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I layered Aroha Kyaku with some cambodian Oud from the house of Arabian Oud - it gives the smoke more of a oudey creamy tone as a base note - tones down the smoke a little too.
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There are many merauke's on offer by other vendors recently. This was obviously on price to quality ratio the best one. Glad to have got the last bottle.
Opening of this normal Merauke mossy, petrichor and I get a bit of diesel vibe...
The mid and base is still petrichor, a hint of subtle tobacco note and now the woody note slowly creeps in...
Dry down is why I love Merauke... woody, petrichor again but mellow and there is this creamy note which I cant get my head around....
This one is throwing the punches over its price... a steal!!!
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There are many merauke's on offer by other vendors recently. This was obviously on price to quality ratio the best one. Glad to have got the last bottle.
Opening of this normal Merauke mossy, petrichor and I get a bit of diesel vibe...
The mid and base is still petrichor, a hint of subtle tobacco note and now the woody note slowly creeps in...
Dry down is why I love Merauke... woody, petrichor again but mellow and there is this creamy note which I cant get my head around....
This one is throwing the punches over its price... a steal!!!
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Oudamberlove
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Habzoud Muhib
Pretty close to gently heated chips.
Lovely oil
Pretty close to gently heated chips.
Lovely oil
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This is quite a new discovery for me. Upon observing a little longer with proper "listening" I have found they both seem to marry very well making a oudy sweet creamy slightly fruity concoction. I'm quite impressed. Very pleasant.
It's as if the Cambodi oil brings out the delicate aspects of the Aroha Kyaku - gentle fruitiness and a woody oudiness that seems to swift around lightly. Tones down some of the unapologetic characteristics of the Aroha which I also enjoy by themselves btw. Lets just say it becomes less polarising. The ashy aspects mellow out in around half hour. It's like the Aroha injects that missing aspect into the Cambodi - the gentle fruits.
The dry down reminds me slightly of the dry down of the Extraordinaire or Zaza Zen only with much more of a delicate fruity sweetness complemented with that oudy swifting motion. Oud Amir from house of AKAF also comes to mind - only a higher quality blend with more delicacy and softness.
This has been one of the best blends I've fluked - normally when I layer two, one after the other, one seems to dominate the other. I did wait an hour after the Cambodi before I applied the Aroha though.
I think this works because one has a slightly balmy gentle woody characteristic while the other is a powerful smokey leathery oil. Something like a strong man who gets into a big temper from time to time that always seems to be calmed by the words of his gentle wife - opposites that save each other.
I've coupled Aroha Kyaku with other Ouds before - let's just say it showed those Ouds the middle finger and didn't give them any space.
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Is it smokey or ashy by any chance?Habzoud Muhib
Pretty close to gently heated chips.
Lovely oil
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So many great oils I would like to try but got to control the wallet - also less inclined to go for second hands with all this Corona fear 🙁Habzoud Muhib
Pretty close to gently heated chips.
Lovely oil
Oudamberlove
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Gently heated chips....,the aroma before combustion of wood fibers.....ergo, no smoke or ash notes.
Finances play an important role in buying oud,
my formula is...the more money I can make, the more oud I can buy
I hope oud can kill the corona virus😕
Louis Miller
Oud Fanatic
ASO sample set came in the mail today! First up is Layth. Mmmmm, this is the first oil I've smelt since Habz' Qamar that had this bitter sweet, somehow lactic tonality. Qamar was Burmese, Layth is dubbed "Chinese Cambodi," both are said to have chinese-ish traits.
"Medicinal," perhaps, but for me, milky spicy damp furry, soft and smoooth sweetness.
"Medicinal," perhaps, but for me, milky spicy damp furry, soft and smoooth sweetness.
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Finances play an important role in buying oud,
my formula is...the more money I can make, the more oud I can buy
I have the opposite outlook -- the more of my oud that I can sell, the more money that I can have
Oudamberlove
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I tried that, but it didn’t work, after selling some oils, I just ended up buying more oudI have the opposite outlook -- the more of my oud that I can sell, the more money that I can have
Arsalan
True Ouddict
I have the opposite outlook -- the more of my oud that I can sell, the more money that I can have
I tried that, but it didn’t work, after selling some oils, I just ended up buying more oud
money comes & goes..they can print more too...
But some of these woods & oils... I don’t know...
@Sproaty i’m sure the ones you really connected with, you are keeping. The rest were just the journey to find the ones that you decided to keep at this point...
