Shoyeido Japanese Incense - Premium Incense
I have no idea how they do it - How do Shoyeido people name the incense so accurately. If I just closed my eyes I'd think I am standing close to a small fire in a damp meadows. The odor is light and slightly sour with a some spicy(cumin-like) tones. The distinct smell of smoke could be a little lighter, but still a great stick. Super relaxing.
*company:shoyeido*
*ingredients: Sandalwood, Benzoin, Patchouli*
*8.5*
Monday, May 11, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Kyara Taikan
Kyara Taikan / Premium Aloeswood (150 sticks)
Company: Nipponkodo
"Great Prospects"
Very heavy almost "sticky" aroma. You can almost feel the heavy black resin bubbling. I just used half of a stick as the whole stick completely engulfs my entire room in the smell that is both pungent and delicate at the same time. I can't seem to find the "right" way to burn it. If the windows are closed, the smell becomes too thick, yet if the windows are open, it goes away too quickly. For those few minutes that the concentration and distribution is "just right", the smell is perfect. I'll have to experiment with this one a lot more.
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color: reddish brown
time: summer evening
energy: yen
}
*9.0*
Company: Nipponkodo
"Great Prospects"
Very heavy almost "sticky" aroma. You can almost feel the heavy black resin bubbling. I just used half of a stick as the whole stick completely engulfs my entire room in the smell that is both pungent and delicate at the same time. I can't seem to find the "right" way to burn it. If the windows are closed, the smell becomes too thick, yet if the windows are open, it goes away too quickly. For those few minutes that the concentration and distribution is "just right", the smell is perfect. I'll have to experiment with this one a lot more.
{free assoc
color: reddish brown
time: summer evening
energy: yen
}
*9.0*
Kyoto Autumn Leaves (Kyo-nishiki)
This is Shoyeido's "daily series" incense. Not really sure what Kyoto's fall is like, but this almost immediatelly transported me back to Odessa of my childhood. Sometime in September/October when enough leaves have fallen from trees, those who had summer homes(Ru. Дача[dah-chah]) would rake the leaves in their gardens into big piles and burn them. The tourist season is over and it gets really quiet. All you hear is the light wind blowing the falling leaves around with a realy faint aroma of leaf smoke in the air. Maple, acacia, oak, appricot, wallnut... I am sure I am missing many others. The light smell of leaf smoke is how I remember the fall season in as a child.
The listed ingredients are Sandalwood, Cinnamon, Patchouli and Benzoin.
The aroma is true to it's name, almost too much so, which is why I prefer to burn it with wide open windows, otherwise the smoke might be too overhwellming.
*7.0*
The listed ingredients are Sandalwood, Cinnamon, Patchouli and Benzoin.
The aroma is true to it's name, almost too much so, which is why I prefer to burn it with wide open windows, otherwise the smoke might be too overhwellming.
*7.0*
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