"Incense Hall?"

Thousands of square meters are divided into more than a dozen rooms, elegantly decorated, clear water mahogany furniture, glass cabinets display all kinds of agarwood, just by the taste of the know are boutique.

Johnson browsed it, starting from 301 grams, the most expensive 5,001 grams, and the seemingly plain black wood was worth millions!

Since you are here, let's do it in one step and try what the legendary agarwood tastes like. Directly choose the most expensive piece, Nha Trang Hei Qi Nan, eight grams, 40,000 yuan.

When I came to the VIP room, it was very elegant, and there was a wenge wood case in front of me, on which there were all kinds of incense utensils, and it seemed that it was a private room for entertaining guests.

Soon, the beautiful incense master in a cheongsam entered the door, and after sitting down, she stretched out her snow-white hand to pick up the towel on the table, began to wipe the incense props one by one, and said politely: "My surname is Ling, and I am honored to make incense for you." ”

Take out the Qi Nan chosen by Johnson, put on gloves, grasp it slowly with his left hand, pick up a knife with his right hand, gently remove the size of his little fingernail at the edge, and put it in the incense tasting tray.

Johnson looked at the inconspicuous little black wood block in front of him, and thought it was garbage for a layman, and it could be blown away in one breath! But in the eyes of incense players, this is a rare enjoyment.

Millions of cars can be played, tens of millions of watches can be played, and hundreds of millions can be played.

But what did the real princes and nobles play in ancient times?

agilawood

This is the living burning of money!

Pick up the incense burner, it has been covered with incense ash, like the purple clay pot, the incense and tea are all particular about nourishment, one uses tea to raise the pot, and the other uses the incense ash to raise the stove.

A pair of jade hands move the charcoal plate to the front, take the white porcelain charcoal pot, open the lid, and use the fire chopsticks to clip out a piece of fragrant charcoal, three or four centimeters long, the whole body is dark, put it on the charcoal net, and slowly ignite it with a special igniter.

In fact, there are now electronic aromatherapy stoves, which can be done with the press of a switch, and even the temperature can be adjusted. However, for real players, incense is not only enjoyment, but also a process of self-cultivation, and each step can be experienced by yourself.

The charcoal is all lit, and when it burns through, it is best to turn red without an open flame, and set aside. Take out the celadon incense burner, pick up the incense chopsticks, insert them and pull them out again and again, for ten minutes.

Stir the incense ash with chopsticks to make it even fluffy and rich in air, so that the charcoal can be inserted into it to ensure sufficient oxygen, and the combustion process is sufficient to complete the whole fragrance.

Until the incense ash is stirred, gradually spread the incense ash, insert it into the middle with chopsticks, slowly shake it, and make a charcoal hole in a clockwise direction.

Pick up the charcoal that has completely turned red, stuff it into the newly opened charcoal hole little by little, and bury the charcoal to complete.

Start combing the ashes, comb the incense ashes to the middle, cover the charcoal fire, and make it a valley. The thickness of the ash is used to control the temperature of the charcoal fire in order to release all the aromas of the incense.

Put down the incense chopsticks, pick up the ash shovel, hold the stove in your left hand, press the incense ash diagonally with your right hand, press it into a cone, and bury the incense charcoal completely in it. Then clean the walls of the furnace with a feather sweep to keep the incense burner spotless.

The whole process is focused, the movements are smooth, the sense of rhythm is full, and the soul is quiet and serene with the process, and gradually forgets the troubles of the world.

Qianqian Su picked up the long gray incense with his hand, took the top of the incense ash as the axis point, and extruded a beautiful radial pattern clockwise, the so-called incense tendon. Smooth incense ash appears on the regular pattern, elegant and beautiful.

Take the incense needle, insert it vertically from the top of the incense ash, feel it until the position of the charcoal fire, feel the temperature of the charcoal fire attentively, determine the height, pull out the incense needle, wipe it clean and put it back in place.

The palm of the right hand is downward, and the five fingers are slightly bent, from the right side of the incense burner, around the front, covering the incense burner, and measuring the size of the fire.

When the temperature is right, pick up the mica sheet, gently place it on the fire window, and press it slightly to stabilize it. Pick up Qi Nan with a silver clip and carefully place it on the mica sheet.

The thumb of the left hand clasps the upper edge of the celadon incense burner, drags the base of the incense burner with four fingers, relaxes the shoulders, lifts both shoulders, holds the stove in front of the nose, exhales softly, inhales deeply, and tastes the incense.

Johnson took the incense burner, put it to his nose, took a deep breath, and a cool breath arose, as if he was in a primeval forest.

