Oud of the Day

[Dr B1414]

Imperial Oud Ceylon Royale
EO Suriranka Senkoh

I used to prefer the IO over the EO in the past. Almost sold Suriranka Senkoh. Now I love it and prefer it over the IO. Crazy how our perception of oils/perfumes can change with time. I feel that I was able to unlock Ceylon Royale fast. It was early in my journey but I could tell on the spot it was something very special. It took me many wears however to unlock Suriranka Senkoh. No clue why. Either way, these are both amazing oils.

The Suriranka on the EO website now is very similar to Suriranka Senkoh. I had to compare them side by side many times to make sure. Senkoh is a bit seewter, more floral, and creamier. But unless you focus on them, it's hard to tell the difference. Amazing value oil especially if you add in the coupons they run periodically. I am pondering 3 more grams, as soon as I clear up my neverending wishlist lol.

 

[-Renton-]

HabzOud's Al Hareer - It is nearing summer and we are having a hot day today here in Scotland (well atleast for us lol, its hotter for me since my table is getting beamed down by the sun), only 8-13c but the Sun is quite low down and I thought I would put this Hindi oil on since I hear Hindi oils blossom in heat and I am getting the sun beaming down on me and I am enjoying this Hindi oil more than ever before, I am gonna keep this for even hotter days in June, July and August, and some hot days like this on May.

This oil seems way more pleasing when it is naturally warm with the sun, weather, humidity (Scotland is also a really humid country, when it gets warm here it is kinda like a tropic) etc etc.

Starts off with a very, very sweet, fermented cream and butter note (I am guessing that is the desi described in the description of the oil), those notes are much more pleasing in the heat, it is more sweet instead of cheesy, although in the opening notes it was still quite cheesy but in a more sweet, pleasant way, after 5-10 mins the cheesiness started to fade and the desi note with its sweetness and, uniqueness was still present, then 5-15 mins later (15-20 mins overall) the notes started to become very grassy, like the smell of grass after being cut, but very subtly, I only noticed it 2 times in 2 hours so far but it was nice, moderate notes of leather, barnyard hay, very subtle smokiness, agarwood notes of the woods used to make this oil (one of them was Nagaland and I have burned this before and it smelled quite close to near exactly like the wood) and I caught a Nagaland wood burning/heating/incense note with some nice rich black resin with a red berry/cherry sourness and a light wet woodiness. I was also getting agarwood notes that were also actually quite minty, very subtle but it was there. The sweetness is attached to the desi/ghee note, which makes the oil (to me anyway) feel like a fermented sweet, (almost like if sandalwood was fermented), buttery note. Some normal smokey, almost creamy, dirty (in a realistic, and good way) tobacco notes, somewhere inbetween a quality cigarette and a decent cigar.

Cant wait to see if what happens with this oil once it is getting to temps of 14-18c to 18-22c (and possibly 22-24c+).

Really enjoyable.

 

[-Renton-]

HabzOud's Raja Hijau.

Such a lovely oil, amazingly rare, A. rostrata distillation from Malaysia, wild. Starts off with a light green, foresty, woody kinda note and vibe, not as strong on the forest notes as Zamarad 2 though (IMO, but this isn't a bad thing, just different), oceanic notes are definitely present here in the first 15 to 20 mins, spiciness, the unique Malaysian agarwood note, sweet, bitter and spicy notes, florals pop up and go away just as fast (btw this is all at the start), then after 20 mins, it all softens up and becomes more smooth, well rounded and more balanced. Spicy, fizzy cola notes appear, creamy notes (Malaysian style), creamy woody, old antique furniture notes, tons of floras that just keep coming up and up and up, and just become more prominent as the oil develops. More sweet than bitter now, bitterness has pretty much gone away because the forest notes are very light and almost gone (which they do), this feels more like an ethereal oil that way, as a more traditional oil would have made those notes stick around. This is a very unique wood, but you still know it is from Malay. Sweet, creamy woodiness, with some fizzy cola with (and without) spices. After around 3 hours you are starting to go into base notes and it becomes more of that very unique Malaysian wood note (as if you are burning Malaysian wood, like I have just yesterday, same exact note and smell), and a lovely floral garden. I believe the dry down will be nothing but pleasure. EDIT: Oh yeah, and there was some minty notes here and there.

Good job @Habz786 . You made a great oil with great wood!!!