Oudamberlove
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As much as I’d like to do without my oud, oudh wood, and incense, I cannot.
Some are precious and rare, but the feeling I get from appreciating these scents are priceless
Some are precious and rare, but the feeling I get from appreciating these scents are priceless
Andrew Salkin
it's aboud time!
If you asked me a year ago, I would have told you I was stressed about things running out or becoming hard to find. Reading the ensar site was super informative but also had the effect of making me worried we were running out of "the good stuff" tomorrow. Not only do I not buy that - but I also think that even if it's true, that 5 or 20 years out we don't have access to the same caliber of oil, I'll either move on to other things or be happy with what is available. If it gets to a point where the only thing available is commercial grade oil and it ends up costing what wild oil costs today, I'll stop.
But so far, over this past year, some oils I've wanted to buy have come and gone. In their place, new oils come into the market. When finances permit that week, I buy. 99% of the time I only buy a gram. I've put a pretty hard and fast rule on that at 150 a gram for oil (and 20 a gram or less for wood). I try to stick to that - not that anyone else should but that's what I'm able to stomach without having the oil sit unused bc I feel guilty about using it regularly.
And we are getting so see a lot of great some from the filipines still being explored on the wild front. Kinda hoping we get more fili oils - I still haven't figured that part out. Fili seems to be one of the last places where good wild wood is still being found in larger amounts yet I rarely see oil from there and when I do it's usually more expensive than wild oil from places I thought were way harder to get wild wood from like Cambodia. But maybe it's just bc it's more difficult to get wood exported or distilled there? Last thought though - is that there's lots of cultivation happening and I'd imagine technology is making strides in this arena. By shear nature of more trees being planted, 20 and 30 years out maybe we will have the opportunity to burn cultivated woods that have gotten close to as good as the wild wood that will likely be long gone by then.
Just saying - the whole FOMO thing with artisinal oil and wood will drive you mad and drain your wallet, but only if you let it.
Louis Miller
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Sotd2 - ASO Bustan. But . . . but . . . it's no longer in stock . . . this sample set is taunting me!
Bustan has a zingy, vibrant, raw-woody floral tone. Softened by some elegant menthol, and some of the same milky smoothness I found in Layth. Plus a hint of smoke. Artisinal, indeed.
Bustan has a zingy, vibrant, raw-woody floral tone. Softened by some elegant menthol, and some of the same milky smoothness I found in Layth. Plus a hint of smoke. Artisinal, indeed.
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Ashfaque
Jonoon al Oud
Earlier today I wore Oud Naga (Agarwood Assam) after a long time.
- barn, intense leather (but pleasant), peppery, tobacco, and some tamarind and savoury type mango fruit bar at the start.
- Becomes soft within an hours. Slowly rewards me with an experience of sniffing soil mixed grass-roots (read geosmin, and some rooty elements of) other unwanted plants, honey, pollen, Hindi chips bubbling away at later stages when the resinous vibe is more intense.
- These Nagaland stuff is not for everyone - or for most occasions. But the experience is something to behold for a Hindi oud head like me. The colder it is, the better it blooms on my skin - especially below 21°C.
- barn, intense leather (but pleasant), peppery, tobacco, and some tamarind and savoury type mango fruit bar at the start.
- Becomes soft within an hours. Slowly rewards me with an experience of sniffing soil mixed grass-roots (read geosmin, and some rooty elements of) other unwanted plants, honey, pollen, Hindi chips bubbling away at later stages when the resinous vibe is more intense.
- These Nagaland stuff is not for everyone - or for most occasions. But the experience is something to behold for a Hindi oud head like me. The colder it is, the better it blooms on my skin - especially below 21°C.
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Louis Miller
Oud Fanatic
ASO Al Shareef II on the left, ASO Fajr on the right.
Fajr is quite nice, first time I've smelt since the blind oud test! Very distinct unripe mango skin note to my nose. I'm not quite sure I know what the Maroke profile is, but I think this fits that category.
AS II - VERY intersting - I know it's north Malay, but I could have sworn this was an Assam Hindi. Distinct smoth barn. Hmmmmm
Fajr is quite nice, first time I've smelt since the blind oud test! Very distinct unripe mango skin note to my nose. I'm not quite sure I know what the Maroke profile is, but I think this fits that category.
AS II - VERY intersting - I know it's north Malay, but I could have sworn this was an Assam Hindi. Distinct smoth barn. Hmmmmm
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