The evaluation will be based on the following criteria: I wonder how the scent would be classified relative to Rikoku woods? Simply amazing. So I didnt say anything about what I was burning. Its beautiful, therapeutic and an experience.Brian / USA. Both of these sans effort set off the senses sailing into an abode of recurrent wonderment although Kyara still seems to retain some terrestrial links as if standing at a peak linking both this world and the beyond. When you want to learn about samurai swords, who do you seek out a guy in Iowa or master Osaka? Even old-timer fragrance lovers dont know what oud really is, and within the world of oud kyara is out of reach for most. WebOne thing you do learn from ancient descriptions of kyara is the simplicity: kinam is bitter or smells like a monk. 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. Generally speaking, these chemical compounds provide a soapy-waxy-lemony-floral touch to a perfume formula. All the confusion and difficulty in getting your hands on real kinam is exactly because Japanese and Chinese collectors have this monopoly. A chip of kyara has layers of enjoyment. WebTaylor Swift has collaborated with many different brands to create signature scents and a candle. It almost smells like freshly cut grassand an old school lily of the valley perfume. Any smell associated with mercury would be the result of other materials present in the environment and would not be from the mercury itself. Shiragoromo, which means veil of the goddess, in truth is a very unisex fragrance. I'm struggling to figure out what people are calling 'kyara' smell. JavaScript is disabled. Throw together random batches from Hong Kong, Vietnam and Cambodia, and you wont get this smell. Not only that, youre getting the Vietnamese kinam for CHEAPER than buying from the Japanese houses directly (currently, $246/gr LESS to be exact). Its not marketing. The Kyara is terribly wonderful, among the purest and most intriguing scents I have experienced in my long life. The scent of these chips sent me off into a frenzy. Vanilla can elevate your mood. After signing up, please check your email for your coupon. I think Royal Kynam had a slightly more medicinal effect, but I do think overall Kyara takes first place. If it was all up in the air with fluffy fairytales, there wouldnt be millions of $ changing hands like you see in these circles. Kyara This is the most famous and well known of all Aloes wood some believe to come from either Vietnam or Cambodia. If you can acquire some of that, IMO you will own one of the top ouds ever distilled. Powerful but poised. Is Kyara better than that? Kinam is hyped up so much because few know what theyre talking about. If all kinam smells the same to you, fine. Some believe kinam is purely a marketing gimmick. Of course I am leaving it for an even much lower price. It is now 14 hours later and this oil is still going. The generation who first discovered kyara only knew it as one thing. Kyara Sayangs crispgreenscent reminds me of a facet of chewing and burning kinam at the same time like few other oilsdo. So, thingscanget puzzling. Its you and I benefitting from generations of refinement. What might be considered aged by some was barely separated from water to another. Bright, Famous This superb Kinam or Kyara Oud as its also known, was distilled using super rare sinking grade Kinam chips from Indonesia. Some believe kinam is purely a marketing gimmick. Upon smelling it, one of my brothers in the craft said: Wanna know the first thing I said to Ensarwhen I smelled Kyara? Is this tree akyaratree? But dont panic. 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. The distinctive element of Middle Eastern perfumery is oud, or agarwood, a precious resin with an opulent aroma of tobacco, leather and honey. Thats why kyara discussions often read like philosophy lectures, and why it makes for a great marketing hook to cash in on the confusion. Others believe that one mans kinam is simply anothers sinensis. The olfactory antidote to the stresses of living in a time of great disharmony and uncertainty around the world, Kyara is very probably the most beautiful fragrance I have ever smelled. 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. Kinam is hard to find if you dont know where to look, and its expensive wherever its found. Its so repletely kyara there arent even discernable top notes, heart notes, nor much of a base. 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. So I just burned a bit of Kyara Houzan which is similar to Ai no Matsu but with more kyara. Welcome to r/incense, a community dedicated to the discussion of incense of all kinds. 