Oud of the Day

Just wanted to post this here, but I put on some Koh Kong 2015 by CraftOud yesterday, and I washed my hands this morning, not went for a shower yet though lol. But I can still smell the dry down and it is bloody super strong, as if I am at the very start of the dry down😮 , crazy potent stuff, I have only used overall 0.06g/ml overall and I have used it twice.
 
Oud Royale for the evening.

[Ouddict.com] Oud of the Day

Now I have managed to acquire this oil from three different sources. They are all the exact same oil. I wonder why Ensar sells it under his Oriscent line when it is clear as day that he was not the only one lucky enough to be "gifted" this oil. And why doesn't he sell it under the "Royal/SQ" oils collection alongside Meghalaya 1977? Anyway, this is an exceptional oil. I don't care much for these Papua/New Guinea/Merauke oils. Hardly. But man, this oil is one of my favorites ever. This oil proves that one doesn't need fancy equipment and distillation techniques as long as the raw material is of this caliber. Legend for a reason. At the price Faizal sold this, it was an absolute STEAL. Best price I've seen around for this oil. If I could get more for the same money, I probably would. It's that good.
 
Dr B1414 said:
Oud Royale for the evening.

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Now I have managed to acquire this oil from three different sources. They are all the exact same oil. I wonder why Ensar sells it under his Oriscent line when it is clear as day that he was not the only one lucky enough to be "gifted" this oil. And why doesn't he sell it under the "Royal/SQ" oils collection alongside Meghalaya 1977? Anyway, this is an exceptional oil. I don't care much for these Papua/New Guinea/Merauke oils. Hardly. But man, this oil is one of my favorites ever. This oil proves that one doesn't need fancy equipment and distillation techniques as long as the raw material is of this caliber. Legend for a reason. At the price Faizal sold this, it was an absolute STEAL. Best price I've seen around for this oil. If I could get more for the same money, I probably would. It's that good.
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Yes I still asking myself why I did not take it when @Faizal_p offered it to me 😢
 
@Ersel @Zazu I owe you an apology! I didnt have time to swipe all 3 oils today and I had to go on a nightshift.
Tomorrow I have more time 🫡
But I swiped Altaws now before sleep and this incensy phase is growing on me (I am burning way more oud wood lately so maybe thats why I also enjoy it in the oil more now)
 
SULAYM's Thai Khiao.

This oil I wear every now and then, when I first got it I wore it quite a lot since it was a good price and I had 3g, and only quarter of an inch of the oil is gone, maybe near half an inch, it's practically still full tbh, would take me atleast a year to get to half of this stuff, I reckon.

Anyway, with more experience of oils, and some other woods, and nose refinement and of course, the most important thing, hotter weather, has made most of my oils shine, and this is no exception. I am getting really strong notes, that fit the description and more... finding how the fragrance plays is great as it is actually not that linear, of course the description is accurate but there's some notes in here that aren't mentioned and (I think anyway) SULAYM said it was quite a linear oil, I wouldn't say so, it doesn't play out EXACTLY the same every time.

Anyway, I put the oil on and it was a burst of green, herbaceous, soaking wet, jungle notes, with strong woody notes of agarwood and a camphor woody note, with a very pleasing bitterness mimicking as if I am in a wild, rainy jungle even more. After a while with all these notes going on, the camphor note started to pick up some menthol mintiness (then medicinal menthol notes, but that's a little later on), which made the oil clear and sharp, with oak moss-like notes.
Not too soon later I was getting some sweet/sour orange-like fruity notes, and maybe some actual orange peel (but I am not too sure), juicy sweet/sourness combines with the bitterness of the jungle, rainy notes. Woodiness is very strong in the first 2 hours, and tbh, most of the duration of this oil. Then the camphor menthol mintiness built up and up and up, and became quite a medicinal note for a good while, not unpleasant in anyway, and some muskiness is there too. Notes of agarwood and burning agarwood came and went, usually during the first 2 hours.

After 2 hours there is a nice gentle, woody, tangy aloeswood note with some tartness, dry and tangy resinous together (the description of the oil says thats how it starts out, but for me it gets overlooked by the super strong, greenery, bitter, woody notes and camphor, or maybe it just depends on how the notes play out, hence why I think it isn't that linear as stated) , with notes of sweet and sour "orange and slightly red" coloured fruit, with a gentle undertone of greenery at the background. Nicely done leather notes seep in now with the agarwood, sweet/sour fruits and other notes that are getting quite smokey with woodiness with some powderiness... I think dry down will end up either just a powdery wood with some smokiness or maybe some floral notes?... let's see 👀 😏.

