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Shawq - Al Shareef Oudh. A perfect example of high quality Assamese wood.
The single 10g piece of wood I received is beautiful with its shiny streaks of purple, red & black resin.
The scent is absolutely wonderful. I have a hard time describing the aroma of woods but we all know that high grade Assamese wood on low heat is a thing of classical beauty! Tobacco, flowers, spice, leather, an ambery vanillic sweetness. Superb!
 
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speaking of tasty things from Al Shareef, I swiped an oil called “bustan” that I have a sample of. Just a little bit but it hasn’t changed much in the tester vial.

I don’t recall many of the details but this is an unusual oud and I really enjoy the aroma. I think it i remember reading it was a plantation oil, and not an old vintage, but it has a really smooth and appealing top and heart and lacks the “shriekiness” of most of the young plantation oils I have smelled. I have no idea what species it is or if any of what I recall about origins is correct.

Quite unique… I would love to know about it.
 
speaking of tasty things from Al Shareef, I swiped an oil called “bustan” that I have a sample of. Just a little bit but it hasn’t changed much in the tester vial.

I don’t recall many of the details but this is an unusual oud and I really enjoy the aroma. I think it i remember reading it was a plantation oil, and not an old vintage, but it has a really smooth and appealing top and heart and lacks the “shriekiness” of most of the young plantation oils I have smelled. I have no idea what species it is or if any of what I recall about origins is correct.

Quite unique… I would love to know about it.
This product description is from the legacy section on ASO’s website.

The tale of a fragrant Orchard – Bustan.

It is not unusual to come across Oudh Oilsprojecting the varying tones of fruit; plum jams, hints of citrus and the odd bunch of berries, but imagine an artisanal Oil capturing not just the notes of fruits but the captivating essence of an Orchard garden – the aromas of thick trunks, hardy tree stems, bulging pulps, and the fresh woody scent of newly felled trees. This is Bustan.

Distilled on site in 2013, in the North of the Malaysian Mainland, Bustan is a fragrance of intrigue, a scent that tickles the palate. Traditionally, ‘Bustan’ meaning ‘garden’ in Arabic is used to describe not any ordinary garden but a place filled with beautiful fragrances. We named this Oil such, as the part of the jungle we got this tree from had an orchard-like scent to it – a fragrance incomparable to its surroundings. This was a clear example of the varying effect of climate, soil and weather in producing differing Oils.

When distilling Bustan, our vision was to capture both the depth of the resin and the freshness of the oil. Bustan reveals not only the deep wood scent but the facets of fresher green notes, the greenness being not flowery but richer, filled with the lushness of stems and pulp. The wood used had a deep and rich resin with lots of transition oil sitting between the resin and oil.

Noticeably thicker than normal Oil, Bustan was cured then aged for 2 years – it is now on its third year, giving this oil character and depth in complexity – a wondrous journey to have on the wrist and explore.

Merging together the world of scents associated with deep dark resins and their counterparts of bright crisp green notes, Bustan is incredibly intricate. A Fruit tree woody scent with a brush of camphor top note, like a soft breeze caressing the scent of wood. The middle is a cool green resinous note with plenty of horizontal complexity. Imagine the coolness of mint without the mintiness, herbal palm, chopped bamboos and orchid blossom. The dry down is deep wood resin, oudh, rhubarb leaves and cinnamon with oriental spices, not hot but cool.

As one of our clients mentioned “I will use this as a bench mark for Malaysian oudh”.

Capture your Orchard in a bottle now.
 
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