Oud of the Day
- Thread starter jalil
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OK - I thought it was just my untrained nose not being able to notice nuances enough. I had a friend over last night, and I was showing him some oils and woods (which next time I do, I'm going to limit it to only a few oils, because I think I overloaded him!). I started him with a dab of a true no holds barred Hindi oil (Funkmeister/Oudbase) because I wanted to give him a sense of what Oud is but also what most people outside our bubble probably most associate to be oud. Then I dabbed him with B3K - I was trying to go for something polar opposite. He kept asking, so wait - why do you like this so much? They smell the same. That's when I started to realize, I must be deep in a tunnel with no way out! Maybe he's right - maybe they aren't that different? But this morning I woke up and smelled them again, and realized that my nose (while still young and inexperienced) is more adept at picking up on nuances between oils than most oud virgins. So that's nice to know. I'll show oils to my Dad sometimes (white guy, USA, mid 60s, super vanilla guy) and he tells me they smell like hardwear store, cleaning fluid, bug spray, citranella candles, mulch, grass, paint thinner, gasoline, etc. I swear I should make a Youtube channel called Dad reviews artisan oud oils.
EJayB
True Ouddict
Hahahaha that so true! I live in a very eco-friendly place , organic grocery stores outnumber box food stores, GMO products are outlawed in my county and synthetic pesticide are super frowned upon.
So I’m at a local store one day and a fellow customer asked if I’d been spraying pesticides because he smelled it coming off my clothes.
When I told him it was an EO he wanted to know why I wanted to smell like pesticides?
I was wearing Oud Yusuf!
This tunnel we are in may be a hole in the ground we have our head stuck firmly into!
So I’m at a local store one day and a fellow customer asked if I’d been spraying pesticides because he smelled it coming off my clothes.
When I told him it was an EO he wanted to know why I wanted to smell like pesticides?
I was wearing Oud Yusuf!
This tunnel we are in may be a hole in the ground we have our head stuck firmly into!
MrEleven1181
Oud Fan
Habz dhahab on today. I get a fruity jams note quite similar to EO oud yusuf
my colleagues said Oud Yusuf smelled like formaldehyde to them -- so much for it being "the easiest to wear oud"
Well, I mean all oud is easy to wear - just swipe it on!
My wife says all my oud oils smell the same and that they smell like tires.
Oudamberlove
Member
What a coincidence,
I swiped 3 oils also
An economical Cambodi
Non-soaked, very sweet, and pleasant.
Czar Ceylon
I love the drydown,
there’s a little medicinal vibe goin’ on.
IO Super Hoi-an
Behaving more settled,
a hauntingly good floral,
agarwoody,
good resin , and potent.
Woodland Note
True Ouddict
Woodland Note
True Ouddict
Oudamberlove
Member
EO Oud Yaqoub and Czar Ceylon
Trying to evaluate another purchase, but am still holding out for something different.
I do have a couple hopefuls in mind, but they are not yet in transit.
........patience.......
Trying to evaluate another purchase, but am still holding out for something different.
I do have a couple hopefuls in mind, but they are not yet in transit.
........patience.......my wife too, but luckily she does not know the price
EJayB
True Ouddict
Ha ha, my wife on occasion will ask the price of something and when I tell her I get a look of wonder as she can’t understand my obsession.
Arsalan
True Ouddict
And...?
no swipes today...just tiny bits of EOs Brunei Kinam on the heater...blows my mind how such tiny pieces can have so much fragrance...
Joe King
AttitOud
and it is a lite version of feel ouds sabah beginning, sweet and fruity but longetivity and projection is not there, still a great oil for the price.