Ahmaoud
True Ouddict
You know Escentually, I know exactly what you're talking about. There's an old Viet oil, that's traditionally distillated which for whatever reason reminds me of the cola notes in some Wild, West Malaysian oils!
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AlHind Oud
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Kinabalu Gold 2 - Sabah
No words can define this oil but I'll try my best. Mountain Breeze, Forest, Sweet Incense, Ethereal, Elegant, Royal. Justice is served for this batch 2!
There are oils that shows strength even when they are fresh and this is one of them.
No words can define this oil but I'll try my best. Mountain Breeze, Forest, Sweet Incense, Ethereal, Elegant, Royal. Justice is served for this batch 2!
There are oils that shows strength even when they are fresh and this is one of them.
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Mr.P
oud<3er
Oriscent China Exclusive i've had sitting in a box since it was released. I don't tend to wear this a whole lot but I do think it is a very nice specimen, and i enjoy checking it out every so often.
I recall this was reviewed as a bit of a challenging oil when it was first released due to fermentation notes, but looking at it today a lot of that initial fermented funk has faded and a nice robust peaty phenolic oud remains. I also never found this oil challenging on the level of a traditional Hindi for example.
i don't know if this is typical hainan oil (where it is from) - the scent does not bring kinam or ck or kyara or sinensis or even crassna to mind. My experience with oil from Hainan is very limited, not sure which species are common there besides sinensis.
The ferment is the kind i like most: peaty and with some of the middle notes of fermented lao oud (without the cheese and without smelling literally like a lao oil). There's a little bit of a dull wet wood backdrop like many oils given the soak treatment, but it is not too strong and well covered/blended with the tangy oud scent.
It has elements that remind me of some older malaysian oils as well, though I would never confuse it for one. Nice oil with a unique aroma and quality fermentation notes, a very pleasant incensy bitterness emerges as time passes.
I stored this one in a small amber bottle so there's nothing to photograph.
I recall this was reviewed as a bit of a challenging oil when it was first released due to fermentation notes, but looking at it today a lot of that initial fermented funk has faded and a nice robust peaty phenolic oud remains. I also never found this oil challenging on the level of a traditional Hindi for example.
i don't know if this is typical hainan oil (where it is from) - the scent does not bring kinam or ck or kyara or sinensis or even crassna to mind. My experience with oil from Hainan is very limited, not sure which species are common there besides sinensis.
The ferment is the kind i like most: peaty and with some of the middle notes of fermented lao oud (without the cheese and without smelling literally like a lao oil). There's a little bit of a dull wet wood backdrop like many oils given the soak treatment, but it is not too strong and well covered/blended with the tangy oud scent.
It has elements that remind me of some older malaysian oils as well, though I would never confuse it for one. Nice oil with a unique aroma and quality fermentation notes, a very pleasant incensy bitterness emerges as time passes.
I stored this one in a small amber bottle so there's nothing to photograph.
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Mike Jonez
True Ouddict
mesOUD x Yusa - Levent
AA - Lao 4K
AA - Lao 4K
Escentually
True Ouddict
I wear oud everyday. Depending on the mood I’ll choose an oil. Usually lighter ones for the day and then a heavier classic one for the nighttime. I’ll usually add a spray or two of a perfume if I’m going out and about, but oud everyday
ain soph aur
Oud Fanatic
east bengal agar co - sylhet kala al hind...very pronounced fermentation notes, stewed fruits, hay, barnyard/animalic characteristics. notes soften over time revealing wonderful resinous woody agallocha base.
oud.time
Sandalwouddict
Al Hind Crassna Thursday
Some crassna oils get overpowered by dominant/over ripe fruits and oils like this smell nice to me for an hour or two and then i get tired of them. The following do not fall into this category:
Khmer Jadeed - This opens with tobacco notes, then it does have some fruits and finally it finishes with a relaxing fruity/floral cambodi resin vibe. Very relaxing overall.
Vintage Viet Royale 2012 - This one has a strong berry note but the overall vibe of the oil is dark. Berries and balsamic and resin and darkness. They all fit together quite well. One of my favorite crassna oils.
