Dr B1414
True Ouddict
EO Oud Ertugrul, the first one
EO Sultan Mehmet
So I put some Ertugrul next to Mehmet. People compare OE often to Mehmet, and to a lesser extent, to Borneo Kinam. They are definitely related, more so than to Borneo Kinam. I wouldn't be surprised if they are sister distillations from the same harvest. Maybe the better pieces and the NG wood went into juicing Mehmet.
The opening part feels most different about them. Mehmet has this very faint NG touch (bluish-green-smoky) while that bit is absent in OE letting the red-purple sweet berries feel more assertive. It feels at this point like a more childish, playful, and confectionary sweet Mehmet, without the NG green-blue coloration. More sheer also. After about an hour or so, they both seem to converge toward the same profile. Like, I'm literally going between them and they smell almost identical. Will see how they continue to develop. So far they feel like young(playful) and mature(poised) versions of the same oil in the opening and then smell pretty much identical in the heart. So far one might go and claim OE is more colorful but I believe that is only due to tempering Mehmet's color spectrum by throwing in those deeper shades of NG wood/resin. I'm pretty sure they are sister distillations, as it was hinted at many times by the EO team also. Moreover, the resemblance is striking. Also, if you read the blurb on Sealed Essence's website on OE you'll notice it says it is part of the Sultan Series of oils. I believe it was meant to be a Sultan oil in a way. Anyway, I love it of course, as I love Mehmet. What I love most about them is how they explore that creamy vanillic, rich, slightly dusty, and devoid of sweetness flavor of Borneo, unlike the ones that amp up those honey-like facets. They both feel incredibly dense and creamy but not syrupy sweet. There's that berry-like sweetness that is present in both but it's not a mainstay and only feels more overt in OE due to its profile being "more pure".
Looking forward to sampling Oud Ertugrul 2, which most likely comes from the same wood harvest and time frame, even though they say it's an older oil. It is known that distillers, and Ensar for sure, used to run several batch variations from the same wood harvest by doing small tweaks to the setup and parameters of the distillation. He did it with his Hindis, like Nuh and Isa, his Bhutanese oils, and the Oriscent Borneos like White Kinam(2016), Diesel(2017), and Borneo Kinam(2016). If OE 2 is as good as either OE or Mehmet, I think it's a steal for the price, especially when you consider the other Borneo oils on the market (the few I have tried anyway).
EO Sultan Mehmet
So I put some Ertugrul next to Mehmet. People compare OE often to Mehmet, and to a lesser extent, to Borneo Kinam. They are definitely related, more so than to Borneo Kinam. I wouldn't be surprised if they are sister distillations from the same harvest. Maybe the better pieces and the NG wood went into juicing Mehmet.
The opening part feels most different about them. Mehmet has this very faint NG touch (bluish-green-smoky) while that bit is absent in OE letting the red-purple sweet berries feel more assertive. It feels at this point like a more childish, playful, and confectionary sweet Mehmet, without the NG green-blue coloration. More sheer also. After about an hour or so, they both seem to converge toward the same profile. Like, I'm literally going between them and they smell almost identical. Will see how they continue to develop. So far they feel like young(playful) and mature(poised) versions of the same oil in the opening and then smell pretty much identical in the heart. So far one might go and claim OE is more colorful but I believe that is only due to tempering Mehmet's color spectrum by throwing in those deeper shades of NG wood/resin. I'm pretty sure they are sister distillations, as it was hinted at many times by the EO team also. Moreover, the resemblance is striking. Also, if you read the blurb on Sealed Essence's website on OE you'll notice it says it is part of the Sultan Series of oils. I believe it was meant to be a Sultan oil in a way. Anyway, I love it of course, as I love Mehmet. What I love most about them is how they explore that creamy vanillic, rich, slightly dusty, and devoid of sweetness flavor of Borneo, unlike the ones that amp up those honey-like facets. They both feel incredibly dense and creamy but not syrupy sweet. There's that berry-like sweetness that is present in both but it's not a mainstay and only feels more overt in OE due to its profile being "more pure".
Looking forward to sampling Oud Ertugrul 2, which most likely comes from the same wood harvest and time frame, even though they say it's an older oil. It is known that distillers, and Ensar for sure, used to run several batch variations from the same wood harvest by doing small tweaks to the setup and parameters of the distillation. He did it with his Hindis, like Nuh and Isa, his Bhutanese oils, and the Oriscent Borneos like White Kinam(2016), Diesel(2017), and Borneo Kinam(2016). If OE 2 is as good as either OE or Mehmet, I think it's a steal for the price, especially when you consider the other Borneo oils on the market (the few I have tried anyway).