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. than the Ryugen, which I will go into below, so I consider it like an Aloeswood Extreme. As an example, Qi Nam Khmer did not smell likekyara, but it was the rarest Cambodian profile I have experienced to date. At first, I thought it was a pot smell and something young oils show. From the look on Ensars face though, I could tell he was sad I was missing out! Thanks for taking the time for that! All he says is: That is Kinam.. He taught a few Cambodian students, he explains, who told him that theres a unique snake that lives exclusively in agarwood trees and attacks anybody who tries to get near one. Though nobody seems to have a clue, most agree that kyara is a mystery. Medicinal, bitter, layered like a baklava and resonant unlike anything you will ever smell. They dont stand a chance of ever producingKyara. Some few dozen plus injections. He didnt warn me that it came with a side of knafeh fresh out the oven. Sholayer Sugar Lychee Sholayer Body Spray. https://www.kyarazen.com/enjoying-kyara-through-mon-koh/. With time the Cambodi-like notes strengthen and kyara enju incense notes take over. Rather than guessing games with vague charts and descriptions, these are the smells they use as benchmarks and identifiers. The perfume has a central note of pure and extremely difficult to distill Kyara Agarwood. It took me months and months to be able to find joy in sub $700 oils. Their scents will be tattooed into your olfactory memory for life. Number 1 oil of all time: Kyara. With some oils its just super clear, the base materials were nuts and the juicing perfect. Once the Oriscent aesthetic grabs hold of agarwood, it doesnt matter where it comes from anymore. I feel like I get some sense of a kyara smell by comparing Minorien's Chokoh no 5 to Seikado's Gokujo Kyara and Gyokushodo's En No Sho. Thatsthe kinam youre getting in this kit. As Wright tells us, in Japanese culture, its actually considered offensive to wear strong aromas, so light, understated scents are much more in demand. It brings you to a place that most oils cant even glimpse, and keeps you there, basking in sublimity. 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. Fu-in Kyara contains higher grade woods plus a little Kyara in the mix. Kyara might have been cheaper, as was all agarwood, back in the day when there was more of it. Here, another question arises: At what stage of the resination process is akyaratree, akyaratree? You have on at least 3 occasions accused him of false advertising. [:p], This dude has got not just a Rolls-Royce, hes got a whole fleet of them. Thats how you get white kinam and purple kinam, and Papuan oud oil. That is just my view. The truth is, while kyara is made out to be a mystery, its not. Thats why you hardly see any advertised. Anything not harvested in Vietnam, cannot be Kinam. This is a scent years in the making. I have some Hainan kinam and it is very nice. One thing you do learn from ancient descriptions of kyara is the simplicity: kinam is bitter or smells like a monk. Its you and I benefitting from generations of refinement. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. The wood is extremely rare and often very difficult to obtain, as well as being quite expensive. That youre reading this means youre into a niche within a niche within a niche. Now you have sedans, SUVs and coupes. 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. Certainly not as the enviromental factors will be different according to the specific jungle. Thats why kyara discussions often read like philosophy lectures, and why it makes for a great marketing hook to cash in on the confusion. There's something else going on in their blend, and it's also dark, sultry, smoky, a bit husky and gritty. Specifically, I'm struggling with Shunkohdo's Kyara Aioi No Matsu which has gotten good reviews from lots of people. Rather, the closest scent to Vietnamese kinam isBorneo kinamCambodian kinamBruneian kinam. Definitely worth a try for any Ouddict. I'm missing the frame of reference for black kyara. Duringthe 2017 OudFest, we did a blind test. Some even get hung up about the sinensis distinction, without having smelled either kinam OR sinensis. Kyara Saiko). WebMercury does not have a smell. The next generation said, wow, do you smell that? you dont get this note in that batch. Thats how you get white kinam and purple kinam, and Papuan oud oil. If we look at the cherry tree simile, it would seem to indicate that akyaratree could qualify as akyaratree no matter whether it contained anykyaraor even any degree of infection: A cherry tree doesnt need to bear fruit in order to be classified as a cherry tree. 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. I felt a sense of calm and peace that is so pure. But I also have purchased multiple from most vendors on this forum, several based on their personal recommendations to me. Asyou can see, these are sold kyara chunks,notthe tiny shavings most ofus are at best able to get our hands on The best quality is Kyara, which comes in four types: Green, Iron, Purple, and Black. Just like using those old charts outlining the traits of different kinds of agarwood is effectively useless today sasora is sour while kyara is bitter or smells like an aristocrat in its elegance and gracefulness. Thats what I find so fascinating about discussions about kinam: the uncertainty. One thing Ive learned is that many people who talk about kinam have not smelled kinam; not even the offerings by established Japanese houses. Ants smell the chemicals that make up odors with olfactory receptors on their antennae. Dimension of? France is renowned for its perfume industry and is home to some of the worlds most famous perfumeries, such as the Maison Guerlain. New York forests tend to smell of pine and fern. Were no longer talking sinking-grade here, or about an untapped jungle. Regardless of their differences, what is clear is that kinam is a scent apart. It is a heavy metal and has a silvery-white appearance. It took me over a year before I could actually smell pure Agarwood incense. Yeah. Yet there is nothing smoky about the oil if it makes any sense. This is not your typical loud Rose Ouds that populate the market today. Compared to other ouds Ive tried, the beauty of Kyara lies in its less is more philosophy. Fresh, delicate rose petals, floating on a current of sunshine and citrus opening into a deep whirlpool of kyara oil and woods. 