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“古人说: 要积了三辈子的阴德,才能闻得奇楠香, 要八辈子修来的福气,才可品或饮用奇楠香。”

Why do some fragrant woods get mistaken to be hon-kyara?

25 June 2025 by Kyara Zen

when a Kodo-cup is being shared and passed across individuals, everyone smells a different heated phase, the first person to handle the cup, gets the top notes, and probably the last person to handle the cup will only get to experience the heated base tail end notes of the fragrant wood. To properly identify a wood's origin, one needs to take into account the whole heated experience from start to end, at different temperatures, and together even with the experience straight onto charcoal, not just any single phase. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kyara Zen (@aloeswoods) ... [Read More...]

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Is Charcoal in incense acceptable?

25 June 2025 by Kyara Zen

Charcoal is being formed in real time as an incense stick burns, there is a zone of carbonization, so whether additional charcoal is added in the stick's manufacturing or not... you cannot avoid the presence of "charcoal" in a burning incense stick!! There is so much mis-information in the field and especially in the chinese market. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kyara Zen (@aloeswoods) ... [Read More...]

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How are Fragrant wood beads made?

25 June 2025 by Kyara Zen

Fragrant wood beads are made in various ways, depending on the material cost, the material hardness and whether there is a need to preserve or recover the scraps, especially when the fragrant wood quality is exceptional. The cheapest bead making ... [Read More...]

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KZ Woodtalk 02 – Soil clumps in Agarwood?!!

23 June 2025 by Kyara Zen

Soil processing of agarwood is one of the methods to which fibrous or unresinated parts of agarwood is conveniently removed, in a process where wood is buried in clean soil, in clean areas, allowing nature to take its course. What is left in this ... [Read More...]

Filed Under: Others Tagged With: agarwood, incense, incense sticks, kodo, kynam, mon-koh

KZ Woodtalk – 01 – Merauke

23 June 2025 by Kyara Zen

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kyara Zen (@aloeswoods) Merauke agarwood does not offer much when gently heated, it is only when you subject it to very high temperatures and even a hot charcoal that it releases a beautiful ... [Read More...]

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KZ Incense Secrets

21 April 2020 by Kyara Zen

Nice title on the topic.. but.. oops.. the truth is that there is really not much secret to the KZ system. Formerly being a "teacher" of sorts, both in the hobbyist fields such as incense and other fun collectibles, and in the academic sphere, I'm a ... [Read More...]

Filed Under: Articles, Incense

Incense in times of Covid-19

23 March 2020 by Kyara Zen

I've been asked many times by friends on this - is there any incense for use during this period to prevent or protect against Covid-19 virus ?? The obvious and the most immediate answer from me is : NO!... Ever since mid January till now, there ... [Read More...]

Filed Under: Articles, Incense Tagged With: coronavirus, covid, covid-19, incense

The Future of Oud Oils – Fractionated Sinensis CO2

23 October 2019 by Kyara Zen

Recently on a business trip i had 6 hours to spare so I decided to grab a bullet train ticket to the city of Dongguan, Guangzhou to visit a distillation plant/factory which I thought was potentially one of the most promising oud oil producers to have ... [Read More...]

Filed Under: Articles, Oud

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  • Why do some fragrant woods get mistaken to be hon-kyara?
  • Is Charcoal in incense acceptable?
  • How are Fragrant wood beads made?
  • KZ Woodtalk 02 – Soil clumps in Agarwood?!!
  • KZ Woodtalk – 01 – Merauke
  • KZ Incense Secrets
  • Incense in times of Covid-19
  • The Future of Oud Oils – Fractionated Sinensis CO2

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