Oud of the Day

[qja]

I agree, you can't beat this for the price.

 

[Gandalf The Grey]

Wearing the new Al Janah 3 today

If you thought Al Janah 2 was pristine, the crystal clear clarity of spices, chai tea, warm milk, and a cooling Hainan vibe in the opening absolutely takes this trilogy into unforeseen territory. In order for an already “clean” Hindi to feel dirty in comparison to its absolutely upgraded sibling tells you a lot about the grade of wood AND distillation techniques.

Al Janah 3 almost feels like Chinese sinensis at first. It’s simply beautiful. In all honesty I’ve been getting burned out on a lot of these new age Hindi oils because they’re all so damn pristine they smell the same but Al Janah 3 takes a different turn here. The top notes are piercing and ethereal with an overall warmth and comfortable vibe that you just feel relaxed the moment you first sniff. Unfortunately this renders Al Janah 2 obsolete in my opinion as Al Janah 2 feels earthy and bland in comparison which is no easy feat. To literally watch an already top shelf oil fall apart by its upgraded counterpart speaks volumes to the complexity of Al Janah 3. Make no mistake this is still Hindi. We have sweet dry hay, spices and chai tea but there’s something so uplifting here that it feels like watching milk being poured over a Shivalingam at a temple during a full moon. It’s soothing. Uplifting. Clear.

Love your thoughts bhai 👍

 

[Oudamberlove]

EO Oud Mostafa 4

It’s an experience
more than it is a scent🙏

🙂

 

[Amrfouad]

Habzoud Alsukkar (1) today.
Very Delicious 😘..

 

[iori]

Jinkoh Store Lokma

 

[Castingshadows]

Jinkoh Store Lokma

I’m gonna do a side by side with Lokma and Al Jannah 3 today. This community is seriously putting out crazy good oils lately.

 

[Averroes]

Because of all the love going to our beloved Agallocha, today I swiped the sweet resinous fruit, leather, wood, kinam of ASO Qandahar 3. On another level.

 

[TheOudDood]

EO guallam kilam

 

[Castingshadows]

EO guallam kilam

What’s your official assessment on this one? Is it worth the official price tag or the sales price?

Also I saw you said it’s musky is that in a fermented sort of way or more so nuances of the wood itself?

 

[TheOudDood]

What’s your official assessment on this one? Is it worth the official price tag or the sales price?

Also I saw you said it’s musky is that in a fermented sort of way or more so nuances of the wood itself?

I think it’s really a kyara aroma profile in the sense of Japanese incense. It has a bittersweet musky old wood touch of cinnamon-vanilla-powdery profile. Musk is more the baby powder side of musk, no fermentation or off notes.

for the sale price it seems good, I bought a bottle, but full price, I’m not sure.

I don’t fully understand it yet but i am quite liking it.

 

[Oudamberlove]

Habzoud Zamarad 2 on the left
MiskuAmber Sri Lanka on the right.

Ahhhh, the airy side of oud.

 

[Averroes]

EO King Kambodi on left arm. ALD Oud Zen (the original) on right. Both are winners.

 

[ain soph aur]

eo blue yunnan. its okay i guess but glad i only got a tiny sample.

 

[Lorenz_156]

EO King Kambodi on left arm. ALD Oud Zen (the original) on right. Both are winners.

The original OZ is king

 

[Dr B1414]

I think it’s really a kyara aroma profile in the sense of Japanese incense. It has a bittersweet musky old wood touch of cinnamon-vanilla-powdery profile. Musk is more the baby powder side of musk, no fermentation or off notes.

for the sale price it seems good, I bought a bottle, but full price, I’m not sure.

I don’t fully understand it yet but i am quite liking it.

Brandon, how would you compare the scent profile to other Vietnamese oils, like Vietnan Special K(yeah, you don't like this one🙂), IO Nha Trang Ultima, Nhat Trang LTD, Royal Guallam. What kinamic facets does it showcase, more on the green or black? Does it have any fruity facets like VSPK, or is it just deep, savory Nha Trang profile? Not sure where this wood comes from? Ha Tinh? Does it have those vanillic-green qualities?