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. What I aim to accomplish in naming an oil Kinam or Kyarais one of two things. Are the incense houses haording tons of this stuff to drive up the price, is De Beers in on it? It reminds me of Westerners who argue about the difference between sushi and sashimi. So how should it be that every facet of every fragrance be experienced identically by radically different beings? Chokoh for an intoxicating experience, and Rufen for a mysterious and accessible experience. 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. Kyara is the heart and soul of the Oriscent aesthetic. To smell more. Kyaras narcotic tone, its medicinal bitterness is my personal benchmark. Not to mention its taste when you chew it or drink it as tea. This might have been true two hundred years ago, but certainly doesnt apply today. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA. that it constitutes the apex of that oud family. Scent is their main form of Id say its about 90% similar to the Nha Trang. Just like a Malaccensis will not be a Crassna, as it is its disposition to produce this type and not another type. WebOne thing you do learn from ancient descriptions of kyara is the simplicity: kinam is bitter or smells like a monk. It's like an oud oil that is sweetish, otherworldly floral-fruity, with a shimmering twang that's not camphoric. You are using an out of date browser. It reminds me of Westerners who argue about the difference between sushi and sashimi. Harvested at only 85 years, the resin has not hardened to the degree of being identified as incense grade agarwood, let alonekyara. Sign up to be among the first to know about Sales, Discounts, and New product. When I first smelledKyaraLTD (the original batch) I was convinced that the oil I was smelling was literally distilled fromkyarawood. Kyara might have been cheaper, as was all agarwood, back in the day when there was more of it. The mind becomes clear and instantly stays in present moment. 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. It is the most complete and accurate kyara note in oud oil. While everyone is unsure about its origin and how exactly it gets produced, theres no mystery about what kyara smells like. 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. But this same tree is harvested at only 85 years, before the resin has hardened. Or just a regular agarwood tree? There are great oils and then there are outstanding oils. Lisa smells like new books. Also have some White Kinam from Ensar on the kyara heater. I dont think today is going to be a very productive day.Abu Naeem / USA, We are so incredibly lucky that Ensar not only has made an oud of this caliber but is allowing us to acquire a portion of it. Some claim that the chemical make up ofkyarais different to other types of agarwood. 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. So do all agarwood trees have the potential to become akyaratree, if only allowed to mature for 135 years? I wont blame you if you disagreeour skin chemistries are different. Houzan reminds me a bit of the Confucious Kyara stick from Baiedo. Yet, its still peppery and green while being a virginal white floral. 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. Time will tell. Borneo Kinam is a testament to this legacy. Humbly speaking, if I was Ensar I would limit the purchase of an oil like this to .5 gr per customer. 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. Its not about Grade Aor AAA or Super King. Walk into a Baieido showroom in Japan in person and theyll only let you buy 1 gram of kyara, even if youre a known collector. The fragrance is like an aristocrat in its elegance and gracefulness." It is Same with kyara. Fu-in Aloeswood is a mix of Thai and Indonesian aloeswood which features Minoriens signature damp note. There are two woods in my set that smell enough like kyara at some stage that I can imagine them causing confusion to someone untrained like myself. Nha Trang is rather linear in the most beautiful minimalistic way. You must log in or register to reply here. It is a special oil. Borneo Kinam is on sale for a short while only. Scent of such grade of wood on low heat is prettier and more easy to understand but there is a case for its high heat smoking scent too. For being so hard you did an amazing job! Tried a bit last night for the evening meditation and was just blown away by the richness and complexity. Papuan is just different spelling for Guallam.. 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