Instead, as with a sliver of kinam sizzling, you encounter a single pristine note of immediate beauty that goes beyond origin. Something else to consider is that like some other preservatives, it can break down to create aldehydes when combined with other chemicals, and one of those aldehydes can be formaldehyde, which is a known carcinogen. All he says is: That is Kinam.. 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. Its part of their culture and reflects their reverence for this precious aromatic. This and Royal Kynam are simply the finest oud oils Ive ever smelled. It's often associated with relaxation and meditation, and is rich, woodsy, and smooth without being overpowering. WebThey spent 20 percent more time with the cancerous samples. It was as if time stood still. Also, maybe it only hits the kyara here or there and I just haven't hit any or noticed when I did. Heat it, chew it, suck on it until your tongue moves a bit slower than it should. Kinam was already part of their culture before the USA even existed! Is Kyara better than that? Also, just like someone may adore their 1900 vintage Cabernet, sometimes box Zinfandel sparkles with its own charm! Yet, its still peppery and green while being a virginal white floral. Visit Baieido or Shoyeido and buy their kinam. than the Ryugen, which I will go into below, so I consider it like an Aloeswood Extreme. I'm missing the frame of reference for black kyara. And yes, he has been very kind and has taught me a great deal. Diehard skeptics who criticize the Chinese school and insist that its a marketing trick miss one crucial point: Its MUCH easier to find Vietnamese kinam than Chinese kinam. It is a special oil. What may smell supreme to one vendor might very well send you to the nearest sink to reach for the soap. Is this tree akyaratree? Yes, I have bits of some of your other high-end oils, and of course they are spectacular, but Kyara seems to isolate and intensify the most exquisite possible scent elements of the most exquisite Vietnamese oils and present them in a single oil. Throw together random batches from Hong Kong, Vietnam and Cambodia, and you wont get this smell. 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. For coffee like notes, there's an offering by Shunkohdo, Houshou, which reminds me of spicy and smoky chocolate coffee, and Wabi-Sabi by Awaji Baikundo, which is pretty hard to explain other than it also smells like roasted chicory and coffee. So how should it be that every facet of every fragrance be experienced identically by radically different beings? Scents of Earth Nha Trang is already many fold over Royal Guallam and right there as the no 1 spot, yet the complexity of Kyara is beguiling; thanks to all the wood studies, that cohesive, united yet discernible individual notes of Hainan, red Cambodi and Vietnam are a joy to study in this oil. Miu Miu is the sister label to Prada, and was founded in 1992 by Miuccia Prada. Enkuu or Ranjatai). WebTartaglia probably smells almost like an old person. To claim you know anything about kinam, you should at least have smelled the varieties offered by established Japanese houses. The cost and toil and time none of it is worth it if the oil doesnt surpass what you get straight from the wood. To me, and especially these guys, its crystal clear what kinam is, is not, or ought to be. Cervical cancer: Symptoms can include a strong, bad-smelling discharge. Sit with a Chinese agarwood collector as he shows you his collection. The Aquilaria tree grows up to 40 meters high and 60 centimeters in diameter and bears sweetly-scented, snow-white flowers. Miu Miu opens like a peppery green floral. You are using an out of date browser. Kyara shape-shifts somewhat and with time different facets of kyara/kinam and different origins come out.Rasoul/ Canada, So I applied a dot of Kyara became totally zoned out, remembered I still havent eaten (dangerous following a workout), and then I learned something dont apply Kyara while you are waiting for your naan bread to warm up in the grill youll forget all about it and the naan will burn and set your smoke alarms off. It's arresting in its noticeability (I sometimes lose track of tasks I'm doing, so it's a 'sit on the meditation pillow bro' stick for me). Six countries): Kyara, Manaban, Rakoku, Manaka, Sumotara, and Sasora. 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. From that point on, incense would become an important facet of Japanese culture.Incense is used for a variety of purposes, including Ive even been treated to kinam by esteemed distillers only to realize what they generously offered me was notkinam by any standard. That is the best I can do to describe how it feels. WebOne thing you do learn from ancient descriptions of kyara is the simplicity: kinam is bitter or smells like a monk. Kyara enju, en no sho, and gokujo kyara are much more straight forward and easier to pick out the kyara. Something folks who havent juiced this kind of oud dont know yet is that for ouds of this caliber, age is everything. Thank you all for taking time to read this! Salty -- Resemble the smell of ocean water when seaweed is dried on a fire. Generally when I buy on eBay I get one. Same with kyara. The Kyara Kit lets you smell for yourself why the Chinese have a strong case for saying kinam isnt limited to Vietnam alone. WebDogs can be trained to smell several types of cancers, including melanoma, breast and gastrointestinal cancers and some infectious diseases in