Overall brilliant oil, and insanely good price for an artisanal oil.

I am happy!!!
 
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🇰🇭 Cambodia showdown 🇰🇭
Today I applied Pursat Maliki (Habzoud), Altaws (Habzoud) and Murasaki (Yusa Aromatics) at the same time with enough distance on both hands for comparison purposes.

Starting with Murasaki, which offers a rich smell of dark fruits like a sugarfree jam, which, with the floral nuances that you will get, gives it a purple feeling and hence the name Murasaki. It's amazing. Side by side, it starts alrdy fruitier than the other 2 oud oils. It has a balanced sweetness just perfect to transport beautiful purple feeling in a pleasing and comforting way.
1hour in, the purple aspect fades and the oil is zooming into a honey fruit salad where the smoothness provides a milky texture. Sweet, fruity and 0 smoke.
Pursat maliki: yes, it starts with the smokey incensy aspect. It's like you're burning an oud chip on low heat, truly captivating. It has a lot of sweetness (in comparison to Altaws) and an orange golden color spectrum. But in combination with the incense smokiness wafting in your nose, it's not overwhelming or cloying sweet in any way. It has "oomph" and depth as @Zazu mentioned.
After 1 hour the incense aspect fades together with the sweetness dialing down and the sweet delicious pursat fruitiness shines more. (I find pursat oils to have a more orange golden fruity scent while Koh Kongs provide more red plums, strawberries or resins fruitiness.)
Altaws: I also pursued a similar smokey aspect to PM, but the oud chips quality is not on par with the PM. The smokey incense cloud is sharper/harsher, not as pleasant smooth as pursat maliki.
Funny is that side by side a lot of these unique multicolored sweet and fruity aspects of Altaws got stripped off. I got instant incense and this brown earthy touch. Even now after more than 1hour I still cant perceive these aspects (my nose just turned 'em off).

.Sweetness: Murasaki: 4/5, Pursat Maliki: 3/5, Altaws: 1.5/5
.Fruitiness: Murasaki: 5/5, Pursat Maliki: 3.5/5, Altaws: 2/5
.Incense/smoke: Murasaki: 0/5, Pursat Maliki: 3/5, Altaws: 4/5
Ps. With smokey I dont mean burnt wood or a grill scent, more like oud smoke wafting from a burning chip. Neither of the oils is off-putting.
My personal opinion is that Pursat Maliki smells of a high quality and offers a unique pursat experience capturing the smell of a pursat oud chip on low heat, especially when swiped on its own.
For Altaws goes the same, its prettier and amazing swiped on its own but in the comparison my nose couldn't get the full spectrum of the oil.
Murasaki somehow offered a similar experience as when I swipe it on its own and I think mainly because it didnt have any auxiliary notes (incense, earthiness). Just a delicate pure fruity and milky experience
 
Obada said:
🇰🇭 Cambodia showdown 🇰🇭
Today I applied Pursat Maliki (Habzoud), Altaws (Habzoud) and Murasaki (Yusa Aromatics) at the same time with enough distance on both hands for comparison purposes.

Starting with Murasaki, which offers a rich smell of dark fruits like a sugarfree jam, which, with the floral nuances that you will get, gives it a purple feeling and hence the name Murasaki. It's amazing. Side by side, it starts alrdy fruitier than the other 2 oud oils. It has a balanced sweetness just perfect to transport beautiful purple feeling in a pleasing and comforting way.
1hour in, the purple aspect fades and the oil is zooming into a honey fruit salad where the smoothness provides a milky texture. Sweet, fruity and 0 smoke.
Pursat maliki: yes, it starts with the smokey incensy aspect. It's like you're burning an oud chip on low heat, truly captivating. It has a lot of sweetness (in comparison to Altaws) and an orange golden color spectrum. But in combination with the incense smokiness wafting in your nose, it's not overwhelming or cloying sweet in any way. It has "oomph" and depth as @Zazu mentioned.
After 1 hour the incense aspect fades together with the sweetness dialing down and the sweet delicious pursat fruitiness shines more. (I find pursat oils to have a more orange golden fruity scent while Koh Kongs provide more red plums, strawberries or resins fruitiness.)
Altaws: I also pursued a similar smokey aspect to PM, but the oud chips quality is not on par with the PM. The smokey incense cloud is sharper/harsher, not as pleasant smooth as pursat maliki.
Funny is that side by side a lot of these unique multicolored sweet and fruity aspects of Altaws got stripped off. I got instant incense and this brown earthy touch. Even now after more than 1hour I still cant perceive these aspects (my nose just turned 'em off).

