The fungus and decomposition process continue to generate a very rich and dark resin within the heartwood. This is not your typical loud Rose Ouds that populate the market today. it must mean people are making stuff up. Kiyoko Am so glad I waited, and that Kyara was waiting for me, and I am simply astonished.Jennifer / USA, While top notes were enthralling, I will never forget the first moment I experienced the mid notes and dry down. But one will be a brain surgeon, the next one an opthalmologist, yet another a psychiatrist. And my biggest swipe of it to date. it must mean people are making stuff up. 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? WebThe sea where you can smell the clean salty seabreeze, listen to the sounds of rushing water and feel the sun on your skin. For being so hard you did an amazing job! Theres agarwood and then theres KINAM. For any oudhead, this is a delicious festival to look forward to, drinking in the meticulousness of oudheads that went before. Deep. You can spend ten years reading charts that compare Borneo oud to Cambodian oud, and still be none the wiser. Press J to jump to the feed. However it remains to this day the most sought-after oud oil that has ever been released. Its not about Grade Aor AAA or Super King. 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 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 about those nuggets way at the top and he doesnt tell you where its from. Now what does that say about the theory that any tree of the Aquilaria or Gyriniops genera could potentially yieldKyara? This review was fantastic! I hope to experience Kyara and Kinam someday soon. Game over oil. WebIt smelled nothing like Burmese oud, and had none of the 'barnyard' characteristics of Chinese oud. TLDR: Extraordinary (4.9/5). It lingers in the corners of a room for at least an hour for me, and is rich, damp, loamy, dark. Papuan is just different spelling for Guallam.. I am open to ALL vendors of good oud. Kinam is hyped up so much because few know what theyre talking about. Its equally rare to find Brunei Kinam for sale, and even the offers ones you do find are soilkinam not kinam from living trees. Just take a whiff of each and youll know! There is a rusted iron/alloy workshop scent that is both odd and yet enjoyable. I turn to the heater and get a contrast of milky creamy sweet white Kinam. How much better is Kyara to other high quality woods? Vietnamese kinam does not smell like other Vietnamese agarwood, even if it be the stickiest, most resinated kind. Kyara Sayangs crispgreenscent reminds me of a facet of chewing and burning kinam at the same time like few other oilsdo. Kyara is normally heated gently over ash and mica plates as incense; due to its rarity and scarcity, it is never used for distilling oud oil. The result was the same every time: The swipe of oud smelled exactly like the taste, onlylouder. Simply amazing. How do I know what version of Lync CU I have? The mind becomes clear and instantly stays in present moment. 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. Harvested at only 85 years, the resin has not hardened to the degree of being identified as incense grade agarwood, let alonekyara. The fragrance is like an aristocrat in its elegance and gracefulness." This might have been true two hundred years ago, but certainly doesnt apply today. Although it is commonly referred to as quicksilver, it has no detectable odor. It is the most complete and accurate kyara note in oud oil. Now how is this possible? I thought I could help you but the funny thing is that I consulted my notes and my notes on this said that I should revisit it later because I wasn't catching the kyara. 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. Some claim that the chemical make up ofkyarais different to other types of agarwood. Lisa smells like new books. Visit Baieido or Shoyeido and buy their kinam. Thats the motto. With some oils its just super clear, the base materials were nuts and the juicing perfect. WebCrack has an unpleasant smell when its smoked its said to smell like a mixture of chemicals and burning plastic. I have monkoh style burner and I am still learning to listen to it better. I love the kinam note. But its greatest value, and why its such a treasure, is because of its transcendental nature. With time the Cambodi-like notes strengthen and kyara enju incense notes take over. Now you have sedans, SUVs and coupes. Chokoh and Ryugen are equally good but different for different purposes. Its not marketing. 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. Some believe kinam is purely a marketing gimmick. But thenext comparison takes a different view: Anyagarwood tree, whether of the Aquilaria or Gyrinops genus, be it Aquilaria Crassna or Agallocha or Malaccensis or Sinensis, or Gyrinops Decipiens, Caudata, Walla, etchas the potential to produceKyara. The Kyara also hints at cosmic mysteries, but peering through the canopy of a Papuan jungle. Rather, the closest scent to Vietnamese kinam is Borneo kinam Cambodian kinam Bruneian kinam. The International Fragrance Association has also evaluated the safety of cinnamaldehyde for perfumes and colognes, and other products like soap and laundry detergent. 