Some crassna oils get overpowered by dominant/over ripe fruits and oils like this smell nice to me for an hour or two and then i get tired of them. The following do not fall into this category:
Khmer Jadeed - This opens with tobacco notes, then it does have some fruits and finally it finishes with a relaxing fruity/floral cambodi resin vibe. Very relaxing overall.
Vintage Viet Royale 2012 - This one has a strong berry note but the overall vibe of the oil is dark. Berries and balsamic and resin and darkness. They all fit together quite well. One of my favorite crassna oils.
Escentually
True Ouddict
@mesOUD - Thai Classic
@mesOUD - Prachinburi
Wanted to revisit a Thai Classic again after it being the first sample I tried from the set. Very old dusty leather, raw animal hide type. Rotting fruits underneath it all. A soaked profile in a way I quite enjoy. Not cloyingly sweet, something I prefer to the pursat profile.
Tried on Prachinburi again this morning. Very jammy sweet, almost rosy type. A wintergeen cooling hits you in the opening hard. Smooth tobacco keeps it smelling earthy in a zero petrichor or damp notes kind of way. So far one of my favorite profiles from the region behind Koh Chang.
@mesOUD - Prachinburi
Wanted to revisit a Thai Classic again after it being the first sample I tried from the set. Very old dusty leather, raw animal hide type. Rotting fruits underneath it all. A soaked profile in a way I quite enjoy. Not cloyingly sweet, something I prefer to the pursat profile.
Tried on Prachinburi again this morning. Very jammy sweet, almost rosy type. A wintergeen cooling hits you in the opening hard. Smooth tobacco keeps it smelling earthy in a zero petrichor or damp notes kind of way. So far one of my favorite profiles from the region behind Koh Chang.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
I know right!!? So bloody good. 💚💚
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Got stuck straight into Oud Said - MesOud yesterday when my bottle arrived. Feel very blessed to have a healthy bottle of this now. This morning I've gone for a swipe of Sumbawa Black - MesOud. I had to get a bottle of this also because I could not decide on which I liked better, realising they're both equally as wonderful. Sometimes I prefer this deep leather scent from the Black over the leather AND tobacco notes from Said. Head turning stuff for sure.
Mr.P
oud<3er
I have always been keen on finding good mainichi oud that i can wear daily at a low cost with reasonable compromise on quality and still presenting pleasant authentic oud notes.
In this case the kyarashrine green ck oil is becoming my daily budget carry. Price is good, presents pleasant minty aspects of kinam and leaves a very appealing dry down. Intensity is good compared to other budget CK oils i have smelled, not really competing with the artisanal stuff of course. i would have to do a side by side with other ck oils to know how it compares because there is considerable overlap. Ck is ck after all, and distillation is distillation so it is no surprise there is similarity - gentle, sweet, slight minty note.
Some of the top and mid notes are a bit grating, and the sweetness is not the same as the delicious sweetness of heated green kinam. there is no sense of ancient resin or perfect bittersweetness. The mintyness isn't super strong or deep.
Ck oil for me has fallen into 4 categories, i prefer type 1 or a blend of 1 and 4. This oil is type 1 and is 1/2 the price of the last type 1 i got a sample of.
1. Minty sweet kinamic dry down
2. Cassie/marzipan crassna like dry down
3. Bitter heavy salivary note mild sweet
4. Bitter heavy salivary note robusto peppery
I know there are all kinds of different fractions out there so there are probably many more different types
In this case the kyarashrine green ck oil is becoming my daily budget carry. Price is good, presents pleasant minty aspects of kinam and leaves a very appealing dry down. Intensity is good compared to other budget CK oils i have smelled, not really competing with the artisanal stuff of course. i would have to do a side by side with other ck oils to know how it compares because there is considerable overlap. Ck is ck after all, and distillation is distillation so it is no surprise there is similarity - gentle, sweet, slight minty note.
Some of the top and mid notes are a bit grating, and the sweetness is not the same as the delicious sweetness of heated green kinam. there is no sense of ancient resin or perfect bittersweetness. The mintyness isn't super strong or deep.
