Oud Photos

[Sproaty]

My new chopping board, made of stainless steel. Wood - Hainan Ant's nest by Yusa as well as a ton I've randomly cut up just to have a random choice of a burn (which I never choose to burn from...)


New incense holder


incense nubs from the past 2 months maybe. I had more but they're gathered on a low coffee table and I've brushed a few off with my dressing grown then crushed them on the floor by accident

 

[Ahmaoud]

Sproaty's cutting board reminded me of this video, especially near the end, I would love to get my hands on the tools like these, seems like they'd chip the wood perfectly, resulting in way less dust then other methods

Fun Fact: the man in blue is either @language scent or @iori I'm nearly sure of that 😆 (apologies for the useless tags guys but it was too perfect to pass up!)

 

[Sproaty]

spent a long time organising. Re-bagged most of my woods, so many were in oversized bags taking up a lot of space!
I cut bits off a lot of wood too and collected a lot more dust for my collection. I should've burned a bit from what I cut tonight, there was some really good wood there. I mixed it into my other pile without really thinking
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[Mr.P]

Nice collection!

 

[-Renton-]

spent a long time organising. Re-bagged most of my woods, so many were in oversized bags taking up a lot of space!
I cut bits off a lot of wood too and collected a lot more dust for my collection. I should've burned a bit from what I cut tonight, there was some really good wood there. I mixed it into my other pile without really thinking
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I have similar dust and shavings in 3 different bags lol.

 

[language scent]

Sproaty's cutting board reminded me of this video, especially near the end, I would love to get my hands on the tools like these, seems like they'd chip the wood perfectly, resulting in way less dust then other methods

Fun Fact: the man in blue is either @language scent or @iori I'm nearly sure of that 😆 (apologies for the useless tags guys but it was too perfect to pass up!)

im lost bro what guy you talking about?
lol

 

[Ahmaoud]

im lost bro what guy you talking about?
lol

The Shoyeido cutter, sitting in the blue yukata.

 

[Mr.P]

Do we all have visions of this guy replaying in our head from time to time?

 

[Taesik Yun]

Do we all have visions of this guy replaying in our head from time to time?

I BECOME this guy when I'm making incense 😂

 

[Sproaty]

I spent more time this evening sorting my wood collection.
I relabelled all handwritten ones and moved the stickers to the top left of each baggie. I'm gonna measure out my boxes and create cardboard dividers to store them neater, I'm fed up of having all these across my table too - I've got 2 boxes that I bought months ago for this very purpose but haven't moved them at all
Anyway, it looks much neater now, when stored properly it'll be easier to see which wood is which compared to the label placed elsewhere
Damn that's taken some time to do, I've got a few woods from 2-3 vendors left to re-sort but it's gonna take some time

Sandalwood & oud


I bought some small lights from AliExpress to go under the kitchen cupboards, they are all controlled by a single remote. Looks pretty cool, especially for £5. This is at 7.30am, much softer than the overhead lights while it was still fairly dark outside


my plant is growing like crazy!

 

[iori]

Sproaty's cutting board reminded me of this video, especially near the end, I would love to get my hands on the tools like these, seems like they'd chip the wood perfectly, resulting in way less dust then other methods

Fun Fact: the man in blue is either @language scent or @iori I'm nearly sure of that 😆 (apologies for the useless tags guys but it was too perfect to pass up!)

Lol

 

[Rai Munir]

Assam Imperiale by An Najwa: Well, it is the 26th December, 2023 here, and this is the best Artisanal New Generation Hindi Oud of the Year for me.

Ghalia Banu Hashem by An Najwa: Well, it is depth, oomph, divine darkness!

 

[An Najwa]

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Assam Imperiale by An Najwa: Well, it is the 26th December, 2023 here, and this is the best Artisanal New Generation Hindi Oud of the Year for me.
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Ghalia Banu Hashem by An Najwa: Well, it is depth, oomph, divine darkness!
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Honoured to hear this
Assam Imperiale was my 2nd self distillation which I distilled from Super grade Assamese Agarwood (incense grade)
All sold out privately.

 

[iori]

samples from brother barry

 

[Ahmaoud]

That's a lot of swipes for a single day iori 😉 Never mind, I thought some were oils, but I think all of them are sticks or wood

 

[language scent]

samples from brother barry

santaklause came to town LOL

 

[Arashiin]

A few little pics of my smelly stuff. Will post a better family photo later. <3

 

[-Renton-]

A few little pics of my smelly stuff. Will post a better family photo later. <3

Nice collection!!!

 

[Arashiin]

Spent an evening and morning rebottling all of my oud/attar samples I’ve gotten from Maison Anthony Marmin over the past year. I found these lovely little bottles on AliExpress, and liked the idea of a better presentation. Not having a particularly professional setup to do this, I was at the mercy of capillary action and air displacement as I drained some 70 little sampler bottles into 48 1/4 Tola bottles (they have nice, deep dip-sticks, and a tapering bottom).

My fingers are already thanking me for the easier-opening on these. I’ve made a habit of requesting 1/4 Tola bottles (added cost paid happily) from perfumers I’ve been buying from, as I tend to struggle with the little 1mL sample holders.

Ultimately I’m happy with the results. See the carnage below, and the final results. My room smells chaotically amazingly, and I didn’t spill a drop!

 

[Sproaty]

My @Habz786 collection 🙂



@Arashiin - what do the 'dots' on your labels represent?