Mousse de Chene
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Excellent! Looking forward to your thoughts on these woods mate!
The Anticipation Thread - Share Your 'inbound's!
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Mousse de Chene
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You’re in for treat brother! ASO has a specific aesthetic that agrees with my sensibilities more so than any other! Incensey, dark, deeply Oudy resinous oils that are simultaneously bursting with vibrancy & colour.
There’s an austere quality, a refined Royal aura that feels ancient & of significant importance.
Each release is considered, conceptual, each oil feels like it’s the best it can be without any short cuts. They are olfactory artworks, statements, more than just another oil from the still & chucked on a website to make money.
Discovering the house was a milestone, not just in my perfume hobby, but in my life!
OudhJourney
True Ouddict
I am yet to try ASO. Have some attars coming in from them. These days I want some projection from my wearings so going with attars. Don’t want to keep putting my nose to the wrist for ouds but some day I will try their ouds too. Mostly interested in their hindi ouds.
Mousse de Chene
True Ouddict
You will love the ASO attars, his perfumery skills are second to none. Which attars have you ordered?
That’s another reason why I love traditional Hindi oils so much, the performance is great. I liken them to a traditional French parfum extrait, they sit close to the skin but last forever. You catch the aroma at random times throughout the day, rather than being assaulted by perfume where it’s the only thing one can smell!
OudhJourney
True Ouddict
I ordered a full bottle of Yaqoot 2 along with samples of Al Bayt Ateeq 2, Ghaliyah 2, and Zumurrud.
I used to wear a lot of perfumes in the past, but ever since I ventured into oud and attars, I cannot stand those persistent synthetic fragrances anymore. Once you fall in love with oud, its nearly impossible to go back to synthetics.
Mousse de Chene
True Ouddict
I’m one of the rare cases that enjoy both. I love Oud & natural attars/perfumes & I love classical French perfumery, mostly vintage stuff however. I can’t stand the modern niche garbage!
I’m very happy you ordered a full bottle of Yaqoot II, it’s probably my favourite tied with Al Ghaliyah II. It’s the best Musk I’ve ever put my nose on. Zumurrud is a work of art, also. I’m yet to sample Al Bayt Ateeq 2.
I’m very excited for you because I know what’s coming. You’re about to enter the upper echelon 😂
Grega
True Ouddict
Yaqoot is a keeper. I have Yaqoot 1 and it has the most interesting profile. It was my single most wonderful experience with trying out new fragrances as it was unlike anything I was expecting. I also sampled the second one and it is also great (and yes there are ASO offerings that I actually don't like! 😀 😀 ). Different oud but similarly good experience. Lately I enjoy Zumurrud the most. It is a bit more subtle.
SophMarie
True Ouddict
This week I received one of the prettiest packages I've ever received 🧡 : From @An Najwa, It contained 5mg of that gorgeous Kashmiri saffron, 30g of Omari Hojari, 1g of Burmese oud and 2.5 g of Mysore government sandalwood from the year of my birth. (May the age jokes commence 😁 ) It's a testament to how fine these items are that I can even smell some of them! These things really brightened my spirits. Thank you 🌻
SophMarie
True Ouddict
@Mousse de Chene @Grega Can either of you describe Zumurrud? I've read the website description and it sounds really interesting. But I can't imagine it. Although I believe most fragrances are unisex, does this one tend masculine? I just placed an order with @Al Shareef Oudh to get a Ghaliyah sample but I didn't get this. Too uncertain.
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SophMarie
True Ouddict
A friend sent me some lovely sandalwood powder that he videoed himself shaving for me. East Timor, I think. Is that how one uses it, place it on a burner?
Mr.P
oud<3er
There are a number of options but just sprinkling it on a burner at low temperature is a good start! Powders can be burned in trails as well if you have an incense burner with an ash bed.
Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Yes, as @Mr.P suggested there are a number of ways to heat it. Do you have a ceramic heater of some sort? How much powder do you have to play with? A ceramic heater is probably the easiest way to heat it. Sandalwood does not require a lot of heat to release it's scent so to have some control over that is ideal but you could make an incense trail from it as well potentially.
Grega
True Ouddict
I actually would say Zumurrud is a bit on the masculine side.
I agree with the description on the ASO site.
But I would add that the feeling it gives off is that of late spring herbs in the sun with a cooling middle. It is refined by an almost wet clay scent (more textural) from which everything else seems to emanate. It has less of the strong apple notes as Yaqoot 1. There is however a hint of that apple note mixed with the scent of dry plumes that you get from musk doing its magic. The total experience is of a refined homogenous aged whole. It has just enough sweetness to it that it is pleasant but not too much. Yaqoot is easier to be enamored with while Zummurud is love after a while...
SophMarie
True Ouddict
I have a subitism burner and a metal candle burner similar to the one Mr. P displayed here a bit ago.
SophMarie
True Ouddict
> "But I would add that the feeling it gives off is that of late spring herbs in the sun with a cooling middle."
This sounds so beautiful. I guess I need to find an eligible guy and gift it to him 😁
Mousse de Chene
True Ouddict
I’m thinking of a way to describe it & it’s proving to be rather difficult. With all the references to spring, green fields, sunny skies etc - I actually perceive it to be much darker & more moody.
Picture an aged, dark deep resinous, slightly smoky, dry woody incensey Indonesian oil without much camphor or oceanic nuances, blended with a touch of fruity, jammy Thai Crassna. An austere black profile, with a playful fruity-floral light shining through it. Add a significant dose of furry, leathery, slightly fruity Musk to the blend.
It’s one of the more animalic ASO compositions, but there’s a honeyed sweetness + a cooling mossy, wet greenery to keep it from being too dark or dry.
In regards to gender, of course any scent is unisex, but traditionally Zumurrud is masculine. It’s not ‘perfumey’, floral or sweet ambery, it has a serious aroma that is phenolic, dry, woody & animalic with an ethereal yet deep incensey effect of aged Oud.
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SophMarie
True Ouddict
Oh, I forgot: There was a mysterious, unlabelled half-gram bottle of mystery dark oil. One of those cute small bottles. It's very fragrant but with the state of my sinuses, I can't be more specific. Please know that's a reflection on me, not on @An Najwa. I do hope he'll come reveal the secret 😀
Mousse de Chene
True Ouddict
Easy! Just put the mica on your sub & heat the powder on it. Like Olfactory Nomad mentioned, it doesn’t require much heat to get it going, so start very low & work your way up,
Ahmaoud
True Ouddict
Wasn't asked but wanted to chime in, I can see Grega's interpretation but personally Mousse de Chene's description is on point! If you've ever smelled Siberian Musk grains while they're still fairly moist, there's an almost soil like scent to them. I wouldn't go as far to say petrichor, but in that neighborhood. Sniffing my bottle again as I type this, and from the several times I've worn it, it's this concentrated resin leathery scent, but not sharp leathery. I can also smell the moss facet Mousse described. There's a lightness in the blend from the wild Thai used, but it's not anywhere as airy as something like ASO's A'Meen (which has a concentrated lemon cola note). Musk is for sure a major player here, and the oud kinda smells like a cross between a dark Maroke and a Kelantan oil. There is an airy-ness to the blend, but again as Mousse mentioned before me, it's not camphoric, instead it's more an earthy coolness one would find in the scent of petrichor.
This won't be helpful at all as a description, but the scent of Zumurrud (and Modhesh now that I think of it) reminds me of the scent on my beard after fumigating. Like you've just burned the most regal incense stick, with copious amounts of oud weeping with resin and musk. It's my reference for Siberian musk macerated in Malaysian oud, and it's a very addictive scent. I think wearing it with a jasmine sambac heavy attar or perfume could make it more feminine, if your palate so desires.
