Oud of the Day

[Joshua Riding]

Tonight I am wearing Fu Zang Long .......... A beautiful Chinese Oud oil from Farid at LMK ..... this one has a herbal/medicinal quality to it, incredibly bitter, nutty and unashamedly Chinese in its profile. It has a slight honey like sweetness to balance it out but retains its herbal, slightly earthy and bitter profile till the very end. Incredibly long lasting and an excellent company to deal with. This is one for fans of Chinese oud oils to jump on, whilst you can.... [emoji3059][emoji120][emoji3590]


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[Oudamberlove]

Swiped two economy Laos
One from Jay, one from Pichet
....not the same oil
dark green medicinal oudiness
versus sweet fruity with a touch of bubblegum.

Both aim at my brain....kapow!!!
nice agarwood hit!

 

[Anwar]

RPP Phnum Samkoh Wild 2014 Cambodi

Sweet, tart, deep, woody, incense-y, spicy, light leather. Quite good.

 

[Dan]

EO Sultan Beyazit

That smokey mineral feel one of the best ouds in my tiny collection

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[Mr.P]

Another day with Imperial Oud’s Super Hoi An. I have a few other sinensis oils including the much-hyped “Royal kinam” but this is the one I reach for.

 

[Dean]

Blue Kyara... makes today special alone

 

[Mr.P]

Can I double up? Just dabbed a little “yunnan” from ASO which I have a sample of. This is a classic complex pheromonic oud - swampy in a good way, changing into a wonderful warm mellow musky dry down.

 

[Andrew Salkin]

Another day with Imperial Oud’s Super Hoi An. I have a few other sinensis oils including the much-hyped “Royal kinam” but this is the one I reach for.

This is a senesis oil? I didn't realize. Is it pretty accurate to that sub?

 

[Joshua Riding]

Can I double up? Just dabbed a little “yunnan” from ASO which I have a sample of. This is a classic complex pheromonic oud - swampy in a good way, changing into a wonderful warm mellow musky dry down.

This is probably one of my grail Chinese oil, certainly within top 3


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[Dan]

Another day with Imperial Oud’s Super Hoi An. I have a few other sinensis oils including the much-hyped “Royal kinam” but this is the one I reach for.

Wow never realised this is Sinensis... far from most of the Sinensis oils which I have

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[Mr.P]

I think I have the species right. I also recall reading the species level identification is problematic even for botanists so take my proclamation with a grain of salt. To me the Hoi an, al shareef Ceen, Malek al Ceeni, royal kinam, and other imperial oud Chinese ouds I have smelled share this one particular obvious scent note that is missing in other ouds I have smelled. To varying degrees these oils bring high end Japanese incense and kyara to mind, and super hoi an hits this note the most out of all of them. The other oils are outrageously nice in their own ways... this is not a “better or worse” just “similar or different”

Most often I have seen this advertised as being Aquilaria sinensis.

 

[Dan]

I think I have the species right. I also recall reading the species level identification is problematic even for botanists so take my proclamation with a grain of salt. To me the Hoi an, al shareef Ceen, Malek al Ceeni, royal kinam, and other imperial oud Chinese ouds I have smelled share this one particular obvious scent note that is missing in other ouds I have smelled. To varying degrees these oils bring high end Japanese incense and kyara to mind, and super hoi an hits this note the most out of all of them. The other oils are outrageously nice in their own ways... this is not a “better or worse” just “similar or different”

Most often I have seen this advertised as being Aquilaria sinensis.

[emoji1374] I dont have a great nose as you Mr P ... may be I will have to Swipe a few together and try and study.

Everyday u learn something new about Oud [emoji4]

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[Mr.P]

Thanks, I don’t know that my nose is that good... but I see these threads connecting these aromas. Good nose or bad, I wish I had a chance to experience more ouds since sometimes a single oil can change the way you see a group of others.

Al Shareef’s Malek al Ceeni was one of those oils for me. When I sniffed it I finally understood why a couple of oils in my collection had such a different scent from other oud oil. A bunch of other experiences clicked into place when I smelled that.

There are folks here who have smelled 20 oud oils for every oil I have smelled - they must see the oud landscape in a totally different light.

 

[kooolaid79]

AgarAura’s ~ Au Luong

 

[Oudamberlove]

Pichet’s Kelantan
First couple swipes of this oil, the main thing
I noticed was some Cambodi Thai resemblance,
and now, a couple weeks later,
I notice the soaked note which I have smelled in Malaysian oils only, but why didn’t I pick up the soaked note before, what’s wrong with me😕😕

moving on.....
Jay’s economical Laos
Clean modern generation distill,
has a nice mind buzz attribute,
fruity like a Thai, but not entirely Thai.
It could be Sinensis, not sure,
and it reminds me of AA Dao, but Dao does
reach darker depths after a while.
Nice oil for sure!!

 

[Dean]

EO no 1

 

[Dan]

TajOud M201 - Meghalaya

Yet another zero soak zero barn.

What I dont understand like all Hindi oud I've experienced I get a leathery note. This one has very minimal leather or musky element.

It has more floral, fruitiness on a bed of Woody Note (Oudi note) please dont think this is like a sweet fruity Thai oud ... this is far from that. It maintains its Hindi DNA but without being leathery or barnyard.

It's very different to other oils I've experienced from this House. This is my first experience with an oil from Meghalaya.

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[Muhammed Afthab]

Meitei - I don't get that soft barn at all now. Instead a heavy dose of fruitiness (Indian Fruitiness) some times the barn shows an unexpected facet.

 

[Joshua Riding]

This beauty has arrived, Oud sultani 1990.


The age of this oil has turned it into a smooth and beautiful beast. It doesn’t smell dead or dusty like many old oud oils. It smells very much alive, top notes and everything, just more smoothed out....This one obviously shows a lot of the traits typical to a maroke oud oil (Dark, resinous, leathery, jungly) but it doesn’t have that polished shoes smell like a lot of other Maroke oils, which is great for me [emoji23][emoji23]. It also contains a spirit, a certain character, a wisdom that age has given it, a certain je nais sais quoi as the French would say. This is something newer oils just don’t have. You can’t replicate nearly 30 years of ageing,I sometimes sit back, look at the bottle and think, this oil was created at around the same time I was born. Surely it was destiny that I came across this wonderful oil .... Alhamdulilah! my grail Maroke from Ensar oud.


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[Mr.P]

Economy Lao from Olefaktory. Nice complex multi layered crassna I think. Definitely brings Thai oud to mind. No stench from long soaking, no burnt or bitter notes. Thanks ejayb!