Nankun Kodō

I have a love/hate relationship with incense fragrances - and this one is a Love. It smells robust and nuanced. I'm not a fan of the CdG Incense Series (particularly not Avignon, which smells thin and sad to me), but this is complex as the first two reviews describe well, noting the sweet, spicy, bitter and salty qualities. Sultan Pasha has a knack for using strange herbal and bitter notes to his advantage - in this fragrance, it's the fenugreek and siam that give that pungent yet pleasant edge. Overall, a beautiful smoky, green and woodsy incense fragrance, not to be missed.

Whenever I need a zen moment, I will wear Nankun Kodo. It is a near exact representation of Shoyeido incense Nankun Kodo (Southern Wind). Traditional Japanese incense has five scents – sweet, spicy, bitter, salty and sour. I can detect the first four from this attar. It is very complex, powerful and yet serene. The sweetness is not sugary sweet but towards bitter sweet. There is a warmth in the scent that fits its name. The longevity and quality of material is exceptional. I am so glad Sultan Pasha's creations are finally in our database.

As someone who burns Oud chips somewhat regularly, I can say with confidence this is the first perfume I have experienced that accurately captures the fragrance of a gently heated sinking grade Oud chip. Added to that are savory/sweet spices, resins, and precious woods one would find in the finest of incenses from houses such as Shoyeido and Baieido. A centering, beautiful experience that is not to be missed for those that love exotic natural ingredients and above all, the scent of gently bubbling Oud chips.

Spicy yellow and red earth. Reminiscent of the remains of my Shoyeido incense, but this one is less floral and seductive than what I use. Nankun proposes an extremely contemplative route which is not the norm in perfumery where the aim is usually to seduce. Far from the world of scented gloves and boudoirs, this takes one back to sweet pungent trees and seeds of the earth. For monks and samurai.

Lovely use of cloves -- usually cloves are overdone, too spicy, too dense, too this, too that. They are tempered just PERFECTLY here. Also, hinoki and cypress are paired perfectly, there's also something green and herbaceous in the background, a bit of a resin too. I like this. I really like this...

I have just sample this one and all I know is it is on my whislist, it is like a japanese spicy incense , rich and as Le Vagabond says , a contemplative scent.

I have to say he has captured the smell of Japanese Incense which is a remarkably achievement. I get smoky resinous spicy woods with cypress and it even has that incensey turpentine smell you get with some of the Japanese incense. I like it as I could light one of my incense sticks and get a similar smell. Now the longevity was only two hours each time on my skin from two wearings and the scent is very subtle bordering on undetectable. You just get subtle wafts here and there. Now I like this scent but it's more of a artistic fragrance experience than something you would wear as a fragrance. If I wanted to smell this type of scent I would just light one of my Japanese incense sticks and enjoy a stronger incense experience. Though I take my hat off to Sultan Pasha for this realistic artistic creation, it actually does smell like Japanese incense and in that it's a achievement!

Call me crazy but this one strongly smell like the dry down of Xerjoff fiero ( green tassel )

Frankincense heavy attar with cinnamon. I dont know what frankincense he is using but i dont like it same as his other frankincense attar not for me and i burn frankincense regularly in my home. Performance 5 hours with no sillage

Nankun Kodo, as most fragrances this smoky, simply must be adapted to, period. When you're applying a fragrance that is this intense, during analysis, the mind seems to latch primarily onto that element which makes it most intense, and doesn't let up. After several wearings, you begin to notice the complex series of relations that make up this beautiful composition. At the center of this fragrance is an incredibly complex incense accord that will probably be more familiar to a lot of folks who have utilized real Shoyeido incense, or some forms of burning oud chips. For here you have a lot of spicy/sweet notes coming in and out of focus against a majestic play on cypress, between the blue cypress and its oriental cousin, hinoki cypress. On top of the two cypress notes is a cascade of thick, heavy frankincense, whose warm and spicy character is immediately familiar to anyone who has ever encountered high quality frankincense before. Just underneath the frankincense is the most interesting contrast of cypress notes that I have ever encountered, so much so that one could call this a thesis statement on the holy material. When one looks close, you take notice that the blue cypress brings with it a deep, rich woody effect that teams up rather nicely with the sandalwood below to create an absolutely delicious woody character with a slightly minty and slightly fruity character to it. The hinoki on the other hand brings about more of a dry, almost sauna like character, with a slight terpenic nuance, and somewhat of a herbal/lemony/spicy/warm undercurrent that hits against the wall of blue cypress where the two meet. Between the two dances a series of spicy/warm notes like a particularly licorice tinged star anise, cloves, a maple syrupy cinnamon, cloves, and a somewhat creamy patchouli. There is also a very quiet, yet most delicious marzipan accord which is deepened intensely by a strong musky/nutty character that is as confusing to describe as it is enjoyable to behold. It's very warm, and yet very foggy at the same time, which really allows one to see the Zen influence being drawn in - all at once this fragrance is begging you to go towards nature: enjoy the trees swaying in the wind, the fog in your lungs, the dirt at your feet, even the dew on the shrubs, and yet at the same time with the spices moving about, the warmth from the sandalwood, and the crisp high definition ambergris at play, it is drawing your attention to the beauty and practices of a humble mankind tapping in to the divine. There is a sweet milkiness after some time that seems to permeate the incense accord such that the dense tranquility of the forest opens up to the soft and gentle hug of the regality of being itself. This fragrance does that which I truly love in fragrance - it mirrors the content which it speaks on - this fragrance is all that I remember from the true buddhist temples I have visited - it's about the tranquility of No Mind, but at the same time it is an abundant love of all that is, by recognizing the truth and beauty present in the totality of man's connections here on Earth. This is at the same time sweet, spicy, smokey, warm, cool, dense, soft, woody, and more... This is a fragrance that learns to 'be' with you, as you too learn to 'be' both with it and with yourself. 10/10 YT: Jess AndWesH

I'm steadily getting through my Pasha attars and this one when first dabbed on skin smells of light camphor like a gentle eucalyptus, then cypress, greens, olibanum resinoid. Then give it a rub and the spice of cinammon erupts, joining the composition in a very complementary way think Z14 by Halston. This is a dirtier dry down though and goes into a massively woody territory, to dank Forrest woods and peppery bark and resinous incense. A appealing fragrance.

It opens with a humid atmosphere of cloves and black licorice, I also feel an edible note similar to helichrysum. Cypress, sweet honeyed incense, sandalwood, hinoki, bitter cumin are spinning in my head. When it subsides I have above all a sticky sweetness but always in the male territory. Well mixed, with no surprises. Something that I have already heard and can also feel elsewhere. ... This has a humid autumn vibe but literally explodes in the sun.

Looking for a bottle if anyone is selling one

Looking for this if anyone is selling