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MrK
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Al Hussain from Oxford Ouds. Vietnamese Quang Oud
MegaNuts
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Quang Nam Sweetheart - Aroma Sublime
This Vietnamese wild wood distillation opened very similar to one of Grandawood's premium Co2 extracts whose name I forget (Double Happiness??) with strong notes of sanded logs. After recalibrating my nose, a strong green backbone makes itself clear. This settles to a very pleasant prune, leather and camphor mid phase. Its quite complex overall, beautiful though subdued.
This is a very nice oil. Apart from the more obvious note of fresh sanded wood, it would sit comfortably in an AA catalogue and has enough projection and longevity it defininately wouldn’t be at the bottom end.
Update: Beautiful notes of demerara sugar , hints of stonefruit and citrus coming though now...this is one smooth oil.
This Vietnamese wild wood distillation opened very similar to one of Grandawood's premium Co2 extracts whose name I forget (Double Happiness??) with strong notes of sanded logs. After recalibrating my nose, a strong green backbone makes itself clear. This settles to a very pleasant prune, leather and camphor mid phase. Its quite complex overall, beautiful though subdued.
This is a very nice oil. Apart from the more obvious note of fresh sanded wood, it would sit comfortably in an AA catalogue and has enough projection and longevity it defininately wouldn’t be at the bottom end.
Update: Beautiful notes of demerara sugar , hints of stonefruit and citrus coming though now...this is one smooth oil.
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MegaNuts
Oud Fan
Bois Noir - AA
An earlier AA oil left me wondering if it was a tenor stretching for soprano, but Bois Noir is all about the bass. On the first two swipes, the notes were clearly super dark chocolate and woody bitterness, this swipe (on the opposite hand from Quang Nam) there's also deep cola but a very pronounced smoky saltiness that evokes cured ham or pickling fish. Its incense-y and unusual and I think I better try it again.
An earlier AA oil left me wondering if it was a tenor stretching for soprano, but Bois Noir is all about the bass. On the first two swipes, the notes were clearly super dark chocolate and woody bitterness, this swipe (on the opposite hand from Quang Nam) there's also deep cola but a very pronounced smoky saltiness that evokes cured ham or pickling fish. Its incense-y and unusual and I think I better try it again.
joud
Oud Fan
Just came across this post and your comment about an oud from this vendor caught my eye. I bought three oils from them and one is far and away the funkiest oil I've ever come across. It really reminds me of a very, very strong blue cheese that's been sitting out in the sun. I've wondered if there is any hope for me and this oil (will it ever mellow out to the point where I can actually enjoy it?), and I've wanted to ask members here about it but I haven't because I know that they are not vendors here and I didn't want to offend/upset/break rules, etc. But now that I see you've mentioned them and not only that, you also have a funky oil from them I guess it's safe to ask. Will giving it time really tame it? Does that really happen for something like this? There might be hope? I've got an oil from Feel Oud that was a little wild for me and I've noticed that I'm either getting used to it, or it is mellowing out with age. I was really thrown by the name of this oil (something herbal, sweet and spicy, but don't remember exactly right now), and found it to be more as I've already said a sharp, blue cheese.
ain soph aur
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joud
Oud Fan
Just checked — Sweet Herbal Spice. Not at all like what I imagined it would be like based on their description, but seems to be well received. Here’s to
The bleu cheese lovers. 😉
Mr.P
oud<3er
I have not sampled that one but I did get a sampler of their cultivated oils. None were really outstanding, and a good number of them smelled like the distillation was manipulated by long soaks or something to add a a bit of ferment and funk to what would otherwise be a pretty bland oil. I have two oils from them that I like but the other 5 or six in the sampler I have no interest in wearing and they pale in comparison to olefaktory’s cultivated offerings for example.
Obada
True Ouddict
Sinharaja Ateeq Habzoud
A blind buy A beautiful one.
Slightly medicinal green sweet tropical openning backed up with a woody slightly leathery background.
After a few hours it turns into a smooth green creamy tropical cloud.
Habzouds description is pretty accurate but Ateeq sounds like its for 50+yrs old. For me its a young man scent and I could wear it almost daily.
Amazing oil although I dont prefer green (grassy) notes.
A blind buy A beautiful one.
Slightly medicinal green sweet tropical openning backed up with a woody slightly leathery background.
After a few hours it turns into a smooth green creamy tropical cloud.
Habzouds description is pretty accurate but Ateeq sounds like its for 50+yrs old. For me its a young man scent and I could wear it almost daily.
Amazing oil although I dont prefer green (grassy) notes.
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