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[poetjonnyox]

Light the flowers of the earth like incense, and come dance with me in a field of fire. -Jonny Ox #frankincense #dragonsblood #sage #nagchampa #incense #incenseburner #firepit #shoyeido #dancelife #dancelove #redroses https://www.instagram.com/p/CcOuiSjssKp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mosspilled]

sweet earthy mossy smelling gooooood

[miryalle]

New incense. Zen sticks are thick for japanese incense.

[malachitelibrary]

Shoyeido Sandalwood Overtones Incense Unboxing and Review

Shoyeido Sandalwood Overtones Incense Unboxing and Review

I’ve heard of Shoyeido being one of the best, if not the best, brands of authentic Japanese incense. I’ve been looking into high-quality incense, over basic or mid-range brands recently. So I bought their Sandalwood Overtones incense to see. This was just $4.40 on their website (not including shipping), and contained 35 sticks.

The boxes themselves are simple, clean, and attractive looking.…

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[pocketvenuslux]

I've delayed posting a new fragrance review because I wanted to write about the Japanese incense sticks I've been trying but found myself at a loss for words. I find it fairly easy to describe perfume but incense feels like a different game, almost like I need to teach my nose to smell differently. A lot of notes are much clearer with perfume while I'm finding Japanese incense is more subtle and it's harder to pick out individual notes.

I'll start with Shoyeido's Muromachi 室町, which is a part of its Horin (coil incense) series. Overall, I find the Horin series very rich - one stick will scent my entire bedroom (I'm not sure about dimensions. Maybe 9'x12'? 8' ceiling?) very strongly and the scent lasts for days.

To be honest, this agarwood stick does not remind me of oud perfumes. I wouldn't have been able to identify this as an agarwood the way agarwood absolute is immediately recognizable to me - to the point where I could probably tell you which general region of Asia the absolute is from. There isn't any of the typical animalic, band-aid, or blue cheese notes that I associate with oud. I don't even think I can pick out the smokiness of oud which is odd given that Muromachi is literally scented smoke. But there is some of that deep, earthy, brooding character of oud.

Aside from the wood, the stick is dark, bristling with warm spices - difficult to guess, spices like clove or anise but nothing so specific. The spices, though rich, really help to balance and lift the scent because otherwise, it would feel too dense and heavy, almost sticky. I read a number of reviews that described Muromachi as sweet, identifying a caramel note. I smell that too, and maybe even the barest suggestion of vanilla, but this implies something far too sweet and gourmand to me. It's more like this incense is caramelized - that process in cooking where the sugars, even in ingredients we'd consider savory, can intensify with heat and literally brown in a roasting pan. Muromachi is certainly not gourmand-like in any way but its subtle sweetness does bring to mind that browning, caramelization process.

Anyway, I might prefer the slightly cheaper Horikawa 堀川 to this one but as these scents last for days in my room, I'm going to have to give it a fair bit of time for Muromachi to clear out before I try another stick for reviewing! I did like Muromachi but it is intense. While this intensity is not at all harsh like I find some other incenses can be, given that it lasts as long as it does, it's a commitment!

[mosspilled]

Sweet vanilla cinnamon type smell

[scarfjoint]

Looks the same but are from 20 years apart. Older is creamier sandalwood, more comforting, fragrant cinnamon, prominent patchouli, more luxurious. The newer one is more floral, woody when burning, spices heatier, more invigorating than sumptuously inviting one to visions of grandeur. Appreciate what you have when you still have it. At S$0.067 an half-hour stick though, I’ll be ‘listening’ to the new ones with abandon… . . #shoyeido #kinkaku #treasurethemoments https://www.instagram.com/p/CTwBMzbh8q8/?utm_medium=tumblr

[scarfjoint]

Daughter: Why is there a can next to the burning thing? . . #condensedmilk #yorkshiretea #biscuitbrew #why #shoyeido #kyozakura #itsearly #haventhadcoffeeyet https://www.instagram.com/p/CN88kFsAMfc/?igshid=vrs0vu6opm8