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KZ Woodtalk 02 – Soil clumps in Agarwood?!!

23 June 2025 by Kyara Zen

Soil processing of agarwood is one of the methods to which fibrous or unresinated parts of agarwood is conveniently removed, in a process where wood is buried in clean soil, in clean areas, allowing nature to take its course. What is left in this process is resinated parts, and a more mellowed scent profile. Click… [Read More…]

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Soil Agarwoods

16 October 2015 by Kyara Zen

There are two obvious lines of soil agarwood on the market, one from vietnam, and the other from Indonesia. The Vietnamese line consists of 3 types of soil agarwoods, yellow, red and black soil. In Indonesia, some call it yellow soil, but it is just Irian/Merauke’s Filaria material, and occasionally some papuan. But that said,… [Read More…]

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Agarwood in Microscopy

18 June 2015 by Kyara Zen

oops! long overdue articles as usual. beeen reallly really busy studying and researching on tea pots and making incense sticks but i’ve not forgotten about writing.   Sometimes, when people handle agarwood, they are seen pouring over the piece of wood with a handheld magnifier. What are they actually looking for?… Here are some tips…. [Read More…]

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Heartwood

18 April 2015 by Kyara Zen

Managed to chance upon something uncommon recently, heartwood from a single old tree (estimated >100 years) of northern malaysia origin. The heartwood was undergoing some serious compaction as the tree was growing, the fibres are crumbly, the wood is crackly This is kodo-grade material! sinking wood is mostly “black resin”, this material, is golden fibres (contains… [Read More…]

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Does Kyara sink in water?

1 October 2014 by Kyara Zen

Does Kyara sink in water, or does it need to sink in water to be considered a top grade? The blind pursuit for “sinking” grade agarwoods had opened up a whole new dimension to material substitution. Previous post on zelkova like materials, calocedrus formosana (Xiao-Nan), or even woods like rosewood (truth bringing incense), gaharu buaya; these… [Read More…]

Filed Under: Articles, Kyara and Aloeswood Tagged With: agarwood, agarwood singapore, japanese, kodo, kyara, kynam, mon-koh

TV program on Agarwood

25 August 2014 by Kyara Zen

Here’s a nice TV program in hongkong on agarwood 😉 Paul Kan, owner of the Imperial Museum, and the collections exhibited in the Xiang He exhibition a couple of years ago, is aiming to educate the public in Hongkong on agarwood, kynam, and the importance of conservation. In the third episode, he did mention about… [Read More…]

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How long can fragrant woods be kept?

15 June 2014 by Kyara Zen

Cut edge of Sumatora Keychain

You probably would have seen the fragrant wood storage article from some time back, where I routinely prefer to store fragrant woods in glass containers with teflon lined caps that seal, the fragrant wood really well. The aim of this method is to prevent volatiles from escaping, and also to prevent contaminants from entering. Fragrant… [Read More…]

Filed Under: Articles, Kyara and Aloeswood Tagged With: agarwood, kodo, kyara, kynam, mon-koh

Know your Fragrant Wood Cuts

2 June 2014 by Kyara Zen

If you are a meat lover, particularly that of beef, you should know the cuts of your meats really well. Similarly if you are a fragrant wood lover involved in either Japanese/Chinese or other forms of incense practices/ceremonies, it is just as important to know the cut types, and how they are obtained.   The… [Read More…]

Filed Under: Articles, Kyara and Aloeswood Tagged With: agarwood, kodo, kyara, kynam, mon-koh

Is Oud oil really more complex than the raw wood?

23 May 2014 by Kyara Zen

A very simple reason why oud oil can be sometimes perceived to be more complex than heating wood, nobody can control what goes into the pot or what are the scents of them.  It is different from distilling sandalwood, or other coniferous woods where just a single chunk from the tree is sufficient to generate… [Read More…]

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Scientific Literature on Kyara

31 March 2014 by Kyara Zen

well.. thought it could be time to get a little scientific 🙂 when I was doing my phd… reading science papers was a norm, they contain reasonably credible, peer reviewed, and quality information on various subject matters in depth. When it comes to incense or fragrant woods, it would be strange if people choose to… [Read More…]

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