Oud of the Day

Grega

Grega

True Ouddict
Rai Munir said:
Dear Grega, I rely on Habz' olfactory more than mine. So, no need for samples.
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I know that even if I buy without sampling I will get a great oud experience with Habzoud.
All the ouds I tried have been wonderful. Now I have my eyes on Qamar and Dukhan :Geek:...will have to seriously plan my budget ahead. As a newbie I want to try way too many oils ;) And don't worry for me Sproaty, still fasting ;)
 
Rai Munir

Rai Munir

Musk Man
Sproaty said:
4 tonight,
Agar Aura - Koh Kood
Ensar - Naga 3000
Ensar - Yusuf (always testing to see if I really don't like it)
Ensar - People's Ceylon

Interesting. Yusuf, still not a wow but it's a lot more pleasing to me now. This oil keeps shifting back and forth between like/tolerate/indifferent when I wear it, so weird! The top notes in People's Ceylon are nothing short of stunning, it makes me think of the colour blue, or even turquoise, to be more specific.
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As per sequence, Oud Yusuf is to nullify the exquisite effect of Koh Kood and Naga to wear People's Ceylon.;)
 
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EHV

Oud Fan
Grandawood The Middle Easterner from a sample

Thai/Laos border. it does offer some Laos barn at the front and it has the distinct, cultivated Thai tone as well.

Interesting and likable as a personal fragrance but no "buzz" for me from it.
 
Rai Munir

Rai Munir

Musk Man
Oud Qamar (Habzoud): Finally, the package arrived. The box having vials smells Borneo. Though I had in my mind to try Borneo Oud first, but The Qamar attracted me. No perfume like waves, or anything generally classed feminine. Elegantly strong. A shade of something overly heated is what I detect here.

A Burmese oil, thus tenacity is a must. But is it the one I experienced in Oud Zakariyya by EO? No. And thank God it is not that one. Here tenacity and vitality of fragrance is tinged with sobriety. No unnecessary notes the result of fermentation, or whatever the reason is. Yes, silage is definitely there, but soothing and glowing. Not scorching and piercing at all. Once I had developed this notion that Burmese Oud is always 'fecal'. A nightmare for me.

Longevity: Well, I wore the oil twice. First, at 10 a.m., and its remained with me for three hours, and then its specific dry down. The dry down is Hindi dry down. I don't know why. Later, I wore it at 5:00 p.m., and now it is 9:00 p.m. Strong dry down- silage and hay- is present. In fact, I don't need to wear heavy swipes or exert a lot to detect nuances present in oil. So, longevity is not my issue. I either like or dislike some oil the moment I swipe first time. I live the first puff.

Dear Habz, is it only I who am naming this particular dry down a Hindi one, or it is always like that?

PS: Thanks a lot, dear Habz, for complimentary samples- Ard and Dukhan.
 
Habz786

Habz786

Resident Artisan & Ouddict Co-Founder
Thank you for the review @Rai Munir im really pleased the package reached you safe. Burmese Oud is a cross between Hindi/Chinese Oud IMO especially in Qamar. You have the bitter sweet green/yellow top notes linked to Chinese oils and the sweet honey drenched hay drydown of a Hindi. What i like about the oil is how clean the scent is, nothing harsh or off but as you said glowing. Hence my image describing the oil is a yellow moon lighting up the night sky on a dark night
 
peter4ptv

peter4ptv

Member
Rai Munir said:
What about Oud Zakariyya? I can't bear that's smell. But that is a celebrated oil in our limited community.

O my goodness, now a great twist: Burmese, and green and sweet candy:(:(:(. Dear Peter, please post you were kidding.
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never try zakariyay but sounds delicious , no the green and bitter together one type and sweet candy other type of burmeses oils I have try.
never try green and sweet together in one oil:confused:
 
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Rai Munir

Rai Munir

Musk Man
peter4ptv said:
interesting, will like to try fecal Burmese:p, to me from the few Burmese I have try is sweet candy or biter green.
never try any with barn or fecal.
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Dear Peter, if such oil is with the vendors know here, please let me know that oil. I would love to try that. OZ might be sweet for some other persons, but for me that was fecal and :Cry:.

So far as bitterness that you have mentioned, is it the one in Ceylon Oud, or somewhat different?

In fact, I was that much scared of Burmese OZ that I deliberately didn't acquire after that. After a long time, I requested for a Burmese oil.
 
peter4ptv

peter4ptv

Member
Rai Munir said:
Dear Peter, if such oil is with the vendors know here, please let me know that oil. I would love to try that. OZ might be sweet for some other persons, but for me that was fecal and :Cry:.

