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GCMS of Kynam

10 March 2013 by Kyara Zen

Sumatora Keychain

In one of the first few posts of the website, a video was shown where Chinese scientists, had performed a GCMS analysis of Kynam. Prior to this analysis, the scientists were skeptical about the existence of Kynam, they had done comprehensive analysis of most aloeswoods, and all the kynam that had gone to their lab… [Read More…]

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The Kyarazen Subitism Incense Heater

6 March 2013 by Kyara Zen

The Subitism Burner

The Kyarazen “Subitism” burner/heater was conceptualized over a year ago, amidst the woes of having to procure and light high quality charcoal, preparing proper kodo-cups, enjoying a few short moments of fragrant wood slivers before the coal became less hot. Other frustrations came from commercial products, such as Chinese-style ceramic electric heaters that didn’t function… [Read More…]

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Japanese Incense types

4 March 2013 by Kyara Zen

Sho-koh Granulated Incense

Japanese Incense types can be classified into two main categories, 熏香 (heating incense), or 焚香 (burning incense). A smaller third category exists, where incense or fragrant materials are not heated nor burnt at all, with the fragrance appreciated in the raw form.   In the category of heating incense, a piece of red hot charcoal… [Read More…]

Filed Under: Articles, Incense Tagged With: japanese, kodo, makkoh-trails, mon-koh, neri-koh, sho-koh, zu-koh

Is there any difference between Kyara and Kinam?

27 February 2013 by Kyara Zen

Japanese description of Kyara

Traditionally, the word 玉 or Jade refers to two types of beautiful stone materials, either the Chinese historical Nephrite (calcium magnesium sillicates), known for its creamy, smooth and elegant texture, or the Burmese Jadeite (sodium aluminum silicates), reknown for its lovely green hues and icy translucencies.   However today, the word玉/Jade is now applied to… [Read More…]

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Enjoying Kyara through Mon-Koh

23 February 2013 by Kyara Zen

Mon-Koh is loosely translated as “listening to incense” from the Japanese language. Kyara is best enjoyed using Japanese “mon-koh” methods, where a red hot coal is buried under ash in a ceramic cup, with a small ventilation hole prodded to provide air to the coal, and a slice of clean mica place on top before… [Read More…]

Filed Under: Articles, Kyara and Aloeswood Tagged With: japanese, mon-koh

Experience Green-oil Kyara!

19 February 2013 by Kyara Zen

*Edit  – Out of Stock!! Ever wondered how that elusive USD $500/gram green oil kyara smells like? One could spend years reading about kyara, thousands of words describing what it smells like, what its properties are like.. but all it takes is just a single encounter in person to truly know what kyara is. This… [Read More…]

Filed Under: Ex Kyara, Experiences Tagged With: kyara, kynam

The Ancient Chinese Classifications of Aloeswood

19 February 2013 by Kyara Zen

Dating back to the Western Jin dynasty, and re-published in Song Dynasty and Ming dynasty records before it faded away, the ancient Chinese appeared to classify aloeswood by the following terms 蜜香, 沉香, 鸡骨香, 黄熟香, 栈香, 青桂香, 马蹄香, 鸡舌香.     There are serious flaws in this ancient Chinese classification despite it being very commonly used… [Read More…]

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What is Kyara or Kynam?

17 February 2013 by Kyara Zen

Kyara/Kynam/Kinam is a tiny subset within aloeswoods in a very very small percentage. In a historical context, it refers to a special type/grade of aloeswood with unique and excellent fragrance properties. The Chinese have a saying that one needs an accumulation of 3 lifetimes of virtues before one would have the chance of encountering real… [Read More…]

Filed Under: Articles, Kyara and Aloeswood Tagged With: kyara, kynam

Ranjatai – The Most Famous piece of Aloeswood

8 February 2013 by Kyara Zen

Ranjatai

A large piece of fragrant wood drifting ashore onto Awaji Island in the 6th Century, and presented to the Empress Suiko was recorded in the Nihon Shoji. The ability of Prince Shotuku to identify this fragrant wood as aloeswood or Jin-Koh, suggests that this material had already been known by the royalty in Japan much… [Read More…]

Filed Under: Articles, Kyara and Aloeswood Tagged With: japanese, ranjatai

History of Kyara

6 February 2013 by Kyara Zen

Diagrams in Chinese Compendium of Herbs

Kynam, qinan (奇楠), kyara. The esteemed names of a very precious fragrant material on earth that almost no one seem to truly know in the modern world today. Historically, the Vietnamese called it calambac, in Sanskrit, it was recorded as kala-nam. The chinese words for kynam can be found with two variations of the word qi (奇), of which the former refers to unique, amazing, special. Nan (楠) refers to a certain wood type with three categorical species, where xiang nan or fragrant nan is one of them.

Filed Under: Articles, Kyara and Aloeswood Tagged With: history, kyara

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