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Haflong Afterburner - Rising Phoenix
Really complex Hindi that packs a punch and lasts all day. In the same family as one of my favourite ouds of all time; Haflong Kinam.
Blue-cheese funk on the opening and a balsamic bite. Pretty light on the “barnyard” notes (horse stables, cattle etc.) but still packing a creamy/cheesy funk. Soon after the opening settles, there is a tea note that persists (smells like walking into a tea store a little), some light cocoa (part of the tea note) and over time the blue cheese turns to a more subtle “cultured-butter” note. Haflong kinam has a spicy facet to it and this one has it as well. JK mentions saffron in his write-up and I think that is probably the best way to describe the spicy facet in both of these oils. This one is distinctly animalic… there is a definite muskiness to it that dries down to a cozy leathery note. I get wildflowers that remind me a bit of walking my dog outside in the summer. No distinct florals for me but just a light sweetness.
A nice balanced hindi with some buttery notes, sweet/spicy floral tones, and a black tea-like note that runs through the middle of the profile. If you get some of this and some Haflong kinam as well these are a lot of fun to compare!
Really complex Hindi that packs a punch and lasts all day. In the same family as one of my favourite ouds of all time; Haflong Kinam.
Blue-cheese funk on the opening and a balsamic bite. Pretty light on the “barnyard” notes (horse stables, cattle etc.) but still packing a creamy/cheesy funk. Soon after the opening settles, there is a tea note that persists (smells like walking into a tea store a little), some light cocoa (part of the tea note) and over time the blue cheese turns to a more subtle “cultured-butter” note. Haflong kinam has a spicy facet to it and this one has it as well. JK mentions saffron in his write-up and I think that is probably the best way to describe the spicy facet in both of these oils. This one is distinctly animalic… there is a definite muskiness to it that dries down to a cozy leathery note. I get wildflowers that remind me a bit of walking my dog outside in the summer. No distinct florals for me but just a light sweetness.
A nice balanced hindi with some buttery notes, sweet/spicy floral tones, and a black tea-like note that runs through the middle of the profile. If you get some of this and some Haflong kinam as well these are a lot of fun to compare!
edwardleong85
Oud Beginner
First dot of js eok v2... wow immediately my best malaysia oil... purple resinous oudy right of the bat... make me ditch my terengganu sq and tigerwood 1990
Jannah by @Al Shareef Oudh - great oil
zeedubbya
True Ouddict
Ok, was sent a bunch of sample oils from @Mario P. Jinkoh Store. Needed to post these initial reviews a while back. Have been crazy busy lately though.
Let go!
Emp. Of Kedah v2– exactly as everyone else has praised. Malay cola, incense, smoke. Lots of smoke. A very nice oil. Purple, and very solid.
Royal Ceylon— an oil I can appreciate but don’t love. Has the slight swampy smell I get with a lot of Walla oils. Not really a knock just not my favorite smell. If you like the swampy, wet, potent Wallas this will be a favorite for you.
Royal Jayapura— like it, has a petrichor vibe leans toward the smell of a Maroke oil. Which makes some sense considering similar area. Old varnish and petrichor. Dense, long lasting.
Grand EMP. Koh Kong—Superb, reminds me of Habz oil Muhib with something extra. Not too sweet, not too woody, very balanced oil. May be the best of the batch. Get some if you like Cambodian oil
Royal Sri Pada— a lovely light oil, very pretty, not like any other Sri Lankan I’ve tried. Polar opposite of Royal Ceylon. Low temp, slow, fruits and incense. Could turn into a real show stopper in future.
Grand EMP. Pursat— Another marvelous Cambodian oil. Sweet and buttery, great longevity. Happiness all around. Tied for 2nd with Grand Emp. Koh Kong. Big wow factor. Use something like this to introduce people to what real Oud smells like and they’ll love you.
All around very nice. Royal Ceylon and Jayapura not my personal faves but I’m sure people who like these profiles would adore them. More hits from Jinkoh Store. Prob sold out by now, but if you can.. find some.
Let go!
Emp. Of Kedah v2– exactly as everyone else has praised. Malay cola, incense, smoke. Lots of smoke. A very nice oil. Purple, and very solid.
Royal Ceylon— an oil I can appreciate but don’t love. Has the slight swampy smell I get with a lot of Walla oils. Not really a knock just not my favorite smell. If you like the swampy, wet, potent Wallas this will be a favorite for you.
Royal Jayapura— like it, has a petrichor vibe leans toward the smell of a Maroke oil. Which makes some sense considering similar area. Old varnish and petrichor. Dense, long lasting.