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. New York forests tend to smell of pine and fern. The cost and toil and time none of it is worth it if the oil doesnt surpass what you get straight from the wood. WebOne thing you do learn from ancient descriptions of kyara is the simplicity: kinam is bitter or smells like a monk. Between my Chinese mentors, our mad Taiwanese kyara guru, and all these years chasing the kyara dragons piercing breath, I believe weve got the dragon in a corner. Scents of Earth WebRectovaginal fistula: A rare condition where the opening between your rectum and vagina allows feces to leak into your vagina. Its the aroma that permeates everything I do. Definitely worth a try for any Ouddict. Sounds good. All he says is: That is Kinam.. WebThe frozen water smells pure, as if still trapped in the clouds hanging just overhead. They spent 20 percent more time with the cancerous samples. There are many stories about aloeswood being buried under the ground for hundreds of years. Thats why we offer avaried collection of kinam granules that covers both schools. But historically, its accurate. Every autumn, many treasures of Shosoin are exhibited in National Museum in Nara, titled Shosoin Ten (Exhibition). Kyara is the heart and soul of the Oriscent aesthetic. Kyara Saiko). The scent of these chips sent me off into a frenzy. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Words failHank / USA. Sun moon and stars have lined up for me and this oil tonight. 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. This and Royal Kynam are simply the finest oud oils Ive ever smelled. You can order four unique kinds right now and know more than anyone stuck in them charts will in a decade speculating about what this bitter note is theyre talking about. Klee smells burnt (because she plays with bombs) Jean smells like flowers. 327 Carpenter Lane If it was all up in the air with fluffy fairytales, there wouldnt be millions of $ changing hands like you see in these circles. This is an incredibly potent oud! I said, why does any other vendor bother to stay in business when you have oils like these? I believe it is a process that yieldskyara, a question of age, nutrients, soil, light, water and of course the bugs. 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. Force oxidation kills it before it ever gets going. Why is that? 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. Not many oils do that. A teacher in Jordan once told his students about oud and why its so rare and expensive. Heat it, chew it, suck on it until your tongue moves a bit slower than it should. WebIt doesn't have that dark and musty wood smell, nor does it contain musk or smoky frankincense accents. Ranjatai can be seen there every 10 or 15 years. Firstly, no one knows whatkyarais. The leakage causes a foul-smelling discharge. 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. This oil is powerful, bitter, medicinal. Generally speaking, these chemical compounds provide a soapy-waxy-lemony-floral touch to a perfume formula. From this evolution in kinam appreciation came two schools of thought: the Japanese and the Chinese. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Is there a note or set of notes you look for? Go to Hong Kong, Tokyo or Taipei to meet a kinam collector and smell what he calls kinam. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. 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. It is believed, the famous piece of aloeswood called Ranjatai was presented by Komyo Emperor for Todaiji Temple in Nara, Japan, in the year 756 A.D. Ranjatai was kept in the Shosoin warehouse of Todaiji Temple. Ive even been treated to kinam by esteemed distillers only to realize what they generously offered me wasnotkinam by any standard. Chokoh for an intoxicating experience, and Rufen for a mysterious and accessible experience. I think this companies take on kyara is much more on the sweet side of thing, like cake batter or something. All this cultivated Kinam talkplaced e-bay order on January 31still waiting on it Did you get a tracking number? Thats why you hardly see any advertised. After signing up, please check your email for your coupon. Chat or message us now. Houzan reminds me a bit of the Confucious Kyara stick from Baiedo. Rather than guessing games with vague charts and descriptions, these are the smells they use as benchmarks and identifiers. I dont buy the claim that kinam is a modern marketing tool, but I do get why people say this. If youve chewed on a bit of kyara, you know the difference between smelling a piece gently heated and the minty bite you feel when crushing a pellet with your teeth and sucking in the kyara juice. Thats what I find so fascinating about discussions about kinam: the uncertainty. Some even get hung up about the sinensis distinction, without having smelled either kinam OR sinensis. Great balanceto it. Kyara stays bitter and medicinal with hints of Purple Kinam in the background. Its been prized in their olfactory cultures for centuries. 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. You are using an out of date browser. Just as you would, when talking about kinam, at least have an industry-standard reference like Baieidos on hand (eg. Her candle, made in collaboration with Rewined, features notes of orange, grapefruit, pink peppercorn, neroli, and orange blossom. Ive been derailed, spending days on days formulating a new perfume inspired by a whiff of CeramIm still a longways off We wanted you to get a glimpse of our Oud Royale: Maluku, so here is a bag of the grandaddy wood harvested from the same (now extinct) aquilaria cumingiana trees. 