Sorry if my thoughts on it dont give it justice, because honestly, no ones can!!!
😋

 

[Zazu]

Yesterday:
Habzoud - Hitam Qadeem and with Habz' description in front of me, I decided to apply Jaya Qadeem as well to see if I was able to notice the 'filaria' vibes. I noticed a whiff of anise seed in Hitam Qadeem this time, it's such a lovely oil and soon I'll be able to see the bottom of it. If anyone wants to part with a gram or something, I'd be very grateful.

 

[Zazu]

YusaAromatics - Huian Ko
Delicious sweet airy watermelon as I apply it! It's making me salivate LOL, and I think I can appreciate it even more than the first time.

 

[Obada]

Jinkoh Store - Borneo Qi
First off, so you can have an orientation. If you ever smelled borneo50k with its crystal clean vanillic profile. This is different. Starts with a medicinal vanillic aroma that slowly is tuned down to showcase the dark vanillic and resinous core. Borneo Qi has an oudy resinous profile with a touch of cinnamon and cloves while the subtle vanilla is building a bridge that will guide your nose on your journey.

Yusa Aromatics - Huian Ko
This time the watermelon rind green scent is infused with the juicy red pulp of the watermelon. Its even more delicious this time 😋 How can an Oud smell like this?

Sulaym - Purple Malay
Beautiful slightly purple floral, resinous, woody and ancient malay. You smell the history, you smell the malaysian treasure chest it came from.

I am just grateful to be able to experience this and live in times like these where we can enjoy ouds 1 2yrs old or 30 40yrs old with such an ease الحمد لله

 

[Dr B1414]

Oriscent Kyara Koutan. I definitely over-applied this one this evening. But I had to transfer some oil from the original bottle to a small vial to have on hand for immediate use and there is a significant amount of oil that stays trapped between the cap and the neck of the bottle (those torpedo-like Oriscent golden bottles). As nice as these bottles looked they are a pain in the a**. So I had to wipe the oil on my skin (God forbid using a tissue or cloth to remove such aromatic) and turned out to be the equivalent of two fat swipes. Definitely overwhelmed my senses, but in the best possible way. It's all I can smell, actually, I can taste this oil right now, off my wrist. Very powerful oil, stronger than most oils I tried. Has the same bitter-medicinal-sweet Kinamic fumes as Royal Kinam 1 but its body feels deeper. Green and cooling and also earthy, deep chocolaty at the same time. Has a prominent cocoa/coffee/milk chocolate-like facet. Very rich oil, numbing, medicinal, and almost gourmand at the same time. I have never experienced a Burmese oil like this or oud oil. The closest oil I can relate it to is the OG Royal Kinam, but this one seems to have more to offer.

 

[Kolalid]

Sulaym 1 Burmese
Ensar Oud Burmi 79’

Wearing these two side by side today. Many similar notes in these, particularly tobacco and leather are prominent in each.

However each has a unique approach. S1 starts off heavy with a beautiful dark chocolate note right off the bat. There’s a brief phase with a fermented slightly antiseptic quality that dissipates quickly. Following that you get the beautiful signature grapefruit note, that transitions into a rich vintage leather and cigar tobacco resinous drydown.

Ensar’s Burmi opens up much lighter and airier in comparison. It opens with beautiful sweet red fruit and a slight camphoric tingle. It has a distinct tobacco note but instead of the heavy vintage Smokey cigar tobacco found in Sulaym, this one is a light sweet airy tobacco. This is not a light oud by any means however in comparison to Sulaym 1 it feels light.

Overall two great ouds. I find that the opening of Ensar’s Burmi maybe shines a bit more with the beautiful sweetness and fruitiness. However the deep resinous drydown of Sulaym 1 is incredible and continues to showcase its complexity for longer than Ensar’s.

Happy to have these two incredible high grade Burmese examples in my collection.

 

[Sproaty]

Today was Pursat Qadeem & Huian Ko by Yusa - 2 very good Cambodi oils! The Qadeem is super thick - almost 6hrs after application it was still 'sticky' on my hand
The Huian is weird - very fruity at top, but not a 'yellow' as I get with Cambodis, but sorta green, more ethereal. After a few hours I was unable to pick up on its scent, even during my work walks (oud oils usually come alive when I'm outside after being in the office all day).
Fast forward to almost 12hrs later after finishing work, cycling for an hour, doing martial arts where we spent a lot of time wearing boxing gloves, and then cycling home (where my hands were gloved during the bike rides)...and now I can smell something. Maybe it's the scent of the boxing gloves 🤣 but smelled like a good Hindi drydown

 

[Arabiad07]

Ar

Sulaym 1 Burmese
Ensar Oud Burmi 79’

Wearing these two side by side today. Many similar notes in these, particularly tobacco and leather are prominent in each.

