Fu-In Kyara Review

Fu-In Kyara (50 Stick box)
風韻の伽羅

Stick Aroma: 
Bengay/Tiger balm/RubA535 (Menthol/Mint, Camphor, Cinnamon)
Antique Store (Old wood, Old silk)
Diesel Cologne from high school (Cinnamon, Vanilla Coke)
Dry ginger, anise, mint

Smoke Aroma:
Davidoff Cigar
Sauerkraut & Rain
Semi dried tofu (when making tofu steak) / Yuba
Japanese apartment
Japanese laundry
Nostalgia, Satisfaction, Pleasant memories

From looking at what I wrote for the aromas of the stick, I was introduced to many of them when I was around 16~19 years old.

• RubA535/Bengay was something I used a lot after kickboxing,
• Diesel cologne was actually my little brothers, I used to use it when I went out on special nights. 
• Antique store is sort of an oddity, there’s a place called Jayson’s
  Corner on 17th avenue and a few stores in Eau Claire market that have
  this aroma. I think many I remember it mostly from souvenir shopping in
  Japan?

From the aromas of the smoke, many of them are from very special life events for me.

• Davidoff was the first cigar I’ve smoked, and the very gentle smoke of the incense is really reminiscent of it. 
•  Sauerkraut and Rain was from my honeymoon in downtown Frankfurt. We
  were near a really old and super famous gothic church ‘Dom St.
  Bartholomaus’ which was and probably still is under construction.
  We walked past a street fair featuring french wines and a variety of
  food. It was a little chilly out because it was raining earlier in the
  day, skies were gray and we were sitting outside at essentially a picnic
  table drinking wine and eating sauerkraut and sausages. I think what I
  may be attached to the most for this aroma is the blend of really humid
  cold air and sauerkraut cooking in the distance.
• Semi Dried Tofu & Yuba comes from my experience at the
  consulate. Tofu steak was probably one of the dishes I was best at
  cooking for lunch, so I was drying tofu at least once a week. Yuba from
  my most recent trip to Japan when we went to Arashiyama and had a
  kaiseki menu for lunch at one of the restaurants on the strip. 
• Japanese apartment and Japanese laundry go hand in hand I guess,
  it’s a really ‘home-y’ feeling when laundry hangs up to dry. The smell
  of their detergent is probably at least a little responsible for this.
  Their houses aren’t that big, and usually I hang up and take down the
  laundry when I’m there — so it’s an aroma I’m around nearly every day. 

What a cool burst of nostalgia and satisfaction. One other thing I’d
like to note about this incense in particular is the beautiful stream of
smoke that comes off the stick. ASMR.