Agarwood and sandalwood in a
Japanese incense mix are a match made in heaven. But if
you've tried layering agarwood and sandalwood oils together,
you'll realize its not an easy task to make the blend smell
good.
Our Jinkoh To
Byakudan (Japanese for 'agarwood and
sandalwood') was an exception to the rule, featuring copious
amounts of oud and sandalwood oils.
Kyara To Byakudan takes it to the next level.
It revolves around our (future-release) wild Vietnamese oud
Vietnan Special K, coupled with the creamiest aged
Mysore sandalwood you ever smelled.
You know this has got to be good.
Like its predecessor Jinkoh To Byakudan, this attar has an
equally-balanced emphasis on the agarwood and sandalwood
notes, neither one dominating the other all the way to the
drydown.
Potent yet smooth, dignified and refined - Kyara To Byakudan
is Agar Aura's finest Japanese incense inspired creation.
If you enjoyed Kinam Attar or Khmer Kinam,
you'll thoroughly enjoy Kyara To Byakudan.
Note: "Kyara" (Japanese) and "Kinam"
(Chinese) are interchangeable, but kyara has even more
stringent standards of qualification. Kyara, by
definition, hails from a select few countries, and Vietnamese
kyara is considered to be the finest of all.
Vietnan Special K hails from Ha Tinh, Vietnam, and
possesses all four flavors of kyara (white,
yellow, green, black); a marvel in and of itself. But for
crafting Kyara To Byakudan, the blend was tweaked to
amplify the green kyara flavor. Green kyara has the best
well-developed shimmery top notes: the perfect companion
for the 'heavy' flavor of creamy vintage Mysore
sandalwood.
A perfect blend of Kyara and
beautiful Sandalwood. Highly recommend.
N.M. (Australia)
So I literally never do this...
..I don’t own any backup bottles of anything in my
collection,
..but I’m about to beg you to sell me another 7.5 grams in
an extrait.
This is Kinam Attar on illicit substances, and then bathed
in creamy sandalwood.
If you’d rather preserve some to sell to the masses, I
completely understand...but if you have enough to compound
another extrait....I would KILL to purchase a backup
hahaha.
J.B. (USA)
On my first wearing, my initial thought was 'this a Mysore
heavy composition'! It wasn't until my second wearing that
I got the beautiful blend of agarwood and sandalwood that
exist from right from the opening. This is a very vibrant
composition for me and I find that it is constantly
evolving on my skin. Sometimes I get nuances of the green,
smoky, woody, spicy Kyara side and sometimes the creamy,
sweet and smooth Mysore, each supporting and lifting the
other. I do find that, on my skin, the Mysore dominates
slightly in the second hour but then balances out again
subsequently. Really love the blending and contrasts of
the Kyara and Mysore and will see how it performs when
diluted in perfumers' alcohol.
J.S. (USA)
I absolutely love it. Your Japan-inspired attars were all
great but this one could be the best. Besides the heavenly
scent, this oil has the ability to put me in an euphoric
state, an effect that I have experienced only a very few
times before.
A.G. (Germany)
Kyara To Byakudan is very beautiful. I love how it has a
light yet refined smokiness. It is a very relaxing
creamy-sweet and woody scent. I find it to be
exceptionally close to the scent of burning high end
Japanese incense....which I'm a huge fan of. In my beard
the scent lasts all day. Truly a worthy addition to my
aromatic collection!
C.B. (USA)
Received the package and I must admit that the oil is an
absolute bliss. The initial blast of agarwood is awesome
and then it turns super green. After few minutes Oudh
starts coming again. Truly love it and balance between
sandalwood and agarwood.
D.J. (USA)
Yes, I like it a lot!
Just can't stop wearing it! I'm slowing my breath when
inhaling it to catch more and more nuances and it amazes
me every time.
D.K. (Russia)
Really nice. The smokey notes from the enfleurage are
amazing! Sweet, spicy, incense in a bottle.
M.N. (Canada)
Applying a swipe of KtB and the driving with the window
open seems to 'activate' the Kyara in the blend... I was
out and about the other day and as I was driving caught a
whiff of Kyara from what I thought was the countryside...
I thought wow that smells like Kyara then realised it was
the KtB!
T.P. (UK)
The Kyara To Byakudan is wonderful. Knew immediately that
I would order a bottle of it when I smelled it.
M.I. (USA)
I've applied a small swipe of JtB and KtB on opposite arms
on 3 separate occasions for evaluation. I find the opening
of the 2 very different. KtB opens for the most part
with a very 'green' sandalwood scent, green in the sense
of vibrant and of the forest. I say most part as one time
I didnt get the opening of sandalwood only oud with the
sandalwood coming in later.
JtB opens with a sweeter buttery sandalwood..softer with a
more feminine profile. After about an hour I found the
sandalwood in KtB slowly give way to the oud, with the
forest vibrancy give way to a darker profile. Like morning
giving way to evening, night. Then I started to notice the
subtle smoke and kyara scent. I burnt a stick of Kohgens
excellent Kyara incense to liken the 2...unmistakeable and
a discernable difference in the 2 oils. The sweetness in
KtB comes in about this time melding with the oud smoke
and kyara...nicely tempering it so it's subtle and not
over bearing sweetness. As a personality its more complex,
revealing many facets as opposed to JtB which now after
several comparisons seems rather more montone in its
presentation.
Need to spend a lot more time with it...in summary so far
I've found their like non identical twins...they share a
common DNA but how they present is very different. JtB is
definately the more feminine of the two to my
sensibilities...KtB more masculine and ultimately a more
complex personality...a triumph of alchemy Taha!
Brilliant...
T.P. (UK)
Kyara to byakudan is one jewels of mixture and balance,
really magnificent, brother Taha you are an expert in the
field.
F.Y. (Germany)
The oud and sandalwood
complement each other beautifully! Very well
crafted...just like a high end Japanese incense!
Customer (USA)
So far it's reminding me
very much of high-end Japanese incense. Sitting on the
subway now & getting subtle hits of sandalwood &
star anise. :)
E.S. (USA)
Wow...a masterpiece!
Customer (UK)
Man, I've really come to
love this blend! Yes, it is smoky, but it is also silky,
yet crisply defined, like "liquid incense", Japanese
style. Wait, did I just re-define the concept of your
attar? Ha, I totally did! Not intentionally though :).
Well I guess you must have succeeded with what you had
set out to do…
C.G. (USA)