Andrew Salkin
it's aboud time!
Aa sutera sumba - a cool gyrinops oil. Very light - say compared to gyrinops 0. This would be a more airy top note driven version. It's pine lemon lime green smell reminds me somewhat of fan ze long (I know, not even the same species but still) it has a pettigrain bitter citrusy thing happening
Aa dao - another cool one. Still kinda "light" to my nose. I think I dig the profile. It's shades darker than kham lao. Less honey too and more bitter root. It also has more of that obvious laos feel than kham lao. It's less sweet for sure. Personally I think this has more in common with Vietnamese oils where kham lao is more Chinese.
Eo guallam 1 - definitely yells quality. While it's not as loud as I'd like, I can see why folks would like it. It's super confident smelling. Reddish bitter with a hint of sweet. Off the cap kinda piercing tone. Very complex. Has a note I've never smelled before - honestly this oil period, isn't like anything I've smelled before so it's hard to make connections. It's not like the usual Vietnamese profiles I've smelled.
Aa layali - an oud rose attar. Idk why but rose just never seems to be my thing. This one smells better than most oud rose combos I've smelled but I always seem to get those kinda cleaning product smell from it. I like this tho bc you can actually still smell the oud instead of the rose just eating it
Eo marauke Ceylon - killer oil, and off the cap, the marauke part is more obvious to me than when it's on skin. For the money, I think I'd rather get single origin type oils vs codistillations like this. I don't really think these two are "made for each other" in any special way.
Aa dao - another cool one. Still kinda "light" to my nose. I think I dig the profile. It's shades darker than kham lao. Less honey too and more bitter root. It also has more of that obvious laos feel than kham lao. It's less sweet for sure. Personally I think this has more in common with Vietnamese oils where kham lao is more Chinese.
Eo guallam 1 - definitely yells quality. While it's not as loud as I'd like, I can see why folks would like it. It's super confident smelling. Reddish bitter with a hint of sweet. Off the cap kinda piercing tone. Very complex. Has a note I've never smelled before - honestly this oil period, isn't like anything I've smelled before so it's hard to make connections. It's not like the usual Vietnamese profiles I've smelled.
Aa layali - an oud rose attar. Idk why but rose just never seems to be my thing. This one smells better than most oud rose combos I've smelled but I always seem to get those kinda cleaning product smell from it. I like this tho bc you can actually still smell the oud instead of the rose just eating it
Eo marauke Ceylon - killer oil, and off the cap, the marauke part is more obvious to me than when it's on skin. For the money, I think I'd rather get single origin type oils vs codistillations like this. I don't really think these two are "made for each other" in any special way.