humans, including malaria and Their scents will be tattooed into your olfactory memory for life. On the surface, it looks like nobody has a clue. Today the resin is commonly called Jinko, Aloeswood, Agarwood, and Oud. Any smell associated with mercury would be the result of other materials present in the environment and would not be from the mercury itself. It took a while to write you because I wanted to wear Kyara first, but have been in a difficult mental state and didnt want to potentially waste any Kyara when my outlook would have been an obstacle. A portal to a different dimension. An aromatic aldehyde is defined as an amalgam containing the CHO radical, such as benzaldehyde, which has an odor profile reminiscent of almonds. To me, and especially these guys, its crystal clear what kinam is, is not, or ought to be. Ranjatai can be seen there every 10 or 15 years. WebCertainly the Kyara is the bigger and deeper scent, with a rich dark woody quality in addition to the ethereal camphoric and green qualities a lot going on, and all of it so enjoyable Number 1 oil of all time: Kyara. Not that its a conglomeration or collage, rather its an ordered universe of the finest molecules in balance, and it is shatteringly awesome to experience. Fu-in Aloeswood is a mix of Thai and Indonesian aloeswood which features Minoriens signature damp note. Kyara was the 2400th most popular girls name. Vanilla may often be used as a synonym for "bland," but this scent is anything but when it comes to our happiness levels. Thank you. But this same tree is harvested at only 85 years, before the resin has hardened. 1 out of every 24,320 baby girls born in 2020 are named Kyara. In my opinion, until somebody distil an oil from actual Kyara wood than you can actually know what is that smell you can compare it. But dont panic. WebBacterial vaginosis: Its also possible a chemical-like smell is a sign of bacterial vaginosis. A chip of kyara has layers of enjoyment. Its the aroma that permeates everything I do. 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. An inferior resin is created by the deliberate wounding of an Aquilaria tree, leaving it more susceptible to a fungal attack by using a forced method. With distinct notes weaving in and out. It starts off kinamic then slowly morphs to almost like Royal Guallam. Connoisseurs refine their senses and appreciation because thats how you evolve. This is a high kyara content incense stick with minimal other ingredients smell alike. Kyara is a particular odor Houzan reminds me a bit of the Confucious Kyara stick from Baiedo. In many cases, the smell is Here, another question arises: At what stage of the resination process is akyaratree, akyaratree? On the surface, it looks like nobody has a clue. So, thingscanget puzzling. It smells like great, if restrained, aloeswood to me, but I don't notice anything Kyara-like but I may be looking for too narrow a definition of Kyara. 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. Most authentic kyara pieces were sold to private collectors in Japan, which is how Di Ser came into possession of its own small collection of the precious wood. It gets more tricky when you hear that kinam doesnt even need to be agarwood! Is kyara the most beautiful fragrance ever? Borneo Kinam is on sale for a short while only. Just like a Malaccensis will not be a Crassna, as it is its disposition to produce this type and not another type. Anyways, special oil and as far as I see it a must for any and all oud lovers. Powerful but poised. If left to grow for another 50 years, it would yield identifiablegreenkyara. All the pieces hereare sold askyara, with prices starting in the tensof thousands of dollarsand people who invest this kind of money do their homework. That is just my view. Welcome to r/incense, a community dedicated to the discussion of incense of all kinds. That youre reading this means youre into a niche within a niche within a niche. Now you have sedans, SUVs and coupes. KINAM & MARKETING. For those who deal in kinam, collect kinam, or routinely indulge in kinam, there is no confusion. Akigalawood is a perfume note which was fractionated from patchouli oil and is used by Givaudan. The scent that makes you fork over your life savings to make one just one Oud. This legend comes from an ancient Chinese book on incense, but today most aloeswood comes from infected trees that, although in the process of decaying and dying, are still standing. Nha Trang seems to have delinked itself.Fahad / UAE. it must mean people are making stuff up. or Aquilaria agallocha andis a very popular ingredient in Japanese incense and is often used in traditional Chinese, Unanai, Ayurvedic, and Tibetan medicine. This oil is powerful, bitter, medicinal. The damp note is present here too. Hot -- Resembles the smell of peppers on a fire. For any oudhead, this is a delicious festival to look forward to, drinking in the meticulousness of oudheads that went before. I wonder if I will try them and think, "yeah, that's great, but not that much better than other high quality agarwood", OR will their scents blow my mind? However, poisoning by toxins, such as Papuan is just different spelling for Guallam.. Seriously, how far will this get you? Its scent. Fresh, delicate rose petals, floating on a current of sunshine and citrus opening into a deep whirlpool of kyara oil and woods. 