like), followed by spicy notes (unable to pinpoint individual spices), but suffice to say pleasant all around, the pieces are magnificent in oil/resin content and a small sliver lasts (on low heat) for several minutes. Going to portion some up for a weekend Mon-Koh session.
Opening notes are deep green (jungle-like), followed by spicy notes (unable to pinpoint individual spices), but suffice to say pleasant all around, the pieces are magnificent in oil/resin content and a small sliver lasts (on low heat) for several minutes. Going to portion some up for a weekend Mon-Koh session.
Bois D'Iris for me too - really nice wood, a profile that reminds a bit of some Sumbawa wood that I have though otherwise a quite distinct scent profile.. I've never smelled Iris (I don't think) so can't offer an opinion about the wood smelling like that or not - but it's got a lovely and intense "petroleum-floral" type thing going on that I really like.. Rich with spices this wood is, like a potpourri.. Ahhhh, I love agarwood!
So true indeed about the resination and color of the wood not being a reliable way to guage the quality of the scent.. If I inquire about agarwood with a vendor it's just about the scent profile - there's so many woods that are more on the oily vs resin side that just smell amazing when heated/burned.. That said though these Bois D'Iris pieces are really nice looking - and anytime I can tell that pieces have been meticulously cleaned that adds a lot..
So true indeed about the resination and color of the wood not being a reliable way to guage the quality of the scent.. If I inquire about agarwood with a vendor it's just about the scent profile - there's so many woods that are more on the oily vs resin side that just smell amazing when heated/burned.. That said though these Bois D'Iris pieces are really nice looking - and anytime I can tell that pieces have been meticulously cleaned that adds a lot..
havent tried any sumba or sumbawa wood. the petroleum purple flower comment makes total sense aId i can fully relate to it. there is a vaporous and at the same time an unexpected "dirtied floral, not dirty) note.
next up to try is irian noir. not one bit of iris suggestion in this one, instead is all about the deep dark side fo VIOLET. if ceram is the embodiment of a cute and pretty girl next door, irian noir is that femme fatale . bois iris is in between.
next up to try is irian noir. not one bit of iris suggestion in this one, instead is all about the deep dark side fo VIOLET. if ceram is the embodiment of a cute and pretty girl next door, irian noir is that femme fatale . bois iris is in between.
Sumatora 1996 - I've come to regard this wood as "advanced study" in agarwood - this is a powerful, stern, uncompromising old jungle wood that presents with bitter, deep dark mysterious woodiness.. The opening is spectacular, mind-spinning, exquisitely enjoyable, with a certain delectable sweetness - then settles into a very dark and unsweetened nutty plum green earth type aroma (or something vaguely like that) - it's the dense, bitter qualities that make this something people new to agarwood may not enjoy as much.. Similar to how novice alcohol drinkers will prefer a cheap fruity mixed drink over a 50 year aged Isle of Islay scotch - or the way new tea drinkers will prefer a cheap sweetened black tea from lowland plantations like Lipton over an aged raw and wild puerh from the Yunnan mountains.. Initially I loved the opening of this wood, but then found the scent progression rather unpleasant - more recent encounters with it have found me appreciating the woody and nutty qualities and the bitterness..
There is no doubt that this wood has tremendous potency and is chock-full of that ancient mysterious quality that is absent in farm raised woods and ouds.. The sort of thing you'll smell in Kyara Sayang, Oud Royale 1985, or Port Moresby but never in a young plantation Thai oil..
There is no doubt that this wood has tremendous potency and is chock-full of that ancient mysterious quality that is absent in farm raised woods and ouds.. The sort of thing you'll smell in Kyara Sayang, Oud Royale 1985, or Port Moresby but never in a young plantation Thai oil..
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I find descriptions around "sweet" and "bitter" interesting - often kyara and other Vietnamese agarwood I hear described as bitter when I have never found kyara bitter - to the contrary the main thing that stands out to me about it is the sweet, nectar-perfume type quality it has.. Non-kyara vietnamese agarwood can vary - I have some excellent types of Vietnamese that are over on the earthy, dry, bitter side, with a sort of austere unsweetened cherry/red fruit quality.. And then I have some sweet types.. The Nha Trang Anthole that Ensar offers right now I find sweet - it smells like a prelude to what could become kyara with some tree aging and whatever the mysterious factors are that result in kyara.. It has that lovely sweet hay + fruits smell that one can find in Thai and Cambodian woods also - very user-friendly agarwood, the sort that non-agarwood lovers will like right away.. Good value on that wood - one will be hard pressed to find better agarwood for $8 per gram on the (non-wholesale) market than the Nha Trang Anthole.
good one. i find kyara/kinam to be super sweet, nectar, perfumy too but only when heated gently. when burned as incense or heated on high temp (sacrilege if you ask me, yet i see the allure) then its all about the bitter. it is in oil form that it has the classic bittersweet combined together. i am reffering to the likes of kyara ltd 2.0, nha trang ltd, VSK...
my history with this wood has been tricky. i mostly struggled with this wood. but after using a fine tooth saw and heating fine powder of it in the last few weeks, i see its soul better and appreciate the lack of sweetness and all the savoury, dark, bitter and mysterious notes. it still hasnt wowed me like port moresbey privee but it is growing on me. i will try and remember to heat some tonight and report back. will use a different chip i havent touched to date to powder some...