Loving the ideas
@powdernose. Just one point I’d like to make. One thing I have found in my experience is that sometimes one smells an unbranded Oud in isolation - almost akin to a blind test. Immediately an Oud from one of the well known established vendors comes to mind and you think, damn this is so good, so much cheaper and smells like Oud X from Vendor Y.
A few days later you decided to compare the Ouds side by side (a few days as I’m too busy with a 100 other things
).
As you make the comparison, you immediately realise that your olfactory member must be pretty rubbish as Oud X from Vendor Y is far far better than this other oil that evoked memories of Oud X only a couple of days ago. However, side by side it’s a totally different experience and there is little to no similarity.