Last Night Swipe : AA - Royal Jerai
After sampling Hulubalang, Kirana and Pra Rachini it was time to bring out Royal Jerai. This came last, for it being an oil from an aged single tree my expectation from this was sky high.
So let's see how it plays, When you take a whiff from the vial it smells pretty similar to Malaya to me. First swipe of the oil it paints everything green on a white canvas sitting on a moist-aged wood stand. 20mins in, this changes to something unusual everything becomes minty it's not the etheral note I'm talking about more like eucalyptus mint. When you feel okay once this goes we get to the oudiness .. this oil surprises you by making you feel u bathed in cola.. this is my first experience with a cola note .. I guess this note could be an acquired taste in an Oud for a few, certainly it would be for me... Cola doesn't leave you for a good 2-3 hours with the power slowly diminishing and the oudiness coming to play ... oudiness gets overpowered by the cola note for my nose here ... I would wait on this one to settle for a few months being a fairly new oil I think there could be new facets seen by then...
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