Ck oil for me has fallen into 4 categories, i prefer type 1 or a blend of 1 and 4. This oil is type 1 and is 1/2 the price of the last type 1 i got a sample of.
1. Minty sweet kinamic dry down
2. Cassie/marzipan crassna like dry down
3. Bitter heavy salivary note mild sweet
4. Bitter heavy salivary note robusto peppery
I know there are all kinds of different fractions out there so there are probably many more different types
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Quintillus
True Ouddict
I have finally felt well enough to fully appreciate Levent from @mesOUD x @YusaAromatics so I had my first small dot wearing on skin.
It is such a beautiful oil in it's young age. Extremely high frequency mind altering opening (not harsh to me). Full bodied, deep aquatic notes, some tabacco, and a vanilla incense dry down. The tenacity and longevity is crazy. A very special oil indeed and one I am looking forward to discovering and deciphering as it ages and matures.
It is such a beautiful oil in it's young age. Extremely high frequency mind altering opening (not harsh to me). Full bodied, deep aquatic notes, some tabacco, and a vanilla incense dry down. The tenacity and longevity is crazy. A very special oil indeed and one I am looking forward to discovering and deciphering as it ages and matures.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Thai Zen - AlHind Oud @Ahmaoud you were so right about this one. It's like smearing myself in jam! I've just spent a good 10min transfering .25ml into a sample bottle to carry with me. This stuff just doesn't move! You could knock this bottle over without worry because it ain't coming out in a hurry lol.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Really pleased you're enjoying this oil mate.
harshabhat86
True Ouddict
Al Shareef Oudh
Master Perfumer
Gem of an oil
Mr.P
oud<3er
I am wearing a wonderful Sumatran oil from An Najwa. Reminds me of a couple of different sumatran oils I've smelled including and old Aceh from agarwoodindonesia, and also a bit of zamrad II (not from Sumatra).
I'm not saying I would mix up these oils - they are each distinctive- but there's this one certain quality they share which I assume reflects the species... a unique je ne sais quoi, I always experience it as a custardy quality, and it is backed by a lovely tantalizing bittersweet resin note and surrounded by what i experience as ambergris adjacent and oceanic notes.
Smooth oil, no off notes, nothing burnt or shrill, just delicious oud through and through.
I know I keep writing glowing positive reviews here… I just talk about the oud i actually enjoy
I'm not saying I would mix up these oils - they are each distinctive- but there's this one certain quality they share which I assume reflects the species... a unique je ne sais quoi, I always experience it as a custardy quality, and it is backed by a lovely tantalizing bittersweet resin note and surrounded by what i experience as ambergris adjacent and oceanic notes.
Smooth oil, no off notes, nothing burnt or shrill, just delicious oud through and through.
I know I keep writing glowing positive reviews here… I just talk about the oud i actually enjoy
Mr.P
oud<3er
Here's another good one:
Mesoud Levant on the opposite arm from the sumatra. This oil has some kind of distinctive resinous herbal floral top note that is evocative of something hard to pin down but once again hints at forgotten memories of a beautiful place. I've had this experience a couple of times, where an oud presents some new facet that you haven't experienced but which is somehow familiar, and some stirring of emotions occurs like smelling a familiar smell from childhood. Some other oil I sampled recently had that same effect.
It's got that saturated almost soapy vibe, nice bitter resin note. The unusual topnote accord is a treat... there is a hint of something that makes me think of galbanum. Lovely sophisticated specimen oud.
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Mesoud Levant on the opposite arm from the sumatra. This oil has some kind of distinctive resinous herbal floral top note that is evocative of something hard to pin down but once again hints at forgotten memories of a beautiful place. I've had this experience a couple of times, where an oud presents some new facet that you haven't experienced but which is somehow familiar, and some stirring of emotions occurs like smelling a familiar smell from childhood. Some other oil I sampled recently had that same effect.
It's got that saturated almost soapy vibe, nice bitter resin note. The unusual topnote accord is a treat... there is a hint of something that makes me think of galbanum. Lovely sophisticated specimen oud.
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