WebArsenic as such does not have garlic odor and foods high in arsenic, such as rice, chicken, fish, beer and wine do not smell like garlic. It gets more tricky when you hear that kinam doesnt even need to be agarwood! So I think the time has come for some clarifications to be made, and some questions to be asked. Kyara was distilled six years ago. Despite how hungry some fakesters are to make a buck, they know theres too much Borneo wood around to compare his Borneo kinam to and get exposed. I would say other 'dark and rich sticks' that I enjoy and use regularly would be my perpetual favorite Tennendo's Enkuu, which is less smooth than the two Kyaras above but has a swirl of traditional spices, but still has this very thrummy depth to it that surpasses Minorien's Aloeswood. Borneo Kinam is a testament to this legacy. Its not marketing. What a remarkable scent. I understand it may vary but I am looking for an incense stick that has the "Kyara" smell and I would like the smell to linger for a bit so my house stays smelling nice. They dont stand a chance of ever producingKyara. While that was 6 years ago, I have not revisited it but I have revisited other kyaras that were too subtle or lost on me the first time through and what I noticed after developing my nose was that there were these deeper peppery notes under the aloeswood that once you start tuning into those and listening, you get a bigger kyara profile than you would in the ones like Chokoh no 5 where it essentially smacks you in the face with the smells, because you had to look for it. This might have been true two hundred years ago, but certainly doesnt apply today. I am new to incense, I would like to know the differences between these products. Wow! Smell the crme de la crme of theoud world and discover an olfactory journey like no other: Kyara |Kinam |Qinan. With some oils its just super clear, the base materials were nuts and the juicing perfect. It is this precious resinous wood that is treasured around the world. Bright, Famous On the surface, it looks like nobody has a clue. Anything not harvested in Vietnam, cannot be Kinam. Argon gas holds it back. I heated some lovely purple kinam last night, and also spent some time smelling the raw wood after freshly shaving my heater qty off it - very beautiful smell indeed - I agree LC that it is soul stirring.. Welli would say the green note is just one facet of the Kyara total scent profile and in totality, the smell from those oils are hardly an exact representation of a heated kyara sliver. https://www.kyarazen.com/enjoying-kyara-through-mon-koh/. What oils wow! WebKyara is a particular odor described as "A gentle and dignified smell with a touch of bitterness. Its part of their culture and reflects their reverence for this precious aromatic. WebThe frozen water smells pure, as if still trapped in the clouds hanging just overhead. Now now, everyone takes a deep breath, calms down and takes a step back. Gender :Girl. Kyara enju, en no sho, and gokujo kyara are much more straight forward and easier to pick out the kyara. Her signature scent is a combination of white musk, jasmine, and sandalwood. Ganyu smells sweet (almost to a point it makes you sick) Beidou probably smells like wood (idk how to explain it) Mona smells like nothing, cause she's poor. Kyara Saiko). How do I know what version of Lync CU I have? It is profound.Rasoul / Canada, It is, without reservation, a piece of art. Seriously, how far will this get you? Throw together random batches from Hong Kong, Vietnam and Cambodia, and you wont get this smell. Its pieces like these that Irecognise as kyaratheir smellwhen burned, their taste when chewed, themouth numbingsharpness of their GREEN. It gets more tricky when you hear that kinam doesnt even need to be agarwood! I agree, communicaton establishes a good relationship between buyer and seller. This stands in stark contrast to the Baieido official stance on the subject, which I have discussed at length way back in the day with David Oller. