Oud of the Day

I'm not sure what's going on recently but oud's not lasting at all on my skin. I don't think it's heat related as we've not had too many really hot days, but the Ceylon Royale that I'm wearing today has died off really quickly, my 2 wearings of Habz' latest oil, Hitam Qadeem didn't last too long either.
I know Ceylon Royale lasts for a long time, but not today! So, it's definitely me. Maybe time for another break
 
Sproaty said:
I'm not sure what's going on recently but oud's not lasting at all on my skin. I don't think it's heat related as we've not had too many really hot days, but the Ceylon Royale that I'm wearing today has died off really quickly, my 2 wearings of Habz' latest oil, Hitam Qadeem didn't last too long either.
I know Ceylon Royale lasts for a long time, but not today! So, it's definitely me. Maybe time for another break
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I find that interesting alright....I thought warm temps can enhance the scent from Oudh?
 
Rai Munir said:
A regular customer of Ensar Oud can tell if there was a new Tigerwood.

The one I acquired was a nice Oud oil. Maybe, if you have the same one, it is not of your taste, but I found this Oud very suitable for making musk based attar.
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The Tigerwood Royale and Tigerwood 1990 weren't changed as far as I know. Royale being distilled in 2001 and 1990 was in 1990. Same batch as sold since introduction at Ensar's as far as I know. 👍
 
Rai Munir said:
A regular customer of Ensar Oud can tell if there was a new Tigerwood.

The one I acquired was a nice Oud oil. Maybe, if you have the same one, it is not of your taste, but I found this Oud very suitable for making musk based attar.
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Actually you do raise a fair point. I am only really starting to get an understanding to all things scent from these woods and oils. Certainly my descriptions are rather lacking for now.
But I am also aware that our own senses go through different phases as well and I shall come back to it again no doubt. Indeed, today I noticed a more pronounced powdery dry down end stage.
Musk based attar? An interesting thought.........which I like.
 
Grandawood “peated oud” a fermented co2 sinensis oil. Feels “young” like it needs time to age. Has the impact of a distilled oil - not your average anemic co2 extract. If you like the fermented notes with wood that has been given a nice *long* soak you might find this oil interesting. I don’t find most heavily fermented ouds to be particularly pleasant and this one is not an exception. There are gourmand dark chocolate smooth notes, some typical sinensis bitter sweet, fermented peat, anaerobic swamp rot funk, weird complex chemistry.

I see what they mean about the “peat” note and single malt scotch, a note that is prominent in my bottle of China Exclusive. In the grandawood oil, there are many other familiar fermented wood notes that I am not as crazy about that compete with the pleasant peat scent.

There is a note in this oil that reminds me of an ASO oil called “Ameen” and another called “yunnan”. The Ameen and yunnan oil do not smell the same as this oil or even as one another, but it smells like the type of fermentation was similar, or there are some molecules in common for some reason.

Like most (all, actually) of the grandawood oils I have smelled (and 100% UNlike ASO oils) the oil feels young, like it was kind of “force aged” and will need another 10-20 years to become dignified.

The grandawood co2 sampler includes this oil and two others:

“Double happiness” is an anemic bland vanilla wood scent with little to no character but leaves a nice LONG lasting sweet vanillin type base.

“Tripple happiness” (sic) has crazy violet and floral top notes, syrupy sinensis heart and nice vanillin dry down.

“Peated oud” is fermented funky swamp muck sinensis.

The only one I’d buy is the “triple happiness” it is a lot like Imperial Oud sinensis.

Aud:usd ratio is pretty danged favorable right now as well…

I have two oils from this company i want to have on hand in the future:

The Warming Sun - “hot” sinensis distillate

Tripple (sic) Happiness - sweet sinensis CO2


Neither is perfect (or hold candles to some of the well aged sinensis ASO and some others have shown me) but my feeling is they would be a good investment to enjoy 10 years down the line.

Why do I keep writing about this company? I have zero affiliation but I can buy a sampler set without spending $300 f#%*ing dollars lol. Thier cultivated sampler set has a bunch of wacky Thai oils of various categories if you are interested.
 
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Reached for Green Silani today.

Over a year old already and still quite vaporous. So many hints of notes riding those vapor trails, hints of eucalyptus, hints of unripe fruits, hints of muriatic acid, hints of barn, hints of metals, hints of minerals, and hints of Walla Patta resin. As the vapors subside, more resin comes through plus some oudiness, although the blue green, fruits, and florals are still shy.

This oil does not cover the spectrum of Sri Lanka Oud that “I” prefer. Give me IO’s Sinharaja or Rajakiya anyday.
 
A recently discovered Assamese oud (2021). It has shades of Manek II (Agarwood Assam) - more specifically, (1) wonderful balsamic warmth of dry hay and few balsams and resins and (2) that lemon rind inflected humming leather of MII in this pretender's trail. MII is one of my most enjoyable and coveted Hindis.
 
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