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@Castingshadows Coz my English is not good as yours, Sir.
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That’s a good reason but I hope that you are at least reading them closely to make sure they are accurate to how you feel about the oils.
ChatGPT tends to add details that are not part of the prompt.
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By the way after playing with CGPT last night to make those ‘reviews’, I kind of noticed that the language is surprisingly similar to the language that a lot of oud vendors use. I suspect that some vendors are already using CGPT to write the descriptions on their oils.
The reviews I posted here were very extreme and strange, but I had to play with the prompts to get descriptions like that.
After simply asking CGPT for a review of the oil, naming a few characteristics, and explaining that Maroke is not a reference to Morocco, I got something very similar to a normal Sulaym oud oil description. It seems like CGPT knows about oud and has a lot of descriptions in its database and it really did a great job of copying the writing style of artisanal oud vendors.
The reviews I posted here were very extreme and strange, but I had to play with the prompts to get descriptions like that.
After simply asking CGPT for a review of the oil, naming a few characteristics, and explaining that Maroke is not a reference to Morocco, I got something very similar to a normal Sulaym oud oil description. It seems like CGPT knows about oud and has a lot of descriptions in its database and it really did a great job of copying the writing style of artisanal oud vendors.
SamiterkiW
True Ouddict
My mistake 😓 it was written Mohammed on the package 📦
Sorry Brother Anas 😇
Castingshadows
@scentofsamadhi
Fair enough. I’m always curious when people use ChatGPT. Thanks for the reply.
AlHind Oud
Resident Artisan
All good brother, my first name is Anas.
Xerohome
True Ouddict
Tigerwood 1990 by EO
Thick, petroleum, funky, rough and musky oil. I remember when I first encountered this oil in 2020, it was a hate from first sniff lol, now it's interesting to say at least, a very delicious funk if that makes sense.
I 'd love to try Tigerwood Royale as I've read how smooth TWR compared to TW1990.
Thick, petroleum, funky, rough and musky oil. I remember when I first encountered this oil in 2020, it was a hate from first sniff lol, now it's interesting to say at least, a very delicious funk if that makes sense.
I 'd love to try Tigerwood Royale as I've read how smooth TWR compared to TW1990.
Mr.P
oud<3er
Oud of the day is an old bottle of Oudline Malay Super ("ML-OL-SRM Super" if I am reading it right). This is an oil that I like so much I hesitate to use it. It got a bunch of love back in the early basenotes days, one of Taha's favorites at the time if I recall. Heavy duty old peppery "oily"(?) Malaysian: phenolic bitter opening, very long lasting peppery note, dark heavy oily heart, spicy, earthy and woody presence overall. This oil always results in compliments because it's super dignified and the peppery note projects in an appealing way. It gets attention and then people like what they smell.
Castingshadows
@scentofsamadhi
I love that peppery Oud note. It’s what I chase on this journey. Especially when it shows up on a jacket a week or two after you swipe it.
Mr.P
oud<3er
Likewise! Anytime I'm about to sniff Malaysian my fingers are crossed that there's some pepper in there. Some of my old dark patchouli oil also presents some of that wonderful pepper note.
The original release of Oriscent Green Papua had really strong pepper projection, but for some reason in that oil it faded to the point where I don't see it as a peppery oil at all at this point.
Castingshadows
@scentofsamadhi
I never smelled that peppery quality in Green Papua either but sometimes I would catch wafts of peppery ouddiness when I’d be out in the desert heat and suddenly I’d smell that “pepper” note. I wish there was a way to replicate it.
Xerohome
True Ouddict
Mentarang oud oil from a local vendor
PEANUT! the opening was hilarious as this oil has the most realistic smell of peanut bag. Peanut, woody, minty, roasted nuts, a touch of coffee, Wow!
The drydown of this oil is fascinating, it goes to a direction of petrichor, jungle, earthy in a very satisfying way, White Kinam by EO came to my mind.
PEANUT! the opening was hilarious as this oil has the most realistic smell of peanut bag. Peanut, woody, minty, roasted nuts, a touch of coffee, Wow!
The drydown of this oil is fascinating, it goes to a direction of petrichor, jungle, earthy in a very satisfying way, White Kinam by EO came to my mind.
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Mr.P
oud<3er
Smelled a few peanut oils over the years lol... not my cup of tea but it's forgivable if it fades quickly
Castingshadows
@scentofsamadhi
Was there any resemblance to Jamaal?
Xerohome
True Ouddict
The drydown of this one makes me forgive the peanut opening.
Xerohome
True Ouddict
haven't tried this one yet.
Castingshadows
@scentofsamadhi
It was very peanut forward to my nose. Some say it’s Kinamic in the drydown but it was just lots and lots of peanuts for me. I haven’t tried it in a few years though. Maybe my nose is more developed now.
Mr.P
oud<3er
Pretty much my next thought was that there are some oils out there that are well worth the peanut introduction! 🙂
Ahmaoud
True Ouddict
Honestly the rest of the opening doesn't sound all that terrible, several Borneos I've tested have a hints of peanut-iness at the start. I'll have to check them again but sometimes I seem to get what people refer to as "hamster cage wood shavings" again for the briefest of moments.
Any idea if this is steam distilled? It's a long shot but the steam distilled vetivers I've tried seem to have an abundant peanut quality to them, but that's a completely different plant, different aromatics inside it, different way of cooking it, so it's the longest of shots, but it does seem to be a unique method of cooking utilized in Indonesia or so I've heard.
I'll have to recheck this one as well, I don't recall it having any sort of berry nuance. It was straight mentholic, herbal honey, with a vanillic dry down reminded me a lot of low temp Hindis but done with Sinensis. AHO's Oud Brunos, which was a co-distillation of Brunei and Laotian material was also really incredible, smelled like an orange creamsicle!
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