So far as bitterness that you have mentioned, is it the one in Ceylon Oud, or somewhat different?

In fact, I was that much scared of Burmese OZ that I deliberately didn't acquire after that. After a long time, I requested for a Burmese oil.
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Green and bitter:

https://imperialoud.com/product/aarai_ko_shway/

http://www.agaraura.com/koshwe.html

candy sweet:

https://www.agarwoodconsulting.com/agarwood-oil/#cc-m-product-7676554875

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I don’t know about this batch looks very green, but few years old batch dark cherry color was like sweet sweet candy.

if I recall correctly someone has compare the now well aged IO aarai ko shway to the original kyara ltd with very close similarities.
 
MzM

MzM

Oud King
peter4ptv said:
Green and bitter:

https://imperialoud.com/product/aarai_ko_shway/

http://www.agaraura.com/koshwe.html

candy sweet:

https://www.agarwoodconsulting.com/agarwood-oil/#cc-m-product-7676554875

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I don’t know about this batch looks very green, but few years old batch dark cherry color was like sweet sweet candy.

if I recall correctly someone has compare the now well aged IO aarai ko shway to the original kyara ltd with very close similarities.
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It's out of stock IO aarai ko shway....:Cry:
 
MzM

MzM

Oud King
peter4ptv said:
Green and bitter:

https://imperialoud.com/product/aarai_ko_shway/

http://www.agaraura.com/koshwe.html

candy sweet:

https://www.agarwoodconsulting.com/agarwood-oil/#cc-m-product-7676554875

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I don’t know about this batch looks very green, but few years old batch dark cherry color was like sweet sweet candy.

if I recall correctly someone has compare the now well aged IO aarai ko shway to the original kyara ltd with very close similarities.
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How are Agarwood consulting's oils? This Alan right from Scent of heaven documentary?
 
peter4ptv

peter4ptv

Member
MzM said:
How are Agarwood consulting's oils? This Alan right from Scent of heaven documentary?
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yes it is alan, the assam batch from few years back was your typical assam profile nothing special for the price average to low quality hindi, I do not like the Burma was way too sweet thai like oil for my taste.
 
Sproaty

Sproaty

Sproudy
Staff member
Habz - Al Sukr
ASO - Turath

Turath to me reminds me somewhat of the bakhoor from ASO's "the scented month", quite musky, deep. Very elating.
Al Sukr hmm, again conjures another scent to mind, but I can't think exactly what. Looking it up, it's an Indonesian, being described as sweet, but currently (soon after a swipe) it doesn't seem TOO sweet! Feels like a Borneo oud....oh. The good thing about this oud is that it's improving my geography :Roflmao::Roflmao:

both are lovely oils, I swiped Turath not realising that it was an attar! I have many ASO samples but am not too familiar with them
 
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Rasoul Salehi

True Ouddict
Sproaty said:
I'm struggling to pick up anything from KK. I have 2 ouds by AA & the leather attar and each time I've tried them (which is not much) I kind of....don't get much of a scent perception. It's strange. There's a small fruitiness I guess, but then again, Yusuf isn't smelling so fruity sweet to me now. I'm smelling roughly where I put a small swipe (of Yusuf) as opposed to perhaps smelling the direct area before, perhaps that's the difference this time around.

Regarding the Naga, I like this, but in terms of notes/what I smell...I have no idea! :Roflmao::Roflmao: have never tried rooibos tea so have no point of reference for that scent :/
2-3 months of oud smelling, and still utterly useless! :Roflmao::Roflmao::Poop:
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not at all. is not easy associating written words to an emotion. one man's raspberry is another man's cherry. i guess we can agree is red fruit scented or sour, but the rest is very subjective. stay with it and more importantly enjoy it :)
 
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Rasoul Salehi

True Ouddict
still on oud fast adn aside from the first 2-3 days that i really missed oud and was even craving it beyond habit, i havent really been all that interested since. today though i thought if i was to break my fast, what would i want to wear? it was philipina no 1!

even thinking about it, i can smell it and enjoy half the pleasures or more without even applying any.

there is a farsi saying i love a lot: "vasfol eish nesf ol eish" or "talking/thinking about a pleasure is half of the actual pleasure".

wishing you all a fragrant day/evening/night. i think this weekend ill break my fast and will get back on sharing my experiences with you.
 
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