Definitions
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- n. A type of heartwood from Aquilaria trees, created when the trees become infected with mold and begin to produce an aromatic resin in response to this attack.
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Kyara is the name for the most prized grade of agarwood, which is the most rich and dark in aroma.
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Kyara (Agarwood) - I researched a bit on that one, and this is the finest kind of agarwood incense, which is very dark (the stick is black in colour) due to the black "resin" in the agarwood (it really is the result of the decay from the parasites that growin in aged agarwood trees and impart the uqnie agarwood scent to the wood).
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Ketsana is a Lao name, and referred to a tree that resembles agarwood.
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In this installment of her blog, Absolute Trygve's explores agarwood--musing about the value of wild vs. farmed agarwood, giving a sense of the process of obtaining the precious agar resin, and painting a picture of agarwood as commodity as she journeys through Laos.
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Some aloeswood perhaps peaks at the end, but again it does not feel authentic - it has that sweet berry note that seems to be the way agarwood is perceived nowadays ever since M7.
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The scent of lavender, lemon, rosewood, sandalwood, agarwood and neroli put together was balancing and calming and she used to apply it to her wrist by herself before bed time.
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The most dominant component is woods: local woods such as cedar (Hiba) and pine (Hinoki) and the more exotic ones imported from the south – agarwood (Jin-koh) and sandalwood (Byaku-dan).
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Especially with the sandalwood and agarwood, there is much attention to grades – affected by how and where the trees were grown – so much that they have many different names i.e.
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It smells more traditional Japanese with camphor and agarwood.
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Development Bhd (SLDB) have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop an agarwood
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