.Sweetness: Murasaki: 4/5, Pursat Maliki: 3/5, Altaws: 1.5/5
.Fruitiness: Murasaki: 5/5, Pursat Maliki: 3.5/5, Altaws: 2/5
.Incense/smoke: Murasaki: 0/5, Pursat Maliki: 3/5, Altaws: 4/5
Ps. With smokey I dont mean burnt wood or a grill scent, more like oud smoke wafting from a burning chip. Neither of the oils is off-putting.
My personal opinion is that Pursat Maliki smells of a high quality and offers a unique pursat experience capturing the smell of a pursat oud chip on low heat, especially when swiped on its own.
For Altaws goes the same, its prettier and amazing swiped on its own but in the comparison my nose couldn't get the full spectrum of the oil.
Murasaki somehow offered a similar experience as when I swipe it on its own and I think mainly because it didnt have any auxiliary notes (incense, earthiness). Just a delicate pure fruity and milky experience
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Great comparison of a handful of Cambodian oils. These write-ups can be of great value to people looking to purchase their first Cambodi oil.
 
I'll follow up on my good colleague @Obada with

PH Philippines PH

There are not many PH oils out there but I managed to acquire several and sample a couple more so now I can say I know where my preference stands, at least. The oils that I have tried were to my nose either of the Cumingiana or the Filaria Species. I can say for sure I much prefer the latter when it comes to these Philli oils.

Oriscent Oud Royale 2 hands down the best I have tried. The only one I could see being a fair contender for it is AA Philippinas 1 which I am yet to try. However, knowing my preference and aesthetics I think I'd take OR2 over it. This oil has a full spectrum with shimmering, high-pitched notes in the top and mid, and a deep, creamy woody base. Quite a contrast between the top, mid, and base notes. Ozonic, fresh, green, and floral in the first half, and then deep Oudiness in the second part. Pristine and clear profile throughout.

Oriscent Pinoy LTD is not far away from his bigger brother. I'd say for the money and availability, this is the best Philli oil one can purchase right now before it goes to 5k, and I can see that happening soon. It offers everything OR2 does but lacks in that shimmering, ozonic, violet-leaf green, and creamy floral top half. The profile feels more grounded. I'd say it still displays some nice floral accords but it certainly lacks the "breezing", fresh notes, at least to the extent I perceive them in OR2. Still, not far from the latter, a very good oil.

Yusa Leyte walks in the same vein as the previous two, smells like Filaria to me. The problem is that overall it lacks the roundness of the two EOs, the body, and depth. It also has a noticeable sweetness wich the other two lack. More transparent and sweeter but bearing that nice DNA scent profile the first two carry. It's priced similarly to Pinoy per gram, which for me is the clear winner.

EO Abu Yog here, we switch from Filaria to Cumingiana Species. I'll just say it straight up. I don't enjoy these Cumingiana oils from the PH. It shares many similarities with another oil on this list, IO Malindang, minus the Gyrinops dry-down of the latter. I just don't enjoy that profile, especially after experiencing oils like the first three.

To my preferance OR2 > Pinoy > Leyte > AbuYog > Malindang. I'd say the overall winner is Pinoy. I don't feel OR2 is worth double the money or more, and the search. But it's nice to have lol.
 
It's very interesting smelling the kinam oils that have been emerging. Olefaktory's was the first for me, and I have smelled a handful of samples in between including an earlier one from Al Hind, one from Mesoud, and a few from Wardlab. They have varied considerably: delicate floral, pungent confectionery, marzipan, wintergreen, violet/cucumber, spicy and peppery, animalic honey/salivary.

I have a sample of White Kinam oil from Al Hind, and it falls on the confectionery end of the spectrum - very sweet sugary opening emphasizing marizpan/benzaldehyde and to a lesser degree, wintergreen. I am not getting any or peppery/spicy notes, the sinensis salivary aspect is there but just on the edge of perceptibility. The marzipan and wintergreen are surrounded by a syrupy sweet note common to most of my ck oils - it is a little bit oudy, minty, slight bitter and with some light pungency/sourness I associate with young oils of the crassna type if smelled full-on.

