Kyarazen incense sticks : Central Cambodia, Malaysia classic, Eight milleniums, Ambergris
All were wonderful, I find it hard to isolate the notes to describe each but i did get a hint of saltyness and musk in the ambergris stick. The Eight Milleniums has a real exotic and more of an incense blend scent as you will ,of course with that quality that kyarazen always delivers bringing that beautiful deep oudy base underneath it. Malaysia classic more of a sweet agarwood scent and Cambodia a bit darker as the wood chips of real high quality smell themselves. Also received a sample stick with the word Assam on it. A bit less refined than for example Cambodia smell but the effects on the mind was the most intense of all of the bought sticks. I had trouble standing up! lol
The Kalalkassi sample was divine of really high quality, i was not so fond of Al-Ghaliya, but that is a matter of taste i can really smell the taif rose and i don't like the smell of rose in attars. i do appreciate the blend itself as it contains that kalakassi base ambergris misk sandalwood oil and others….
Kyarazen and company have done a real good job and i totally recommend them if Quality and exellence is important to you!
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Found a piece of Filipino Oud with a hole in it. So I put a piece of Hojari Frankincense in it, then let it slowly burn..
@Alkhadra how is your socotran franckincense ? Once @hedycent sent me some, it As quite dark and honestly it's the best franckincense I smelt instead of citrus you get orange peel. If I find a good lot of this one, I'd certainly put it on the store for people, for me better than green hojari, all royal grades ect ect ...
Sounds lovely! What type of frankincense did you use? Oh, and how does Tonka powder smell burning?My first burn with mica sheets..
i tried frankincense first and then put on some cinnamon +tonka powder .
aromas were sweet / but it took quite sometime to fill the room .
Pleasant experience i would say ;
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excellent stuff. looking forward to share my impressiosn when i get the above.Kyarazen incense sticks : Central Cambodia, Malaysia classic, Eight milleniums, Ambergris
All were wonderful, I find it hard to isolate the notes but i did get a hint of saltyness and musk in the ambergris stick. Eight Milleniums has a real exotic and more of an incense blend scent ,with the quality that kyarazen always delivers ; all have that beautiful deep oudy base underneath it. Malaysia classic more of a sweet agarwood scent and Cambodia a bit darker smelling like the wood chips themselves. I also received a sample stick with the word Assam on it. A bit less refined than Cambodia but the effects on the mind was the most intense of all . I had trouble standing up! lol
The Kalalkassi sample was divine of really high quality, i was not so fond of Al-Ghaliya, but that is a matter of taste. I can really smell the taif rose and i don't like the smell of rose in attars. I do appreciate the blend itself as it contains that kalakassi base ambergris misk sandalwood oil and others….
Kyarazen and company have done a real good job and i totally recommend them if Quality and exellence is important to you!
Wowwy! I'd really love to see photos if you could dear Rasoul! Especially of the fossilized KZ one. Sounds interesting.comparing the filipina wood from alshashimi, IO, KZ and Taha (AA):
the only one sticking out as radically different is the one from IO. not so much in visual but scent. the scent is easily the most animal wood i have come across. is like heating white peppercorn. barny, animal, horse, and funk. there is a delicious sweetness running thru that keeps the funk in check and adds to the intrigue. not one for quiet (kodo) listening but one for scenting the room and smelling from afar. lingers forever.
other three sources despite quite different looking wood ( taha's all kyen and oil with no real resin vs non resin part/ al hashimi mix of resin and oil/ KZ fossilized looking and gnarly and old.) have very similar scent. nectars, forest honey and other darker honey, sweets, very very perfumy and delicious gourmand scent. quite powerful in its scent too.
will share pics tonight.
can't wait, i Always learn something from your observations.excellent stuff. looking forward to share my impressiosn when i get the above.
recent KZ incense purchase impressions:
Mon-Koh
spectacular. the very essence of agarwood. little smoke. can be brought virtually right up to the nose without any acrid notes or burn. i sense some gyrinops/papuan quality at play. lets just say Indonesia profile. i wasn't able to verify this, so its just my educated hunch.
haru-ro dew of spring
need more time with this. nothing really jumping at me, other than the fact that this incense is less about aloes or sandal and more about other extracts, spices, etc. it didnt leave a great or bad first impression. kinda neutral. more on this later.
sultans shadow
this is a wow incense. rich aloes. salty/sweet/powdery ambergris. hint of animal (from must and ambergris i guess) underneath floral and other sweet/spicy resinous notes. a whole perfume in smoke form. wow. special stuff indeed.
ambergris
a blend of aloes, ambergris and misk as per AG. all 3 of these are also part of sultans shadow. but in contrast, the ambergris incense from KZ is much more oceanic, sea spray, touch animal (was expecting more funk and animale qualities). sweet but more along the lines of making or slightly burning caramel and molasses. a great scent from a far as well as relative close distance. belly height. no closer.
clear mind
10% baltic ambergris and as per KZ the most bitter scent he has made to date.
well, bitter it is. almost like burning wires. is harsh and over the top close by, but the lingering scent is beguiling and addictive. i see similarities with myu-jyo but more so the gandasara. to my nose the note that jumps out clearly adn dominantly is that of fenugreek seeds. but i have verified this with KZ and there is NONE of it actually used. so it must either be a combo of other notes that makes me think fenugreek or shared compound in it with another. sotolon is the main curry leaf-esque compound that makes fenugreek, well fenugreek.
precisely that. KZ set a goal and has totally hit it right in the bulls eyeloved reading your reviews, mon koh incense sure sounds interesting, the best of both worlds, convenience of a stick and the quality of a mon- koh session