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. The generation who first discovered kyara only knew it as one thing. He didnt warn me that it came with a side of knafeh fresh out the oven. It took me over a year before I could actually smell pure Agarwood incense. Welcome to r/incense, a community dedicated to the discussion of incense of all kinds. The fragrance is like an aristocrat in its elegance and gracefulness." Thats what I learned from my teacher. There are several types of kyara. Kyara defines what I do and Kyara is not only as close to kyara an oud oil can get, but one that takes you beyond the wonder of the wood into the labyrinth wonderland of oud oil where red kinam smells green smells purple smells more, all at once. Meaning :Kyara means Bright, Famous. Reading this you realize these texts werent meant for teaching 327 Carpenter Lane There was once only one kind of car. And they dont flaunt it. The result was the same every time: The swipe of oud smelled exactly like the taste, onlylouder. For a day of reverence and remembering, it is a day for special oud. WebIt smelled nothing like Burmese oud, and had none of the 'barnyard' characteristics of Chinese oud. That's why I have a lot of Edps, EOs(essential oils), Agarwood, Oudh, Incense, Kyara, Sandalwood, perfume oils/attars, Musk, Ambergris, resins, etc. I overall prefer the oils, but it is fun to swipe these oils and burn the wood and listen to both at the same time. I get it, though. It's just another lovely piece of Agarwood with a few more special notes. But remember this: If you werestill stuck in that mantra of Oud = Cambodi/Hindi only, youd never have enjoyed the depths of Papuan green or Bruneis blue. Edited: Certainly, from my very broad forays into trying everything that comes my way, expense does dictate the rarity and grade of materials, but if there's something I try to keep in mind when the siren's call strikes, is that I can fully enjoy 'cheaper' ingredients if they are blended expertly, and sometimes there's beauty in enjoying the straightforward stuff and burning with more abandon. We use cookies to deliver you the best experience possible. Not only that, youre getting the Vietnamese kinam for CHEAPER than buying from the Japanese houses directly (currently, $246/gr LESS to be exact). WebFragrance notes. Enough with the charts and ancient descriptions. But if you insist on Vietnamese kinam being the only kinam out there, youll still be left in awe at how these Brunei, Borneo, and Chinese palettes smell SO out of this world compared to regular varieties from the same regions. I like wild Kyara and all, but sometimes I just don't want to spend five hundred dollars just to get a few splinters of the "real" stuff. And I feel entitled to it just as anyone else might feel entitled to theirs. What may smell supreme to one vendor might very well send you to the nearest sink to reach for the soap. A teeny tiny toothpick dot size will be enough. Tried a bit last night for the evening meditation and was just blown away by the richness and complexity. Kyara stays bitter and medicinal with hints of Purple Kinam in the background. Press J to jump to the feed. Mind-numbing yet mind-opening. So, things CAN get puzzling. IfKyarais a unique, ultra rare species of Aquilaria tree that only grows in Vietnam, as Baieido maintains, then aKyaratree is aKyaratree irrespective of whether it contains anyKyara, just as an apple tree remains an apple tree even if it never bears a single apple. The scent that makes you fork over your life savings to make one just one Oud. Not to mention its taste when you chew it or drink it as tea. Its so repletely kyara there arent even discernable top notes, heart notes, nor much of a base. They spent 20 percent more time with the cancerous samples. Does all the marketing hype ofkinam thisandkyara that make you feel like kinam is now just a generic term that means anything? It also has that oud/aloeswood dirty edge to it, but remarkably understated while rising up in plumes of smoke here and there to surprise you with a very intense resinous note. All he says is: That is Kinam.. Scent is their main form of Kyara is a particular odor described as A gentle and dignified smell with a touch of bitterness. Ive even been treated to kinam by esteemed distillers only to realize what they generously offered me wasnotkinam by any standard. Even old-timer fragrance lovers dont know what oud really is, and within the world of oud kyara is out of reach for most. I believe it is a process that yieldskyara, a question of age, nutrients, soil, light, water and of course the bugs. But if someone with more experience and a deeper appreciation for nuance identifies differences, that doesnt mean he makes things up. They are expensive and they should be. Though nobody seems to have a clue, most agree that kyara is a mystery. All I can say is, people who havent tried these oils are missing out on what oud oil is all about and what it does to your mind. Some claim that the chemical make up ofkyarais different to other types of agarwood. Hell point to different batches of wood and tell you: This