Hello all, Just a public service announcement. My web administrator had been updating me with potential site attacks, logins, and bots trying to trawl/dig my website, with also many people from all over the world saving my pages, downloading ... [Read More...]
The above statement is one that has been passed down in Chinese Incense culture records. The translation of it roughly means : Fragrant herbs are born from the culmination of pure Yang, it is the embodiment of pure Yang. The Fifth Day of the Fifth ... [Read More...]
金丝奇楠, or Golden silk kynam in modern day suffers two controversial identities. Under modern grading of authentic kynam, high end dealers in Hongkong occasionally classify some kynams as golden silk kynam due to the golden silky streaks of resin ... [Read More...]
In the recent years, there are many incense products on the market that are marketed as "kynam incense" or "kyara incense", of which many consumers are easily convinced to make a purchase without reading the fine prints. It seems that the Japanese ... [Read More...]
Ever tried to burn a scoop or a mound of incense powder (sandalwood, agarwood etc) in a saucer or an incense burner and not have it combust to completion, often smouldering, smelling charred and too smokey? That happens because of the ... [Read More...]
Both scent and taste are sensed by a family of transmembrane proteins known as G-protein coupled receptors. But sparing you the boring science, I thought that this article could be a good follow up to the Rikkoku post I had last week, where agarwood ... [Read More...]
The Rikkoku Gomi set was first assembled around the 15th Century with the establishment of a formalized “way/art” of the Incense by founder Sanjonishi Sanetaka (1455-1537 AD), a noble under the Muromachi Shogunate of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. ... [Read More...]
Kneaded incense was thought to be brought into Japan by Buddhist Monk, Gan-Jin around 750 AD. From its introduction in the midst of the Nara Period (710 AD to 794 AD) to the Hei-an Period (794-1185), kneaded incense gained immense ... [Read More...]