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I think I'm missing about 8 packets here but i really didn't like some and others were so forgettable that I just threw the packet away after using them.

So a few months back, I did a haul of sample packets to explore more incense but especially aloeswoods, and I. Certainly found a favorite.

Honorable mentions:

Yamadamatsu premium collection (middle, second from the right) This whole set is divine and it's hard to pick a favorite. I plan to pick up a small pack of each when I return to japan. The yamadamatsu shop is on my must visit list lol.

Minorien Kunpo set (Bottom right) this set is beautiful and would make a gorgeous gift for anyone who likes traditional japanese aesthetics. The incense is wrapped in really pretty paper, comes with a nice dish and the backing textured board looks and sort of feels like tatami mat. Smells wonderful.

Baieido Tokusen set (top left wooden box) This is a bit pricey worth every penny. The box and presentation is beautiful and each incense smells very distinct from each other unlike a lot of these samplers. I adore these and will buy full sized boxes of each when these have gone and probably refill this wooden box.

Yamadamatsu Hojo series (bottom, 3rd from the right) This would be my actual favorite if it weren't for the price. Red is my favorite and I just want to bathe my entire house in it, but it smells almost identical to my favorite if you're not listening too closely to it, and green and white smelled so similar to 2 from the premium collection that I couldn't justify the price. 100% worth getting a sample to try them but there are more affordable alternatives that smell very similar.

My favourite

Yamadamatsu Yuen

As soon as I lit each of these, i was instantly in love. I cannot tell the difference between the aloeswood (black one) and Hojo Red if I'm not lostening to closely. The other 2 sandalwoods in the collection are my favourites too. One has a gorgeous smoked bbq wood kind of scent and the other is so dry and spicy without being spicy, I adore all 3 and plan to get full sized boxes. Ald they're pretty cheap relatively speaking. If I could only burn 1 incense for the rest of my life, it would be Yuen aloeswood (black).

Have you tried any of these and which did you like/dislike the most?

I love these stupid "you've lost an (object) worth of weight" milestones. Best one was a full set of medieval plate armour at 25kg 🤣

38% of the way to my goal and it feels like I've barely started. Anyone want some recipes? I barely feel like I'm dieting at the moment because I'm eating so good and just the right amount to not get any side effects (nausea/bloating).

And i won't even regret it.

As long as KH4 isn't a GKC, I'm getting all of these on release.

I got this thinking it would be similar to the seed + goji berry one which tastes great in yoghurt or overnight oats but this stuff is disgusting. I tried it in a protein shake (milkshake and clear), yoghurt, bone broth and just putting a spoon of it in water and knocking it back, and I'd honestly rather deep throat a public toilet soil pipe and see how that tastes over trying to put this in anything else, it's THAT bad.

Any recommendations?

I preordered Trails in the Sky 2nd chapter minutes after finishing the first one and I've been excited for it ever since. However, Fire Emblem. Need I say more? Three Houses was my first and I've been kicking myself for never picking one up before.

For anyone else who preordered both, which are you playing first? I can't decide. I'm so hyped for both of them.

How fucked up are people now days that they can moralise this shit? People with these ideas are a disease.

How dare we bioengineer ZEFs to be dependent on us ourselves from scratch. The audacity...

I get what they're trying to say but qhat in the AI slop is this sentence 🤣🤣

I don't think a facepalm emoji is ever needed in a PL post but this one made me cringe so bad 🙄

I can't believe I had doubts about this and am kicking myself for waiting so long and missing out on the lower prices and months of golden doses. 15kg down despite the heatwave giving me a hypertension flair up. My goal was 1kg per week but this happened lol.

Also been nicotine free for 2 weeks. It wasn'tuch easier than quitting cold turkey off MJ but the cravings die off quicker. I got one of those flavoured air pendant things off amazon and it's really helped.

Changing injection sites really helps if the jabs aren't hitting. I alternated between sides of my stomach but I tried my leg yesterday and got suppression for the first time in a few weeks.

Seriously, just dive in. It will be worth it.

I always had the idea he was the weird kid in school but no one would say anything because everyone was scared of Riku and probably Kairi lol

Feta cheese is such a hack for adding protein and calories in low quantities. I had a craving for shakshuka but needed an easy extra 100 cals (just over 30g). 10/10.