is Yunnan, that ones Maluku; over here youve got sinking Port Moresby But ask him aboutthosenuggets way at the top and he doesnt tell you where its from. Already, there have been a few of my burn sessions where I can literally do nothing but just inhale the scent through my nose, barely even able to think. Houzan reminds me a bit of the Confucious Kyara stick from Baiedo. If all kinam smells the same to you, fine. I think this companies take on kyara is much more on the sweet side of thing, like cake batter or something. Reading this you realize these texts werent meant for teaching and, as youll discover after youve delved into this kit, the Irritable and edgy. There is a certain chemical called Dihydrokaronone which can only be found in Vietnamese Sinensis trees, as I recall him saying long ago and far away. I think the notes youre catching are green kyara. But remember this: If you were still stuck in that mantra of Oud = Cambodi/Hindi only, youd never have enjoyed the depths of Papuan green or Bruneis blue. You can spend ten years reading charts that compare Borneo oud to Cambodian oud, and still be none the wiser. Thank you all for taking time to read this! They are the ones I learned from, smelled from, and got my kinam from. I was fairly new to incense and my wife was patient but basically disinterested at that stage. Off-putting to my nose but too much other awesome going on that I can get past it and still derive pleasure and still crave it again.Rasoul / Canada, .25 gr high recovery V-vial, 3 gr EO-Vial. Yet, its still peppery and green while being a virginal white floral. On the opening, I see the Hainan notes clearer than before and the narcotic Cambodi bitterness. The odor is usually musty and can be detected even when the mold is not visible to the naked eye. Also, maybe it only hits the kyara here or there and I just haven't hit any or noticed when I did. Its the aroma that permeates everything I do. To claim you know anything about kinam, you should at least have smelled the varieties offered by established Japanese houses. According to the logic of not naming oils save according to their generic characteristics, using such terms as Supreme and Ateeq and Sulaiman in naming oud oils ought to be deemed equally misleading and dishonest. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Special gift of nature handled very well by man to coax all the beauty and genius out. Its like not being able to tell the difference between goat yogurt or cows, or the difference between Thai oud and Maroke. NEW YORK I never knew I could like a smell called cheesy vomit until I visited the Museum of Food and Drink.. Nor does Brunei kinam smell like any other strand of Brunei agarwood, much like Borneo kinam stands above any other local agarwood species. I think Royal Kynam had a slightly more medicinal effect, but I do think overall Kyara takes first place. Words failHank / USA. All the confusion and difficulty in getting your hands on real kinam is exactly because Japanese and Chinese collectors have this monopoly. I have monkoh style burner and I am still learning to listen to it better. Same with kyara. France is renowned for its perfume industry and is home to some of the worlds most famous perfumeries, such as the Maison Guerlain. WebOne thing you do learn from ancient descriptions of kyara is the simplicity: kinam is bitter or smells like a monk. The smell packs so much punch, the different batches so sizzlingly synthesized into a new scent, you cant even pinpoint a single note. So I just burned a bit of Kyara Houzan which is similar to Ai no Matsu but with more kyara. WebOne thing you do learn from ancient descriptions of kyara is the simplicity: kinam is bitter or smells like a monk. The damp note If that process is already in motion and we harvest the tree before theKyaraoleoresin has solidified, is not the essential oil currently amassing inside the trunk and slowly thickening and hardening into that oleoresin,Kyaraessential oil?If you say not, does that not entail thatKyarais only a type of wood, which is made up of undistillable hard resin that is chemically completely unrelated to the essential oil that collected and amassed into that resin over a period of many decades? I dont buy the claim that kinam is a modern marketing tool, but I do get why people say this. From the look on Ensars face though, I could tell he was sad I was missing out! Six countries): Kyara, Manaban, Rakoku, Manaka, Sumotara, and Sasora. The Nha Trang makes you stop cold and consider what the Hindus mean by Pranayama, and maybe even