Grand EMP. Koh Kong—Superb, reminds me of Habz oil Muhib with something extra. Not too sweet, not too woody, very balanced oil. May be the best of the batch. Get some if you like Cambodian oil
Royal Sri Pada— a lovely light oil, very pretty, not like any other Sri Lankan I’ve tried. Polar opposite of Royal Ceylon. Low temp, slow, fruits and incense. Could turn into a real show stopper in future.
Grand EMP. Pursat— Another marvelous Cambodian oil. Sweet and buttery, great longevity. Happiness all around. Tied for 2nd with Grand Emp. Koh Kong. Big wow factor. Use something like this to introduce people to what real Oud smells like and they’ll love you.
All around very nice. Royal Ceylon and Jayapura not my personal faves but I’m sure people who like these profiles would adore them. More hits from Jinkoh Store. Prob sold out by now, but if you can.. find some.
Clyff6ix
Oud Fanatic
Tried my first Oud today. I picked one at random from the EO Organic sampler and it was Melayya. The first 20 minutes were interesting. It was like a stonefruit syrup or a blackberry compote kind of smell. It was sweet but with some piquancy. It also gave the sensation of inhaling cool smoke or mentholated smoke. That sensation stayed for as long as the oil was on my wrist, about 5 hours. But the smell changed to something akin to charcoal or petroleum jelly. It was definitely a resinous smell, like concentrated and liquified smoke. With some more oxygen, that smell might have been more recognizable as incense. But for me, it would have needed to open up a little.
I looked up Ensar's writeup after an hour or so and here's his summary:
"Melayya isn’t oud for a novice. These wild waves of incense, this dark resinous base admixed with that wacky jackfruit jam sweetness on top is an oud oozing spiral best left for experienced noses to get caught up in.
That, or it’s the best way to get proper oud drilled into a beginner’s head for life. So much so, the intro-ouds typically recommended for rookies will quickly start to smell too pretty!"
Anyway, that was my first Oudventure. Welcome to recommendations for tomorrow's Oud!
P.S. They threw in 2 free samples (Civet musk and Yamanashi), which I thought was pretty cool.
I looked up Ensar's writeup after an hour or so and here's his summary:
"Melayya isn’t oud for a novice. These wild waves of incense, this dark resinous base admixed with that wacky jackfruit jam sweetness on top is an oud oozing spiral best left for experienced noses to get caught up in.
That, or it’s the best way to get proper oud drilled into a beginner’s head for life. So much so, the intro-ouds typically recommended for rookies will quickly start to smell too pretty!"
P.S. They threw in 2 free samples (Civet musk and Yamanashi), which I thought was pretty cool.
edwardleong85
Oud Beginner
I like melayya from eo.. it is half wild n half cultivated oud mix, solid soft but dense resinous incense woody scent
I have and am impressed. I've posted about a few on my insta
oud.time
Sandalwouddict
Ok cool yeah I just checked it out. Nice pictures! I see you appreciate craftoud as well. So many choices and so little money haha
EJayB
True Ouddict
Same 🤦🏻♂️
Mr.P
oud<3er
I’ve been trying to speed run studying the samples I ordered from mesoud. There are a few that I would like to add to my collection but unfortunately, I also can only get a fraction of what I wish I could.
The cambodi qadeem reminds me of the scent in a 20 year old bottle of Ajmal Amiri I have managed to not completely consume. Very similar dry down and overall vibe, with the cambodi being a bit more tart in the topnote. This is an interesting place for a crassna to end up - smells like an old oil for sure, quite distinct from Thai oils but the shared heart is there.
The pursat is just straight up pleasant. Mild, sweet, addictive and persistent - very nice dry down. This is a style I have smelled before that my collection is missing so this is very tempting,
The blue Sumatra is another tasty one, with a salty oceanic aspect and appealing development. it matches the profile of the few Sumatra ouds that I have encountered. Would be nice to tuck some of that away. very nice dry down on skin.
The merauke is really interesting as well - soft fuzzy maroke top notes, and when applied last time I got these really deep bittersweet oud notes that surprised me. Reminded me of the mid stage of a really good burn of papua or other indonesian wood - pretty mesmerizing actually, like walking into a room with a nice oud fog. The meraukes in my collection are aging really well, so I imagine this oil down the road will be even better.
I will miss these when the samples run out if I don’t end up getting a bottle.
The cambodi qadeem reminds me of the scent in a 20 year old bottle of Ajmal Amiri I have managed to not completely consume. Very similar dry down and overall vibe, with the cambodi being a bit more tart in the topnote. This is an interesting place for a crassna to end up - smells like an old oil for sure, quite distinct from Thai oils but the shared heart is there.
The pursat is just straight up pleasant. Mild, sweet, addictive and persistent - very nice dry down. This is a style I have smelled before that my collection is missing so this is very tempting,
The blue Sumatra is another tasty one, with a salty oceanic aspect and appealing development. it matches the profile of the few Sumatra ouds that I have encountered. Would be nice to tuck some of that away. very nice dry down on skin.
