Shabby
Junior Member
Come what may, but that must be Hindi.
I think respected Rasoul and respected Shabby can guide about the wood distilled for Hindustan 1. I mean Assam, Arunchal Pardesh, Manipur, Meghalaya,Nagaland, Mizoram, etc.
Yes I was fortunate indeed to smell the exact wood which went into Hindustan No. 1. It is from Mokokchung in Nagaland, with a true mountainous austerity and a humming blue quality running through it. When I first smelled it (meaning when I pulled the top fraction at Taha’s place) there was such a clear blue lotus top note, I cannot even begin to describe it.
This note was also there in the wood in perfect form. Then came more of the berries, and some hay which was more warm and creamy to offset the mountain air.
I don’t know if you saw this uncle @Rai Munir but there is a small video where Taha and I are discussing this very subject:
As for Arunachal Pradesh, I also have an oil from there: Ensar Oud’s Assam Organic 2007, which is a truly wonderful oil.