Incense : Hana-No-Sho Brand : Gyokushodo Source : Purchased from Japan Price : 2100 yen / 35 grams (USD $21?) Amount Burnt so far prior to this review : 1 box Taste profile : Sweet : +++++ Scent characteristics : Texture – Soft creamy Binder notes – almost none detectable … [Read More…]
Archives for August 2013
Scent classification by the Chinese
I’ve had a copy of this diagram for quite a while, a common diagram used by the chinese when it comes to perfumery and other scent related applications. Decided to spend the past week translating it so that more people can get access to the information.. so here it is!.. Basically, they had… [Read More…]
Incense Review – Jinkoh Juzan from Nippon Kodo
I can no longer hide my love for Japanese Incenses! There’s just so much I would like to talk aboout Japanese incense sticks that I’ve been enjoying and I just feel this need to express myself! As such, I’ll be regularly writing reviews on different Japanese incenses as I go along my daily burn. These… [Read More…]
Turning the Subitism Burner into the ultimate incense heater
In the soft copy manual of the Subitism burner, there are several upgrades that was suggested, one of which was a variable power supply. The reason why each Subitism burner was not sold with a variable power supply is because of the expensive shipping costs, and the bulkiness of such a power supply (a few… [Read More…]
Impressions of the Ranjatai
Several incense houses in Japan have been known to create blended incense sticks based on their impression of the Ranjatai through Mon-koh. Small fragments of the Ranjatai are known to be in possession of descendants of kodo masters and big incense companies, from which they draw inspiration into crafting a representative incense based on the… [Read More…]