Attar/Mukhallat of the Day

[The Scent Guru]

Ajmal AA musk gazelle I acquired many years back. This stuff is wild - so potent that the unopened bottles really are too much so I have it double bagged and in a metal tea tin.

I got a speck on my skin and it is radiating sweet musk grain top notes along with other elements - I smell castoreum and have no idea what else is in it. If this does not contain any actual musk, it’s actually a pretty amazing blend. it is a challenging scent and I recall folks having mixed reactions back in the basenotes oud forum days.

I'd love to smell that, I'm sure, based on my experience with Ajmal, that it's honest.

 

[Simla House]

Sounds great! Another good one with amazing base/dry down: Ejayb’s hojari / cultivated kinam codistillation.

I have been picking up samples of frankincense oils for the last 32 years and this particular oil gets the “single best frankincense oil”, with the closest runner up being a distant second.

The kinam scent is not apparent when you apply the oil - just smells like a nice juicy fresh hojari oil. Very sweet, balanced, the specific frankincense notes are not swamped by strong pine or turpentine or other notes I usually find greatly exaggerated in some frankincense oil. So right off the bat the top notes and heart are just very well balanced.

where it really shines is how it eventually settles on the skin - it is a perfect facsimile of the most charming aspects of frankincense as I see it, and this is the first oil that really exhibits these notes.

The kinam seems to act as a kind of fixative and modifier in the best way.

what, I don’t know is how much of this is due to the resin that was used, the techniques of distillation, versus the addition of the kinam.

This is the only frankincense oil that I would actually wear consistently if I had enough of it. My second and third place frankincense oils are extractions and not distillates. Generally prefer the extracts.

Sounds amazing!!!

 

[Simla House]

Wearing Tyson’s Ambrosia 1.0 today.
So glad a I have a tiny bit left of this.
He made some really electric oils.
Did he permanently retire?

 

[c-z]

Ajmal AA musk gazelle I acquired many years back. This stuff is wild - so potent that the unopened bottles really are too much so I have it double bagged and in a metal tea tin.

I got a speck on my skin and it is radiating sweet musk grain top notes along with other elements - I smell castoreum and have no idea what else is in it. If this does not contain any actual musk, it’s actually a pretty amazing blend. it is a challenging scent and I recall folks having mixed reactions back in the basenotes oud forum days.

Was this ever easily available in the United States? This sounds so much up my alley.

 

[Anwar]

Agar Aura Green Kyara: herbal, enjoyable

 

[Mr.P]

Was this ever easily available in the United States? This sounds so much up my alley.

I don’t know, and my last attempt to get another bottle was unsuccessful.

there was someone in Canada who carried this oil for a while, went by “abubakr al misky” at basenotes

 

[Tauhid Shaikh]

EO Mystical Lotus(Attar)

 

[Sproaty]

Wearing Tyson’s Ambrosia 1.0 today.
So glad a I have a tiny bit left of this.
He made some really electric oils.
Did he permanently retire?

I think so, he hasn't been on here for half a year and not posted for almost 2 🙁

 

[Mr.P]

Jasmine grandiflorum absolute extra from Peyan Bertrand today. On casual inspection it seems at first to be just another Egyptian absolute but on applying a swipe and on closer inspection it is an unusually fine jasmine oil, the likes of which I generally don’t see available for sale.

 

[Tauhid Shaikh]

Jasmine grandiflorum absolute extra from Peyan Bertrand today. On casual inspection it seems at first to be just another Egyptian absolute but on applying a swipe and on closer inspection it is an unusually fine jasmine oil, the likes of which I generally don’t see available for sale.

Hello @Mr.P
I took a swipe of EO’s Italian Jasmine last night and it very much reminded me of this absolute.

 

[Tauhid Shaikh]

PDLN3 Roja Parfums

 

[ChrisRx]

Royal Taif Oud (1980s) Dr Incense

JUST arrived and I absolutely LOVE it. Reminiscent of when we went to the international rose test garden in Portland, Oregon. It encapsulates the entire profile of a rose in full bloom. This has exceeded my own expectations.

 

[Mr.P]

Today there are two:

Organic musk rose otto from Zambia (kobashi)

Jasmine sambac co2 select from China (white lotus)


The musk rose has not been available for a long time. They had two oils: one was a “phytol” extracted with some inert odorless recoverable solvent. The other was an otto (distillate) which is what i still have a tad of. Very unusual rose aroma… the otto is really outstanding- very bright intense and engaging scent - sharp rose geranium citrus top notes over an appley heart. And there is something else - a kind of semi-dry herbal leafy rose je ne sais quoi which i done smell in other species of rose.

The sambac co2 from China is very tart and green and very volatile. Stings a bit if you take too deep a whiff. Not the most pleasant sambac I have smelled by a long shot, but not bad, and very useful for blending.

 

[Anwar]

OUD/AMBER/ROSE lovin' it.

 

[Philip]

@Mr.P I am enjoying reading your entries on jasmine. I am from Grasse and am currently living there. There is nothing more frustrating than not being able to acquire jasmine grandiflorum oils from my own hometown. Same with rose. The exclusivity contracts with Dior, Chanel and Lancome have eaten up the entire production. Greed at its finest.

 

[Rai Munir]

I think so, he hasn't been on here for half a year and not posted for almost 2 🙁

Respected Tyson and Farid both haven't posted here for a long time. May everything be fine.

 

[Mr.P]

@Mr.P I am enjoying reading your entries on jasmine. I am from Grasse and am currently living there. There is nothing more frustrating than not being able to acquire jasmine grandiflorum oils from my own hometown. Same with rose. The exclusivity contracts with Dior, Chanel and Lancome have eaten up the entire production. Greed at its finest.

It is frustrating isn’t it? I would be going bananas if I lived that close to such an amazing material and couldn’t even get a whiff!

I think this extends to Jasmine from all regions - the best crops are scooped up and never make it to retail. Lots of ok absolutes out there but 99% are odd - gas, violet leaf, mothball, excessive indole, sour notes, off/ferment notes, even bland oils as well. I have exactly 2 good jasmine grand oils in a collection of 2-3 dozen. One is the florasol extract Peter Wilde made a while back, the other is the Bertrand oil.

 

[Ofaruk]

Sprayable green Indian khus that I dilueted in ethanol. Perfect for Outdoorsy Sunday activity.

 

[Tauhid Shaikh]

Sprayable green Indian khus that I dilueted in ethanol. Perfect for Outdoorsy Sunday activity.

Khus is amazing in high heat.
Did you add anything to it?

 

[Ofaruk]

Khus is amazing in high heat.
Did you add anything to it?

My khus oil is very thick and concentrated. It has some woody notes like old books and slight mold. Alcohol perfectly dissolved it and made the aroma a little lighter. I put 1.5ml oil in 9ml atomizer and topped it with ethanol.