I keep getting impressions of a faint sweet tobacco leaf aroma when I catch a light waft but when smelled up close it becomes sweeter and sugary.

Top notes are pretty explosive and seem to make up a large% of this oil's impact. On my skin, now that the introduction has passed, there remains a sweet slightly toasty scent that has a balance of bitter sweet and minty without menthol. I don't have any comments on the duration and dry down of this oil, yet.

I'm still learning to understand the CK oil profile - it always surprises me how different it is from the heated wood chips. So for this and pretty much every sample I have tried, the CK oils take a while to settle down and resemble the smell of heated wood itself. I look forward to seeing how these age and what else comes out of this new gold rush
 
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It's very interesting smelling the kinam oils that have been emerging. Olefaktory's was the first for me, and I have smelled a handful of samples in between including an earlier one from Al Hind, one from Mesoud, and a few from Wardlab. They have varied considerably: delicate floral, pungent confectionery, marzipan, wintergreen, violet/cucumber, spicy and peppery, animalic honey/salivary.
This falls on the confectionery end of the spectrum - very sweet sugary opening emphasizing marizpan/benzaldehyde and to a lesser degree, wintergreen. I am not getting any or peppery/spicy notes, the sinensis salivary aspect is there but just on the edge of perceptibility. The marzipan and wintergreen are surrounded by a syrupy sweet note common to most of my ck oils - it is a little bit oudy, minty, slight bitter and with some light pungency/sourness I associate with young oils of the crassna type if smelled full-on.

I keep getting impressions of a faint sweet tobacco leaf aroma when I catch a light waft but when smelled up close it becomes sweeter and sugary.

Top notes are pretty explosive and seem to make up a large% of this oil's impact. On my skin, now that the introduction has passed, there remains a sweet slightly toasty scent that has a balance of bitter sweet and minty without menthol. I don't have any comments on the duration and dry down of this oil, yet.

I'm still learning to understand the CK oil profile - it always surprises me how different it is from the heated wood chips. So for this and pretty much every sample I have tried, the CK oils take a while to settle down and resemble the smell of heated wood itself. I look forward to seeing how these age and what else comes out of this new gold rush
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I had no idea CK oils could be so varied! The sample I have here from Mesoud was nothing like expected at all. It almost has a smokey, slightly burnt coffee top note. Haven't tried it on the skin yet so that's all I can get out of the bottle as of yet.
 
Revisiting a sample
Habzoud - Taj Mahal
Orange skin-y (I grated some orange skins for cake baking a few days ago, and it kind of reminded me of that smell) hay, clarified butter sweetness. I didn't appreciate this one enough to buy a gram, but I think I should have. It's fascinating how destillation style has an impact on oils. (If I compare this one to the one more traditional style 'Al Hareer')
 
-Renton- said:
You get a blue hue in Walla Patta wood or oil? With wood it is always green, jungle type notes. Weird how I have never been in a jungle but I kinda know what a jungle smells like? So weird, I think it has something to do with DNA memory IMO.
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in the wood yes - it's actually the only "cross" note that I've got from both wood & oil (but only certain oils)
 
Jinkoh Store Emperor of Meghalaya
it turned out this is the one I tried with a friend couple days back. it is the only Hindi oud I need in my collection. it's smooth, playful and stays forever on the skin (even after showering). opening got this powdery medium body leather and slightly hay note that is far from being old school or barnyardy. heart is all about yellow flowers and ripe fruits like apricot, the drydown is a very fine and delicate tea note.
 
Dr B1414 said:
Oud Royale for the evening.

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Now I have managed to acquire this oil from three different sources. They are all the exact same oil. I wonder why Ensar sells it under his Oriscent line when it is clear as day that he was not the only one lucky enough to be "gifted" this oil. And why doesn't he sell it under the "Royal/SQ" oils collection alongside Meghalaya 1977? Anyway, this is an exceptional oil. I don't care much for these Papua/New Guinea/Merauke oils. Hardly. But man, this oil is one of my favorites ever. This oil proves that one doesn't need fancy equipment and distillation techniques as long as the raw material is of this caliber. Legend for a reason. At the price Faizal sold this, it was an absolute STEAL. Best price I've seen around for this oil. If I could get more for the same money, I probably would. It's that good.
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Yes was sold for a steal

Who’s the third seller?
 
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