I am brand new to the use of incense, so my knowledge is small, but I really enjoyed both variety of incense that I purchased. Although I have to say that I really liked the sabah senkoh agarwood. Very aromatic and warming. Highly appreciated product packaged well and all incense sticks arrived whole.

This stick has that kind of red-woody goodness I associate with cedar, cypress, redwood and other non-pine conifers. There is the comfort of the gnawed pencil, and western juniper outside after a rain. It is a clean, smooth aroma which sets my heart at ease.

Victorious Jayapura has an ethereal quality with an almost orchid like aroma. It is subtle without being weak, and is closer to the "soft/sweet" side of agarwood to my nose. This is a calming, introspective scent to me.

Upon first light there is a melon skin note and wet vine scent. As the stick burns there is a leather, saffron, and a slight note of raw honey then as the stick finishes out there is the faintest of the melon skin and wet vine with a soft white floral petal scent.

Ken Cannata is so good at what he does, the smells very much deliver. It's hard not to build a collection and let his scents mellow out. Yi-Xin Craft Incense will remind you of lush woods and oils of private blend cologne.

It mellows out so well on the skin

“Victorious” jayapura is a beautifully crafted incense of high quality. There are lovely notes of leather, wood, and soft floral moments without sweetness. A pleasure to burn!

I love this incense. What I like about it is that it is on the dryer more potent side. It’s not overly aloeswood, but has a certain salutary medicinal bracing quality that one finds in some Korean incenses. Cleansing. I wish it was still available. It’s a pleasure to burn because it is not overwhelming or obvious and it leaves you space to think.

Another great, pure agarwood stick, slightly sweet on top of a pungent base. Ken’s sticks are the only ones, which I have purchased over the years, that present the wood as it is, sweet and sour. The contrast arising from presenting the wood without doctoring, in my opinion, takes the incense to another level.

When I first sampled this incense, I was reminded of so many Tibetan sticks I have burned. Curious, I lit a few to compare with the Kasaya stick and found it offered something extra, deeper. Not only that, unlike Tibetan sticks, which are quite long and thick, and are sometimes taxing to the lungs, it comes in a thin stick that you can burn with ease in a smaller room.

Many of Ken’s agarwood sticks are, from what I have gathered from a few email exchanges, pure representations of the resinous wood, itself. No additives are introduced. This exotic wood from new Guinea has a really strong base note, not as sweet and smooth as most agarwood sticks, an incomparable, intense, earthy scent. Like all of Ken’s pure agarwood offerings, highly recommended.

Garuda is another of the intriguing blends Ken has created from his Stanford Cedar stock. I find it educational to burn a stick of the pure Stanford and Garuda at the same time and sample them back and forth. Ken’s blends are unique.

Soothing and pleasant

Yi-Xin craft incense is on another level entirely. Mass produced incense and even other incense I have gotten at local craft stores smells fake and cloying compared to the incredible purity and clarity of Yi-Xin. I really wont' use anything else after discovering this. I have enjoyed every kind I have received and have never had a complaint with any part of the ordering process. Highly recommend!

Western Red Cedar - Like a campfire made with the finest dry cedar, but not overly smokey and isnt overpowering at all. I really enjoy this one because it focuses on a single element, and it comes through perfectly. For a pacific northwest guy like me, this is one of my favorite scents and no other cedar incense I've smelled is even close to this. It's like you're right there in the forest under the tree... well and part of the tree is burning haha. 10/10

Sovereign - I love frankincense and often burn the resin on a mica plate over charcoal, but this one is more complex (since it's a blend) and is much smoother than straight resin. If there is one word for me on this it's 'clean' - it's like it cleans the air around you and you're left with this crystal clear feeling.