Castingshadows
@scentofsamadhi
this is an excellent Attar! I picked up some strong Mysore vibes in the heart but it seems like you covered all the bases. I love the sweet cola opening and green peppery wafts of Agarwood in the drydown.
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Castingshadows
@scentofsamadhi
Wearing Hailam Kilam. It’s a beautiful oil that shares a lot of similarities with Kagaku from Elixir Attar.
Musky, medicinal, creamy.
Maple syrup heart
Wafts of furry spices
Ancient temple incense.
Golden ginger root
Atop freshly brewed chai...
Crushed tea leaves
Simmering in a clay pot!
Like a thousand petal lotus
Spontaneously unfolds
Hailam Kilam offers to the void
An abundance of red and gold.
Musky, medicinal, creamy.
Maple syrup heart
Wafts of furry spices
Ancient temple incense.
Golden ginger root
Atop freshly brewed chai...
Crushed tea leaves
Simmering in a clay pot!
Like a thousand petal lotus
Spontaneously unfolds
Hailam Kilam offers to the void
An abundance of red and gold.
Taesik Yun
Attar Yun
@Castingshadows Yes, I picked up some sandalwood-ish creaminess in the heart but I guessed it's a Sri Lankan's creaminess. 🙄
Oudamberlove
Member
I liked the combination of notes to the point of trying to recreate it, but I failed miserably. I concluded that having the same ingredients, but from different batches drastically alters the end result.
Castingshadows
@scentofsamadhi
Finally getting my hands on Aljanah 2!!!
Such an amazing opening to this one. Sweet hay and honey. I can’t wait to explore this more.
Such an amazing opening to this one. Sweet hay and honey. I can’t wait to explore this more.
Tauhid Shaikh
True Ouddict
While I am waiting for my to be delivered. Do you compare it to some other Ouds with similar profile?
Castingshadows
@scentofsamadhi
If you’ve tried anything from Oud Hindi Global or Tabeer Oud you’ll have a similar experience. Kakochang by Tabeer Oud is the closest in profile in my opinion. If you’d like to know more shoot me a dm.
EJayB
True Ouddict
Yes Sandalwood is in there , vetiver also
Oudamberlove
Member
House of Misk Malay Encens
Serpentine barn, dark tamarind,
coffee grounds, chocolate,
oudhy resin, spice. and a hint of cola.
Hardly any changes since I got it,
but then again,
it was already an aged oil back then.
Serpentine barn, dark tamarind,
coffee grounds, chocolate,
oudhy resin, spice. and a hint of cola.
Hardly any changes since I got it,
but then again,
it was already an aged oil back then.
Proust Madeleine
True Ouddict
EO Oud Shibli
Habz Al Janah
I love comparing these oils. I never thought of Shibli as having much in the way fermentation notes. But next to the pristine Hindi of Al Janah, Shibli shows its wilder colors. I have to say Shibli has wonderful beautiful sweet barn that dies away and makes room for a ton of other fruity leather notes(kind of Tuscan Leather vibes under the high pitched funk). It’s good fun! But it also makes me appreciate Al Janah even more.
Habz Al Janah
I love comparing these oils. I never thought of Shibli as having much in the way fermentation notes. But next to the pristine Hindi of Al Janah, Shibli shows its wilder colors. I have to say Shibli has wonderful beautiful sweet barn that dies away and makes room for a ton of other fruity leather notes(kind of Tuscan Leather vibes under the high pitched funk). It’s good fun! But it also makes me appreciate Al Janah even more.
Ashfaque
Jonoon al Oud
Wearing Al Janah now for the second time. I didn’t take any notes during my 1st.
- No funk, hay (referring to the non-skanky type, let alone the bad ones)
- Hint of herbaceous green – more specifically of crushed leaves
- From the bottle, I could clearly detect a freshly picked super hot green chilli smell (not the crushed or chopped ones). Quite a regular crop and popular thing down here! It is less prominent on skin. It somehow merges with the aforementioned herbaceous green facet.
- Just on the back of it, I get a watery, somewhat mineralic, cleanest sea breeze smell (found in some white ambergris). These facets have similarities with some of top-heart notes of (>2 years old) sandalwoods from Hawaii, and Indonesia. This bit also reminds me of certain green and oceanic facets in some oils from Indonesia-Malaysia belt - for e.g. Lindaraja, some Malinau oils from private distillers, etc. Also, more recently, from 3 fantastic Sylheti oils.