The merauke is really interesting as well - soft fuzzy maroke top notes, and when applied last time I got these really deep bittersweet oud notes that surprised me. Reminded me of the mid stage of a really good burn of papua or other indonesian wood - pretty mesmerizing actually, like walking into a room with a nice oud fog. The meraukes in my collection are aging really well, so I imagine this oil down the road will be even better.
I will miss these when the samples run out if I don’t end up getting a bottle.
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Mousse de Chene
True Ouddict
Kanbi Koh - The Oud Lab. I’m beyond happy owning 3g of this oil, between this & Al Ruba’ie II from Al Shareef Oudh they are my favourite Ouds & I could be happy with just these two if I had to!
KK is beautiful, Thaqeel like thickness, molasses, ripe fruits / fruit jam, kinamic floral with the most delicious dense Oudy resinous core. Even though it’s Southern Thai / Northern Malaysia in origin it reminds me of a Cambodi oil I have from the 1980s. Dark, yet clean without any of that overly fermented Crassna funk I mostly dislike.
KK is beautiful, Thaqeel like thickness, molasses, ripe fruits / fruit jam, kinamic floral with the most delicious dense Oudy resinous core. Even though it’s Southern Thai / Northern Malaysia in origin it reminds me of a Cambodi oil I have from the 1980s. Dark, yet clean without any of that overly fermented Crassna funk I mostly dislike.
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Mousse de Chene
True Ouddict
I think it’s delightful also, very good for a budget friendly oil. A thick, super jammy oil, with plenty of complexity. Minty, rosy floral, the rounded sweetness of fruits with a deep resinous dry down. It lasts ages on the skin too.
Of course, as is the case with Ensar there are inconsistencies which puzzle me!
Both separate bottles state they are from 2020, but one batch is better than the other. Visually they are different, one is dark red & the other is almost black. The dark red one is more vibrant, more pristine top notes, it just feels cleaner & a higher quality.
The black one is similar but more smoky, less pristine in the the top. The dry down is also bitter where the dark red one is sweet Crassna resin all the way.
I purchased the dark red one first & then got a back up as I liked to use it as a daily oil. Upon receiving the new black one, I was disappointed as it’s not the same. I’m not too upset because it’s a cheaper oil but it was pretty much the end of me buying from EO.
A similar thing happened with a bottle of Santal Royale. The sample I got was great. Very buttery, creamy with a beautiful soft texture. I purchased a bottle & got another batch which was obviously fresh with too many rough edges.
User
True Ouddict
It's likely that santal royale was consistent. The samples are exposed to a lot of air, especially when you've used them for a while. This can smooth out some of the rough edges. It's mot very noticeable when its a gradual change between receiving the sample and being almost done with it, but when you have been using a sample for a while you have effectively force aged it, and if you get a new bottle you might notice that change when you compare them.
The aging in a sample vial can be good. I have had some oud oils really open up in a sample vial, and then if I take a swipe straight from the full bottle I am disappointed, even if the sample vial was decanted from the same full bottle. I keep a sample vial decant of Borneo 50k for this reason, it just really benefits from being aired out a bit.
I don't know if that is the case with Oud Extraordinaire, but it's possible. The difference in appearance could be from just having a larger bottle. If you decant it into a sample vial you might find that it is actually the same. I have been surprised by the color of large bottles before, in comparison to their sample vial equivalents.
User
True Ouddict
With that being said, it is pretty widely understood that certain oils from Ensar are different from batch to batch, especially the organic oils. I don't think this constitutes any kind of dishonesty or lack of integrity. Any other vendor is just as likely to do this, and I wouldn't pass any blame on them either; it's par for the course with organic oud. By the way, two batches can be made in the same year. Or two different rounds of distillation that were kept separated and turned out slightly different. Maybe one had more wood from a certain half of the plantation, and the other had mostly wood from the other half. Slight differences are to be expected with a natural product, and distillation is called an art for a reason.
mesOUD
Resident Artisan
It's an honor to be appreciated by someone who has been in oils for a long time like you.
Rezwan
Kōdō Aesthetic
What happens at times is there are multiple batches within the same year. Even though it might state as the same year, they could very well be two different batches distilled in the same year. This happened with Assam Organic (2021) as well.
edwardleong85
Oud Beginner
Aquilarria Sub-integra from local oud distiller Misai Oud... 1st time trying this species, very nice
oh ya i wanna get a cambodi oil that is good for daily application, if possible i would prefer the fruity, incense, woody, milky, strawberry kind? any suggestions from all oud fanatic?
oh ya i wanna get a cambodi oil that is good for daily application, if possible i would prefer the fruity, incense, woody, milky, strawberry kind? any suggestions from all oud fanatic?
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