@Ensar: a page back you mentioned that you use an electric heater for Oud! I would have thought you would follow a more the Traditional way as in Charcoal and some ash. Is your choice is based solely on convenience and ease, or lack of clean charcoal type and proper ash or does the electric afford you a more subtle Olfactory experience? Do you also manage to extract all the oils and scents from the electric heater? In my experience with the electric heater, the one sold by Mermaid, that even at the highest setting there always remain a certain amount of oil and resin in the chip that is not extracted unless I use Charcoal and achieve that certain high heat temperature for them to start bubbling and coming out.
What's on your burner today?
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They range from 44 - 112 grams. Here's a few pictures:
I use the electric heater out of convenience more than anything else. Also, there's a sentimental value I attach to my burner as it was a gift of the Sheikh, when he first sent me on my journey to get him 'the best Oud in the world'. I'm not sure what sort of heater Mermaid offers, but mine certainly can get all resins and oils out of any chip. It is a powerful burn, just like charcoal. There's no brand name on it I can reference, but it says 'Made in Japan' on the bottom.
I use the electric heater out of convenience more than anything else. Also, there's a sentimental value I attach to my burner as it was a gift of the Sheikh, when he first sent me on my journey to get him 'the best Oud in the world'. I'm not sure what sort of heater Mermaid offers, but mine certainly can get all resins and oils out of any chip. It is a powerful burn, just like charcoal. There's no brand name on it I can reference, but it says 'Made in Japan' on the bottom.
masstika, the guy I get some borneo chips from gave me a great idea the other day. if you have the same elec heater as me(made in India, from mermade), just use the foil and drop the hotplate. it tried it and it works great for the sinking chips if you break them into small pieces.Ive been experimenting with heating the surface first before i add a chip and, starting it up with the chips allready in place to see wich burns more and wich gives the best/longest scent.
I'd say they are close, but not exactly identical. There are profiles that are attributable to origin, and profiles that are related to the species of Aquilaria, type of infection, part of the tree... Sarawak wood can be quite nice, if it's thickly resinated. For the most part, it'll smell like your Malinaus and Pontianaks. However Brunei tends to be a bit spicier and darker in character overall. Something incensey about it which reminds one of the ancient trees that were once harvested in Cambodia and Laos.
been burning some sinking chips from my favorite ebay agarwood seller, jdhawk. his new batch produces a very warm, comforting, dry, aged scent with zero harsh notes or burning wood smell. there is a sweetness but, its not overtly so or, a discernable individual fruit note. these are the cleanest, burning chips in my collection. for scenting my room ive been using my elec burner without the hot plate, just foil starting on 15 then 30, then 60. i get 3 burns off 1 chip. i have found for scenting clothes start at 40 and preheat the burner(no plate just foil under chip) for a burst of smoke. the idea of removing the plate was brought to my attn by the chip seller, i cant take credit. i havent tried ensars new chips(yet) so i cant compare them. with the adulterated way chips now come, it is nice to have a another legit person to buy from.
i havent tried the chips but, i bought emperor's agarwood strips there a few years back and hated it. the resin that bubbled up was brown and it just seemed, off. i found out later it was cultivated. i just recieved an order from mermade and she sent some more emperor's agarwood(again not chips but, long flat slivers) that said fine grade on the bag. they produced a much darker resin and the scent was ok and reminded me of some mid, to low, grade Malaysian chips(the kind with dead ants and holes) i have. its a very dry, woody, warm, somewhat acrid, with the slightest sweetness at the end of the burn. no camphor, green, jungle notes, overall a nice pleasant agarwood scent that i was surprised had improved over the stuff i got years ago.
i was asked to give my opinion of the chips from scented mountain. i did not have chips, i have strips(see image) from 2009/10 and 2013. i have no idea if they smell the same as the chips. even agarwood from the same tree can produce 2 different smelling chips. the strips burn and produce smoke like chips so they could be used to scent clothing(not sure if thats what your wanting to know). i did my best to help out with a truthful review. its not the best review because this is not, premium or, wild wood.
Anyone try these pure Agarwood sticks?
http://www.agarharvest.com/Agarwood-Incense-Stick
Are they great
http://www.agarharvest.com/Agarwood-Incense-Stick
Are they great
There is a thing I don't understand Alaskan, maybe you can gime a hand.
If you ligth the strip and them blow it off to get the aroma, does not the smoke ruin a bit the proper aroma as when you place a chip over a charcoal without ashes? maybe is different being a strip but i always thougth the point was to get as close as you can to heat the oil wood content avoiding burning the wood. That's why I do not understand the fact of ligthing the strip directly.
Hope you can give me an idea about how this works.
If you ligth the strip and them blow it off to get the aroma, does not the smoke ruin a bit the proper aroma as when you place a chip over a charcoal without ashes? maybe is different being a strip but i always thougth the point was to get as close as you can to heat the oil wood content avoiding burning the wood. That's why I do not understand the fact of ligthing the strip directly.
Hope you can give me an idea about how this works.
During the last week, most times I used Aluwwah´s new bakhoor, the Black and Red bakhoor. It is sweet due to its base, a cherry paste, and has wonderful floral notes from real musk...
Yesterday I had a longing for agarwood, so Ensar´s "Wild Sarawak" was on the coal. A wonderful woody scent now lingers in my little prayer room.
Yesterday I had a longing for agarwood, so Ensar´s "Wild Sarawak" was on the coal. A wonderful woody scent now lingers in my little prayer room.