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. Words cannot describe these two oils. Im doing a little better recently, so felt I was ready to try Kyara. So I think the time has come for some clarifications to be made, and some questions to be asked. I had a chance to form a first impression of the cultivated kinam being discussed here. 1 out of every 24,320 baby girls born in 2020 are named Kyara. When was the last time youve seen any kind of Chinese agarwood for sale anywhere? They are the ones I learned from, smelled from, and got my kinam from. How do you identify black kyara? If all kinam smells the same to you, fine. Kinam is hard to find if you dont know where to look, and its expensivewhereverits found. It is now 14 hours later and this oil is still going. Thank you all for taking time to read this! I only wish people could try these oils. And its the very same scent that is present to various degrees in a numberofrare oud oils. Questions? So, things CAN get puzzling. 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. The damp note is present here too. 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. Others believe that one mans kinam is simply anothers sinensis. Visit Baieido or Shoyeido and buy their kinam. WebKyara is a particular odor described as "A gentle and dignified smell with a touch of bitterness. If you can acquire some of that, IMO you will own one of the top ouds ever distilled. It is sublime. 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). Either to denote that it somehow displays a scent facet ofkyarachips when burned; or that it stands, in comparison to other oils in its category, askyaradoes to other woodi.e. That people arent sure what it smells like; that to them kinam doesnt really stand out from the crowd. I get dark red cherry Vietnamese notes layered with a spiciness I get from gently heating my Olde Guallam vintage Vietnamese wood. It's probably a bit more accessible, but still has many layers. Just as you would, when talking about kinam, at least have an industry-standard reference like Baieidos on hand (included in this kit). In comparison on a scale of 1-10, I would rate the plantation Kinam a 6 as It does induce a similar Aha! It has been brought up time and again that using the term Kyarain naming oud oils is misleading and inappropriate. From the way it feels to how it smells raw, when heated, or when a saw-blade runs through it. Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Its you and I benefitting from generations of refinement. Kyara was the 2400th most popular girls name. Kyararemains a mystery to this day even for the most seasoned collectors of vintagekyarachips. Sit with a Chinese agarwood collector as he shows you his collection. Chokoh #5 and Ryugen are both high quality, exquisitely blended sticks, both relatively kyara-rich, both containing higher-quality supporting woods than the Fu-in sticks. As a matter of fact, while on my scent journey, I had to try everything that I could get my hands on. And why? I think youre hitting on it with your bright, electric description. So I just burned a bit of Kyara Houzan which is similar to Ai no Matsu but with more kyara. Soulstirring. This might have been true two hundred years ago, but certainly doesnt apply today. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Kyara is a particular odor 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. 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. It gets more tricky when you hear that kinam doesnt even need to be agarwood! Aloeswood is the resinous wood from the Aquilaria tree, an evergreen tree native to northern India, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Her signature scent is a combination of white musk, jasmine, and sandalwood. It brings you to a place that most oils cant even glimpse, and keeps you there, basking in sublimity. One thing you do learn from ancient descriptions of kyara is the simplicity: kinam is bitter or smells like a monk. Number 1 oil of all time: Kyara. To me it soars higher than agarwood into a crisp, clear blue sky and I cant help but follow it. Like, if butterflies has a kinda tart and sweet smell from the flowers and fruits they feed on. Bright, Famous Same with Kunmeido's Kyara Tenchi: great aloeswood, nothing kyara-like to me. If youre curious to learn more, take a walk inside your That's why I have a lot of Edps, EOs(essential oils), Agarwood, Oudh, Incense, Kyara, Sandalwood, perfume oils/attars, Musk, Ambergris, resins, etc. So do all agarwood trees have the potential to become akyaratree, if only allowed to mature for 135 years? Thats what makes this kinam kit such an eye-opener. I am totally in love with both oils. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. 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. What is the best smelling city in the world? We use cookies to deliver you the best experience possible. The sun glints off the Rocky Mountains, their iron musk mixes with mountain pine. From this evolution in kinam appreciation came two schools of thought: the Japanese and the Chinese. If all kinam smells the same to you, fine. WebWhile discharge is distinctly different than urine, that may be the scent you're smelling when in the bathroom. Proof? Kyara was distilled six years ago. Kyara Enju/Kyara Kokoh.Rasoul / Canada, Kyara is a whole other level. Thank you. For $20 a stick Id prefer more but again just could be this companies style. Ive even been treated to kinam by esteemed distillers only to realize what they generously offered me was notkinam by any standard. Kyara enju, en no sho, and gokujo kyara are much more straight forward and easier to pick out the kyara. Just like a kid in a candy store. Which members have experienced Kyara? 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.. 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