The breeze, mixed with dew and the scent of herbs, is refreshing, and it is extremely transparent from the inside out.

At this time, it seems to be transformed into a feather, weightless, with the breeze shuttling between the jungle, the aroma of the earth, the freshness of the grass, and the fragrance of various flowers, mixed together, between the mottled leaves, even the smell of the sun is clearly visible.

Suddenly carried by the wind to a medicine field, everywhere is filled with a faint bitter taste, refreshing, long-lasting, fluttering straight to the eyebrows, the brain is clear.

After the bitterness, the inexplicable sweetness wells up in the heart, such as cantaloupe is sweet and delicious, rich and juicy, which makes people feel a sense of satisfaction. Bitter first and then sweet, so that bitterness is more worth recalling, and sweetness is especially worth cherishing.

The aroma changes again, the sweetness becomes more and more intense, and a trace of condensation in the air is silky, as if surrounded by fine silk, wrapped layer by layer, closely following, silky at the moment.

SC Johnson is like being in a milk bath, every inch of skin is surrounded by warmth, the peace in the heart is awakened, and there is a baby-like innocent smile on his face, as if returning to the mother's body, indulging in kindness and warmth.

Looking at Johnson's expression of great enjoyment, he said with a smile: "Hei Qinan, also known as iron knot agarwood, is mostly hard wire, hard, black in color, and there are also excellent and sharp goods. The good black Qinan paste is greasy, evenly secreted, full of oil, and has an excellent fragrance, which is not comparable to other categories of general agarwood. ”

"The first fragrance is full of cool flavor and domineering, the original fragrance is strong and has an elegant medicinal fragrance, and the tail fragrance has a milky aroma, the aroma is long and intriguing. After this piece of Qi Nan tail incense, it has a slight milky fragrance, which is a high-grade fragrance with four changes in one wood. ”

Johnson picked up the black Qinan with a tong, put it to his nose and smelled it, the aroma was far less intense than after heating, and asked curiously: "There are other types of Qinan?"

"Qi Nan incense, the texture is black and soft, and there is viscosity, high oil content, the aroma is sweet, rich, elegant, rare and rare, it is the best in fragrant wood, it has always been monopolized by the royal nobles, so it is called the royal treasure. As early as the Northern Song Dynasty, Qi Nanxiang had a piece of gold. ”

"According to the color, it is divided into black, red, yellow, blue, white, and green, because of the different appearance colors caused by the different production areas and local land structures. Hei Qinan is barely a middle and lower grade, and the top grade is Green Qinan, Bai Qinan, and the legendary Jin Qinan. ”

The incense master said with a straight face: "Ding Wei's twelve heavenly incense products are recorded: Yingge green, orchid feathers, and golden silk knots, which are the three holy products of Qi Nan, which are rare in a hundred years and rare in the world!"

Incense again, Johnson smelled Qi Nan greedily, closed his eyes, and his face was full of obsession. The sense of smell beyond ordinary people made him feel the charm of incense more deeply, and he was a little unable to extricate himself.

After tasting Hei Qinan, there was a kind of unfinished business, and the beautiful incense master saw the nostalgia of the guests, and suggested: "Your talent is very good, do you want to try something else?"

Seeing that Johnson nodded in agreement, he stood up and left, quickly brought a tray, sat down again, and displayed: "This is the Indonesian Kalimantan agarwood of the Sin Chew system, the fragrance is strong, the first fragrance is sweet, and the fragrance is shocking. ”

"The aroma is long and deep, with an obvious earthy taste, slightly spicy, and a strong and persistent aftertaste, with a strong vanilla aroma, which is very intriguing. ”

"This spice has a distinctly cool and slightly herbal flavor from the western Kalimantan region. ”

Picking up the second piece, this piece of agarwood is shaped like an eagle's wing feathers, with brown-black filamentous fine lines on the surface, and introduced: "Cambodian agarwood from Hui'an is sweet and slightly sour, similar to the taste of honey." ”

"Because of its strong aroma and its ability to eliminate all odors, it is most popular in the Middle East market. ”

"The agarwood oil extracted from it has strong penetration, and after being applied, it does not disperse for four or five days, and the fragrance is still the same, which is known as the best perfume in nature. ”

"The last piece of Sauron agarwood should be a domestic agarwood variety that has only been introduced in recent years, and the output is relatively concentrated, and the price is relatively close to the people. ”

"Its fragrance is more elegant and comfortable, there is no earthy atmosphere, and there is no grass fragrance of the swamp, in many Indonesian Shenzhong, the fragrance is a little similar to the Hui'an system, with a hint of sweetness, but it is more elegant, sweet with some bitterness, it is difficult to describe in words. ”