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. The Japanese hold that kinam only originates in Vietnam, Hainan and parts of Cambodia while the Chinese have identified kinam in various other agarwood-growing regions. A dark green bitter smoke. I don't know if it's the name, but I swear, it's got a bit of bitter chocolate going on, my brain wanders. Her candle, made in collaboration with Rewined, features notes of orange, grapefruit, pink peppercorn, neroli, and orange blossom. Thats why we offer avaried collection of kinam granules that covers both schools. It took me months and months to be able to find joy in sub $700 oils. Generally speaking, these chemical compounds provide a soapy-waxy-lemony-floral touch to a perfume formula. Humbly speaking, if I was Ensar I would limit the purchase of an oil like this to .5 gr per customer. This is one of them. Name :Kyara. 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. Needed an oil to calm me down and help ground me to a sound nights sleep. A teacher in Jordan once told his students about oud and why its so rare and expensive. Id say its about 90% similar to the Nha Trang. With their gums and tongues numb, I asked them to savor the taste of the kyara, breathe it in and let the green medicinal brainfreeze run through their noseand into their forehead. This is not your typical loud Rose Ouds that populate the market today. Kinam is massively hyped and marketed Ive gotten slack for this myself (I guess people dont read my blog enough) and the result is a cloud of confusion. Wishing all fellow oud lovers the opportunity to score a tiny bit of this oil. But historically, its accurate. If all kinam smells the same to you, fine. And the best way to experience it is by actually heating some first hand. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. They found the oud was an olfactory extension of the numbness in their mouth. What oils wow! The yardstick that gets branded into your minds nose after drinking one too many cups of kinam tea, chewing one too many cuts of chinan, and lighting up way too many of those Hainan skins. Words cannot describe these two oils. Kyara Saiko). Seriously, how far will this get you? It may not display this or other websites correctly. Rather than guessing games with vague charts and descriptions, these are the smells they use as benchmarks and identifiers. A fellow oud connoisseur, Thomas S., had this to add to the discussion: If we substitute, for the sake of this discussion, the word kyara with cherry, we see a different definition coming up. And you spend your very life trying to echo its smell again and again as your thoughts verge on the artistic abyss and OCD is as much a blessing as it is a curse. 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. Youknow its nonsense, buthereally believed this and taught it as truth. Nor does Brunei kinam smell like any other strand of Brunei agarwood, much like Borneo kinam stands above any other local agarwood species. The Japanese hold that kinam only originates in Vietnam, Hainan and parts of Cambodia while the Chinese have identified kinam invarious other agarwood-growing regions. Im not offering you a mystery: We have kyara as identified by kyara experts in Japan and China, and sold as kyara by the most respected authorities in the field. Special gift of nature handled very well by man to coax all the beauty and genius out. Are the incense houses haording tons of this stuff to drive up the price, is De Beers in on it? The oud presented to you here was proclaimed by our colleagues and fellow distillers as the No 1 oil of all time. Theres no cardamom, no mint; no jungle vibe, earthiness, or forest note. Its what I, my teachers, and the veterans at the top of the chain who invest sick amounts of money on kinam, know it to be. WebWhile discharge is distinctly different than urine, that may be the scent you're smelling when in the bathroom. The wood is extremely rare and often very difficult to obtain, as well as being quite expensive. One thing you do learn from ancient descriptions of kyara is the simplicity: kinam is bitter or smells like a monk. So hope that helps. More of an experience rather than just a great scent.Rasoul / Canada, I went for Kyara in the evening to accompany a long walk. LCG, It's not likely that smelling Kyara will be an epiphany. The sweetness mixes in with the other spices in the mixes and isnt really my favorite take on Kyara. From this evolution in kinam appreciation came two schools of thought: the Japanese and the Chinese. Ive even been treated to kinam by esteemed distillers only to realize what they generously offered me wasnotkinam by any standard. The truth is, while kyara is made out to be a mystery, its not. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Though nobody seems to have a clue, most agree that kyara is a mystery. Thats what I learned from my teacher. Now what does that say about the theory that any tree of the Aquilaria or Gyriniops genera could potentially yieldKyara? And they dont flaunt it. WebCrack has an unpleasant smell when its smoked its said to smell like a mixture of chemicals and burning plastic. Let me repeat that:No oneknows what constituteskyara. Just take a whiff of each and youll know! Time will tell. Recalling long, scenic drives up Californias Mendocino Coast, author Harold McGee noted the particular scent of the redwood trees. A spring breeze across the Japanese countryside. Kyara This is the most famous and well known of all Aloes wood some believe to come from either Vietnam or Cambodia. 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