- I also noticed a slightly mentholic smell; a mildly bitter and astringent saliva like heart notes of clary sage, wormwood; and probably gentle bitter sweetness of blue chamomile.
- During my 1st wearing, I detected a Chinese medicine shop type smell after around 90 minutes. But today I’m not getting it. Not sure if my nose is busted.
- At the same time I get a herbaceous leather note with a touch of green, the softest waft of oudy smoke (long after you have burned/heated some Hindi chips).
- Will see how it goes.🙂
- No funk, hay (referring to the non-skanky type, let alone the bad ones)
- Hint of herbaceous green – more specifically of crushed leaves
- From the bottle, I could clearly detect a freshly picked super hot green chilli smell (not the crushed or chopped ones). Quite a regular crop and popular thing down here! It is less prominent on skin. It somehow merges with the aforementioned herbaceous green facet.
- Just on the back of it, I get a watery, somewhat mineralic, cleanest sea breeze smell (found in some white ambergris). These facets have similarities with some of top-heart notes of (>2 years old) sandalwoods from Hawaii, and Indonesia. This bit also reminds me of certain green and oceanic facets in some oils from Indonesia-Malaysia belt - for e.g. Lindaraja, some Malinau oils from private distillers, etc. Also, more recently, from 3 fantastic Sylheti oils.
- I also noticed a slightly mentholic smell; a mildly bitter and astringent saliva like heart notes of clary sage, wormwood; and probably gentle bitter sweetness of blue chamomile.
- During my 1st wearing, I detected a Chinese medicine shop type smell after around 90 minutes. But today I’m not getting it. Not sure if my nose is busted.
- At the same time I get a herbaceous leather note with a touch of green, the softest waft of oudy smoke (long after you have burned/heated some Hindi chips).
- Will see how it goes.🙂
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Habz786
Resident Artisan & Ouddict Co-Founder
Great i will wear and follow your notes trail thank you! Did you enjoy the oil?
Proust Madeleine
True Ouddict
What’s really funny is Habz included an unmarked sample in my batch. The notes you made are so close to what I got from THAT.
My experience of Al Janah has been much simpler. A pristine honey golden hay-like clean grass with hints of spice and tobacco. It develops but develops in a very pure way, each shift very gradual and subtle.
Habz786
Resident Artisan & Ouddict Co-Founder
@Proust Madeleine is there a gentle musky incensy opening?
Ashfaque
Jonoon al Oud
So far it is not speaking to me for the following reasons:
- I wish the oudiness was a bit more elongated with clearer delineations amongst various facet in the 'later heart to the dry-down' stage and with more variation. Assuming that is case, this oil should get more base heavy and thus more oudy as it ages.
- Olfactory fatigue (OF): I wore Antiquity (ALD) earlier yesterday, which has a heavy dose crude amber, possibly muscenone and other heavy stuffs. They, especially CA, tend to induce OF on me lot quicker than most single oils. This would also explain why I am not getting that gentle hint of 'Chinese medicine shop' smell that I got on my first wearing.
Just re-applied to see what else I missed. Now upon applying higher amount of oil, I get a mentholated honey smell. I also get some hint of Sri Lankan, Filipino and some Sumatran oils after 5 minutes - i.e., camphorous/terpenic, jungly green, occasionally geosmine like oduiness with a supple leather quality. After 20 minutes, I'm also getting some melony smells- imagine the melons water bit with kewi's green bit (toned down)!
@Habz786 What oud is that? 😁 Odd question bro, why Janah instead of Jannah/Jannat? Is that a specific dialect?
@Proust Madeleine That's the best part of natural perfumery for me - especially oud - the ultimate shape-shifter amongst perfume ingredients.
I'll return to it after wearing some light stuffs for few days. That is if I can restrain myself from invading my Hindis. It is already regularly getting over 22℃ which is not suitable for those jewels. One thing for sure, wearing Al Jannah in our upcoming hot and humid weather will be lot more easier than stuffs from Barolekha, Nagaland, Manipur. 🙂
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Castingshadows
@scentofsamadhi
Has anyone here tried Aljanah 2 yet? Am I alone in this one because everyone already got the first batch hahah?
Proust Madeleine
True Ouddict
Ashfaque—- that shape shifting quality is a huge part of why I find this whole thing so hypnotic.
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