Amazing concert. Wept a bit few a few tracks inc all the KH songs. Fantastic night ♥️ now, time to break out these babies for some card games 🤣

This is the best thing I ever did for myself. I've just weighed in and taken my 4th dose, 10kg/22lb lighter than 3 weeks ago.

I feel fantastic. I don't see any difference in the mirror yet but I definitely feel a little lighter and more energetic, and that's good enough for now. I went out for dinner with a friend for the first time since starting this week and enjoyed it the same as any other day we've gone out, maybe a bit more because the bill was smaller from skipping a starter and I had half of it for lunch the next day.

My diet is probably the best it's ever been. MJ, at least on the 2.5 and 5ml dose, has actually saved me a little money because I haven't wanted a single takeout and cook from scratch most nights. I know it's not popular here but a protein shake for lunch is much cheaper than ordering from the cafe in work. No more ordering shopping in, I walk up the shops instead and try to do smaller shops more often.

Side effects have been mostly managable. Nausea has been the most common which is easily manageable and trapped wind can be uncomfortable but goes away eventually. I posted about it a little while ago about the food noise changing to a different lind of food noise but it's calming down now.

I'm just floored in all the best ways. It's not been without effort but the effort is much easier to put in and so so worth it. All the progress pictures I see here look attainable rather than a dream.

You guys are awesome. Thank you for the help so far, the insight and community in this group is invaluable and I'm so glad I found this it ♥️

I accidentally deleted all the reviews I had and had to chill with an ebook and write them all again. The horror... /j

Some of these are the "less ash" type and there's pratically no mess which is cool. The ash holds its shape and falls off in larger chunks that don't scatter.

I had zero migraines with most of these so I'll include a rating if I got a migraine. The rest are all 1 full stick or no issues at all.

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Name: Kunmeido Meiko Byakudan - 6/10

Buy again? No

Straight out of the box, this reeks of perfume and it's a bit of an oddball. At first it smells like non-descript perfume and nothing like sandalwood. But the artificial scent peels back after a few minutes and reveals a much more pleasant (not sandalwood but) woody sweetness I really liked. I'd have liked this a lot more if it weren't for how it smells at the beginning.

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Name: Seijudo Premium Shikobai - 5.5/10

Buy again? No

Sensitivity: 1/2

This is more perfume-y than most and there's a sweetness to it that's a bit sickly. It has a nice strong clean note that I enjoyed and the more herbal notes are enjoyable, but overall the sweetness made is smell almost soapy at times. I'm not the biggest fan.

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Name: Shikobai Koukando Yuri Kagetsu - 8.5/10

Buy again? Yes

This i would best describe as a girly scent that gives me disney princess vibes. Fresh and gently sweet with a mellow flora over an earthy, grassy base. I was at Repunzels tower while playing KH3 while burning this and it immediately struck me as a perfectly fitting scent. Very pleasant and uplifting.

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Name: Seijudo Musk Shikobai - 7/10

Buy again? Maybe

I really like this but sometimes I get a note of talc. It doesn't smell super musky and is a bit sweeter than I'd have expected, but it's got a lovely cozy warmth to it that I'll appreciate more on cozy afternoons in on cold days. It does occasionally give me a note of Talc though and I'm not sure if I'm imagining it. Of everything I've burnt, this is my s/o's favorite and he's pinched a fair fews of them to burn in his office.

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Name: Seijudo Super Shikobai - 3/10

Buy again? No

Sensitivity: 1/4

I can't burn much of this. It smells like a perfume shop, too many scents mixed together that it's got a nondescript, indistinguishable perfume scent.

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Name: Kousaido Momiji - 8.5/10

Buy again? Yes

This is everything I hoped for something with an autumn scent. It's warm and earthy with the faintest hint of spice and has a very feint but lush clean note. This is a lovely refreshing scent I've really appreciated on recent hotter days.

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Name: Kousaido Sarasouju - 5/10

Buy again? no

I don't have much to say with this one. I'm not getting the sandalwood base at all, so it's just a light floral and clean incense that's more perfume than incense. It's pleasant, but very forgettable once it's finished burning and not one I'd reach for often.

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These are definitely amongst the most perfumey ones I've had so far. I love the super low smoke and less mess aspect, but I couldn't recommend most of them and wish I'd found smaller packets or bought samples first.