 

[BeScho]

First wearing of Zamarad Two

 

[Taesik Yun]

Laal Jinko, a soon-to-be-released oud oil from the house of Al Hashimi. thank you @Nadeem for giving me the opportunity to smell it.

this one is interesting. not so long ago, AH released two Hindi oils. namely Algara, and Hawa Jinko.
both were quite unique compared to other Hindi oils I've smelt before and Laal Jinko continues the lineage of those two.
let's break down the DNA of these three oils and how Laal Jinko is different from its two siblings.

Commonalities
1. The sweetness of powdered brown sugar
2. Nose-tingling sour yogurt
3. Glob-y quality. so, you may never saw this term in oud descriptions but this is the closest expression I could come up with. when I deeply inhale these oils, I sense the sensation that reminds me of swallowing a thick oil that sticks to the back of the throat and slides down.
4. Middle ground between new-gen and traditional distillation. new-gen clean Hindi oils often put an emphasis on pristine golden-honey sweetness while traditionally distilled Hindi oils emphasize leathery, woody, chocolatey sweetness. these three oils are quite shy in their projection and mild in their expression. these are not 'pristine, dazzling'. rather, it feels more like 'neutral', so they didn't engage my sense as much as the some of loud, expressive oils. I think quite a lot of folks may not love these oils due to this neutral quality.

Comparison of Laal Jinko with Algara and Hawa Jinko
let me say this first, I prefer Hawa Jinko over Laal Jinko.
(the pink-floral musky quality of Hawa Jinko knocks my socks off)

The quality of Laal Jinko is superior to Hawa Jinko and I can't deny that. but the difference is insignificant to my nose. it might be because Laal Jinko didn't click my brain yet or maybe my nose isn't seasoned enough to pick up finer nuances.
anyway, I could feel the signature of this distillation style more clearly from Laal Jinko compared to the other two oils.

in terms of scent profile, Laal Jinko failed to surprise me.
the slightest tinge of leather from the opening, then slowly floating sweetness of sizzling powdered brown sugar.
playful raspberry and sour yogurt. and resinous droplets of honey.

with that said, I'd like to compare these three and pick a winner in a few criteria.

Uniqueness: Hawa Jinko > Laal Jinko > Algara
Terroir: Laal Jinko > Algara > Hawa Jinko
Price-Quality Ratio: Hawa Jinko > Laal Jinko > Algara
Projection: Algara > Hawa Jinko > Laal Jino

well, like many of you guys can't pick one favorite oud oil,
my pick for each criterion is subjective to change over time. 😁

 

[Amrfouad]

Jinko Lokma..
This is unique and clean .. Very clean🌷
Not the usual Hindi at all.

 

[Mario P.]

IO Koh Kong Imperiale
IO Sinharaja
2 amazing oils

 

[TheOudDood]

Brandon, how would you compare the scent profile to other Vietnamese oils, like Vietnan Special K(yeah, you don't like this one🙂), IO Nha Trang Ultima, Nhat Trang LTD, Royal Guallam. What kinamic facets does it showcase, more on the green or black? Does it have any fruity facets like VSPK, or is it just deep, savory Nha Trang profile? Not sure where this wood comes from? Ha Tinh? Does it have those vanillic-green qualities?

In all honesty I was not impressed with Guallam no1 and sold my bottle with in a couple of days of receiving it and I have only tried a tiny amount of Kinam Rouge once, so I can't comment much on either of those. As a caveat - I do not enjoy any type of crassna fruitiness or even that rings of a basic crassna to my brain. For some reason I find it personally offensive

As an aside - Vietamense oud seems to rank pretty low for me overall as I also quite disliked high grade Vietnamese from Taha like - hansei, wanmei, Vietnan Spec K. The hansei/wanmei to my nose were a combination of dirt, bandaids, leather, and fruits, where as VSK was leather, bandaids, and fruit.

On the flipside - Royal guallam and Nha Trang LTD are both amazing and I feel like Guallam Kilam will be on on the level of Royal guallam but not Nha Trang LTD(of course.) Still need a bit more time with Guallam Kilam to dive in deeper but really enjoying it so far.

No fruitiness of VSK and doesn't have the sharp opening of NTLTD, it is much quieter and more mellow oil.

It is less fruity and more complex than NTU but also lacks the sharp opening that both NTLTD and NTU have.

I would say it does indeed have the green and vanillin overtones, alongside the other aspects that I mentioned, but it really resonates with more with many of the Japanese "kyara" incense sticks and less with my experiences of heating green/whine kynam, so I would say to leans more on the black or darker side of things due to the musk and sweet molasses overtones.