However each has a unique approach. S1 starts off heavy with a beautiful dark chocolate note right off the bat. There’s a brief phase with a fermented slightly antiseptic quality that dissipates quickly. Following that you get the beautiful signature grapefruit note, that transitions into a rich vintage leather and cigar tobacco resinous drydown.

Ensar’s Burmi opens up much lighter and airier in comparison. It opens with beautiful sweet red fruit and a slight camphoric tingle. It has a distinct tobacco note but instead of the heavy vintage Smokey cigar tobacco found in Sulaym, this one is a light sweet airy tobacco. This is not a light oud by any means however in comparison to Sulaym 1 it feels light.

Overall two great ouds. I find that the opening of Ensar’s Burmi maybe shines a bit more with the beautiful sweetness and fruitiness. However the deep resinous drydown of Sulaym 1 is incredible and continues to showcase its complexity for longer than Ensar’s.

Happy to have these two incredible high grade Burmese examples in my collection.

Arent they the same Burmese sourced from SQ?

 

[Kolalid]

Ar

Arent they the same Burmese sourced from SQ?

They are both Sultan Qaboos Burmese ouds but they are definitely not the same oud.

 

[SULAYM]

Sulaym 1 Burmese
Ensar Oud Burmi 79’

Wearing these two side by side today. Many similar notes in these, particularly tobacco and leather are prominent in each.

However each has a unique approach. S1 starts off heavy with a beautiful dark chocolate note right off the bat. There’s a brief phase with a fermented slightly antiseptic quality that dissipates quickly. Following that you get the beautiful signature grapefruit note, that transitions into a rich vintage leather and cigar tobacco resinous drydown.

Ensar’s Burmi opens up much lighter and airier in comparison. It opens with beautiful sweet red fruit and a slight camphoric tingle. It has a distinct tobacco note but instead of the heavy vintage Smokey cigar tobacco found in Sulaym, this one is a light sweet airy tobacco. This is not a light oud by any means however in comparison to Sulaym 1 it feels light.

Overall two great ouds. I find that the opening of Ensar’s Burmi maybe shines a bit more with the beautiful sweetness and fruitiness. However the deep resinous drydown of Sulaym 1 is incredible and continues to showcase its complexity for longer than Ensar’s.

Happy to have these two incredible high grade Burmese examples in my collection.

Beautiful review. No.1 has this deep, resinous incense note that lingers for hours and projects into any room you walk into. I recently gifted my personal bottle to a friend I made in Madina al Munawarah. I do miss it as it was my go to Oud on most days.

Another point is that there is so many burmi available from HM Sultan Qaboos. Faizal and I must have tested 6 different HM Burmi yesterday and they all have similar profiles but differ in intensity and dry down. Some are extremely potent and give the grapefruit throughout the experience. Some are more smoky and more incense heavy, possibly distilled at a higher temp. Some are more ‘raw’ and have a woody dry down. All very beautiful in their own way.

AJ Industries were employed by the Sultan to distill HM’s personal Oudh using a distillery set up which ran for many a year. We are just lucky that we are the first public generation to have access to these oils. A profound honour.

 

[SULAYM]

Also, based on what I have seen and experienced from the HM collections:

1. Hindi seems to have been distilled in the highest quantity and I have experienced at least 4 varieties. They differ based on the decade they were distilled. The Sultan made gift sets which included this oil and was gifted on a yearly basis to those close to the palace.
2. Burmi must have been a favourite of the Sultan. It’s packaged in the flacons which were gifted to dignitaries, royals and personal staff members. Think crystal and gold flacons, embezzled and hand made by artisans.
3. Maroke was a region which you very rarely come across. Hence the price tag it commands in the current market.
4. Malay oils of the Sultan are the most unique and clean oils which came out of the Palace. A true pleasure to possess.