makes you imagine that youve understood for a moment what Pranayama is. I love the kinam note. I think youre hitting on it with your bright, electric description. But how the resination process that leads to that chemical profile takes place, no one can say. The distinctive element of Middle Eastern perfumery is oud, or agarwood, a precious resin with an opulent aroma of tobacco, leather and honey. The first time I put the tiniest sliver on the heater, I was expecting wafts of plumy twang or a darker shade of New Guinea filaria. This is the most comprehensive kinam kit I know of. Its not about Grade A or AAA or Super King. Cape May, NJ 08204, document.write(new Date().getFullYear()) Scents of Earth LLC. It was my own conviction, and it pertained to me only. This might have been true two hundred years ago, but certainly doesnt apply today. For being so hard you did an amazing job! Thats how you get white kinam and purple kinam, and Papuan oud oil. The sun glints off the Rocky Mountains, their iron musk mixes with mountain pine. However it remains to this day the most sought-after oud oil that has ever been released. KINAM & MARKETING. So .5 ml can go a looooong way.Rasoul / USA, None to this date has been as clear, as loud, as evident and as glorious as Kyara when it comes to capturing the scent of kinam and kinamic wood on higher heat. Questions? This oil is powerful, bitter, medicinal. Were in 2022 folks. This is a high kyara content incense stick with minimal other ingredients smell alike. And why? If the Holy Grail is to capture the scent of gently heated agarwood, why not just gently heat the agarwood? What might be considered aged by some was barely separated from water to another. On the surface, it looks like nobody has a clue. Kyara will vary by grade, region, locality inside that region. Loving this oil. Kudos to you Ensar.Brian / USA, Kyara is certainly a contender for greatest oil of them all It is remarkable how potent it is, absolutely bursting with aromatic intensity Apparently, a small amount of actual kyara was added to the distillation perhaps it is this that gives it the extra body and richness that sets it apart from most other oils A few other Ensar oils Royal Kynam, Brunei Kynam, Yunnan Kinam apparently also had kinam in the distillation and have a similar body and richness, an extra level of decadence.Josh / USA, The Kyara is wonderful and interesting. Its tough to beat a place called Pleasantville. The magazine picked Los Angeles as the top smelling city while Paris ranked the worst. TLDR: Extraordinary (4.9/5). A chip of kyara has layers of enjoyment. Ranjatai can be seen there every 10 or 15 years. Pull out a pellet of Vietnam Kinam. The Brunei kinam alone was stored in wax for ten years, and you havent seen wood half this caliber come from China in the last two decades. Being a newer distillation it has a great top note profile. Or just a regular agarwood tree? The scent is beautifully distinct and exquisitely rare; the golden tip at the top of the oud pyramid, regardless of the country its found in. The question presents itself: Could it be that an oud oil is literally distilled fromkyarawood? The cherry tree will not produce apples, as it is its genetic disposition that only allows the tree to yield cherries. And the best way to experience it is by actually heating some first hand. Just so as many people as possible get to try it. Thats what makes thescent of Borneo Kinam such an eye-opener. WebIts pieces like these that I recognise as kyaratheir smell when burned, their taste when chewed, the mouth numbing sharpness of their GREEN. Its good to also burn one stick at a time and maintain a steady burn routine so your nose learns to work around that acrid smell. 1 gr Vietnam Kinam1 gr Brunei Kinam1 gr Borneo Kinam1 gr China Kinam. In the form of Bakhoor, which is scented wood chips soaked in fragrance oils, it burns in public places and private homes throughout the Middle East and North Africa. But kyara always had a special place in agarwood culture. To not only capture its multi-layered charm in a drop of oud but to go beyond that. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. It brings you to a place that most oils cant even glimpse, and keeps you there, basking in sublimity. What is the best smelling city in the world? Fantastic write up, I enjoyed reading. Along with the odor, discharge may be greenish-yellow, and you may WebTaylor Swift has collaborated with many different brands to create signature scents and a candle. 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