 

[Arabiad07]

Also, based on what I have seen and experienced from the HM collections:

1. Hindi seems to have been distilled in the highest quantity and I have experienced at least 4 varieties. They differ based on the decade they were distilled. The Sultan made gift sets which included this oil and was gifted on a yearly basis to those close to the palace.
2. Burmi must have been a favourite of the Sultan. It’s packaged in the flacons which were gifted to dignitaries, royals and personal staff members. Think crystal and gold flacons, embezzled and hand made by artisans.
3. Maroke was a region which you very rarely come across. Hence the price tag it commands in the current market.
4. Malay oils of the Sultan are the most unique and clean oils which came out of the Palace. A true pleasure to possess.

How many different Malaysians do you think he distilled or are out there

 

[oudstronaut]

Trat Ateek - Rising Phoenix Perfumery

60 year old aged crassna oud.

A big scent with the viscosity of molasses. Notes of ancient wood furniture, grape skins, antiseptic, musk, turmeric, and kinam. Feels so weird to put something 60 years old on your skin and for it to radiate this antique smell all around you.

Not really any “barnyard” with this either which surprised me. There is a bit of a urinal/muskiness. But this is where the animalics stop.

As you can easily find out, this one is not currently being sold in his Etsy shop. I consider myself rather fortunate to have been able to experience this stuff…. I had a mini haul of vintage ouds come in this week. I’m looking forward to trying these out and making some posts about them for you all!

 

[SULAYM]

How many different Malaysians do you think he distilled or are out there

In the past few years I have come across maybe 5 different variations so far. Two crystalline purple Malays (think HM Purple Malay) two green Malays (such as HM Royal Malay) and one very unique Malay Muateq coming soon to SULAYM next month in our latest HM Collection launch. The wild Malaysian wood used to distill these oils, and the amount used, really makes you think if we will be able to replicate this calibre of Oud oils in the future.

 

[Mousse de Chene]

Al Malek Al Hindi II - Al Shareef Oudh. Words cannot describe nor give it justice. Oudh perfection, the final step.

 

[Xerohome]

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Al Malek Al Hindi II - Al Shareef Oudh. Words cannot describe nor give it justice. Oudh perfection, the final step.

I bought Kanbi-Koh after reading your review, and found out that your description was spot on and it's one of the best oils i've tried.
so, now I'd really love to hear your thoughts on that one, because we might have somehow similar oud oils taste ; )
also i've never come across an indian oud that grabbed my attention or my liking.

 

[TheOudDood]

Hainan and Men tien from Fushigi.

As hyperbolic as it sounds, I do actually get a bit of Kyara feeling and aspects of the kyara arms from these oils. There's a qualitative difference and somatic effect found therein that is a bit unique to kyara in my experience.

Men tien seems to repeatedly and consistently produce almost an eye watering and brain freeze type of effect that I have not experienced otherwise. My hunch is that it is due to the agallocha material and the kind of spicy fennel chili curry quality that moves in and out over top a green oil kyara like base.

Hainan is simply of my favorite oils of all time and I believe to be the same as Royal Kinam 2.0. After owning both, this is my conjecture, but of course all parties will likely deny or avoid such claims, so ultimately - who cares.

I just enjoy keeping my space with an undercurrent of kyara through out the day now. Both by heating wood and wearing tiny amounts of these oils. Truly it is a luxury and blessing, indeed.

 

[Kolalid]

AA - Kecantikan

My first experience with Agar Aura. While this is a Borneo oil, I believe it contains materials from all over the island including Malinau, Brunei, etc. This results in a pretty unique oil to my nose.

It opens with a wet green jungle vibe that is accompanied by beautiful purple florals right out the gate. This oud has a very pronounced candy like sweetness. This candy sweetness is mixed with a red cherry medicinal vibe devoid of any bitterness that is sometimes found with medicinal notes.

Towards the middle the oil develops a deep creamy facet, and there’s a hint of the malinau honeyed drydown but it comes and goes as a whisper in the background. You get a soft sweet green mint without anything piercing or sharp. The florals have shifted from purple to white. There’s something extremely clean about this oil, almost a certain kind of soapiness in the texture and scent profile.

Overall an enjoyable and interesting oil, unique among Borneo oils I’ve tried. Perhaps many of these characteristics are found in other Brunei oils or different parts of Borneo that I haven’t experienced much. To my nose it has some classic Borneo elements with some features that remind me of some Malaysians I’ve tried.