Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
Hang in there buddy! 🥶
The Anticipation Thread - Share Your 'inbound's!
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Oud_Dude
True Ouddict
Mine hasn’t updated since the 27th and it was still in the UK! It’s making the excitement grow, but I’m ready for at least one of the packages to get here!
Oud_Dude
True Ouddict
we will both get our packages from Newark tomorrow
Oud_Dude
True Ouddict
I sure hope so! This anticipation thing is getting tough!
MaxFromHolland
True Ouddict
Forgot quote😬
MaxFromHolland
True Ouddict
Dont see that brand mentioned often. Curious what you think about it when you tried it.
Oud_Dude
True Ouddict
I hope you have better luck than me! Mine from @Habz786 is still sitting in Newark and I’m in Alaska. I’m thinking I may not see mine until Monday. I’ve got hope the @Al Shareef Oudh package gets here today, but it still hasn’t updated since the plane left 14 hours ago, so it could actually be in the Bermuda Triangle forever, too.
Mine FINALLY moved to Memphis. I am hoping (with little confidence) for it tomorrow. Despair not, the molasses ARE trickling! I haven't had an exercise in patience like this in quite a while...
Oud_Dude
True Ouddict
It never updated when it got to the state, or anything else, apparently. I just checked again and it now says out for delivery! So the ASO order will be here today and the order from Habzoud departed Newark, as well. Game on!
Oud_Dude
True Ouddict
We begin!
Today I received a 2.5mL bottle of Muschouli and samples of:
Wild
A’meen
Arakan
Java Arch
Merauke
Siam
Sumuw
Yunnan Emperor
Organic
CKR
Liu Zhi
Attar
Al Ghaliyah II
Ward Attar
And, as I was putting together this list, the doorbell rang and it was my subitism burner from @An Agarwood which updated this morning and said it was 4,000 miles away and then was delivered without another update! It’s gonna be a good day!
And this @Al Shareef Oudh order came with a built-in quiz! Four of the labels had come off of the sample bottles! I think it was because of the cold weather we have, but the Java Arch, Siam, Arakan, and Sumuw labels had all fallen off and were stuck to the sides of the box, so I’ll get to figure those out, individually, as my nose starts to understand these aromas and I can hopefully, eventually, sort them out based on their profiles! I stuck each label back to a bottle, but made a little note so I can revisit the situation later on (and wrote about it, here, for when I lose the little note!).
Maybe you guys can help with one of them - it would have been much easier if they were four distinctly different color oils, but as luck would have it, three of the four are very similar in color. That said, one is clearly a darker oil and I’m hoping you guys or @Al Shareef Oudh csn let me know which of those four oils would be definitively darkest in color and then I think I can rule that one out!
The one I stuck the Java Arch sticker to is the darkest, as you can see. I think the light may be playing some tricks in this picture, though, because the other 3 are exceptionally close in color and tough to discern in hand. If I can at least get the correct sticker on the proper, darkest one, I like my odds figuring the other three out, eventually.
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Olfactory Nomad
Smells so Oud
That's a whole of fun right there!
Mr.P
oud<3er
oh man when you are first learning is a tough time to have something show up with four labels not in place! I wonder if members here and ASO can somehow help you get those back on the proper bottles?
Nice bunch of materials to be cutting your teeth on, good luck figuring out which is which! I've noticed that my NIIMBOT labels don't really stick that well... not hard to imagine them popping off under some conditions.
Oud_Dude
True Ouddict
If not, I’m happy being patient and learning. This is all so new to me, anyways, that I’m kinda already looking at it as a future quiz. There was this Miyagi incident between @Al Shareef Oudh and I, so part of me is looking at the situation as a test from a master. Silly, but a fun way to make light of it since I’m honestly not bothered by it. Hell, I’ll swipe them and enjoy them until they’re gone without ever knowing which is which and still be happy after the way the entire experience has been, so far. I can see how it’d be problematic for some, but I’m actually welcoming the little hiccup as a challenge!
Mr.P
oud<3er
i'll bet you can sort it out. You've got some distinct differences in color, as long as they have some describable difference in aroma shouldn't be too hard to get them sorted.
Oud_Dude
True Ouddict
That’s what I’m thinking, too. Plus, once a couple more boxes arrive, tabling three samples while I study the others won’t be too distracting!
amazing! Unlabeled samples would be an amazing learning experience. Please do report back, ASO sample set is so high on my list
Fragrant Mu'min
Oud Beginner
1g of Sultan Pasha’s Ensar Rose. My absolute favourite from his attar sampler set with Shirin Chai coming in a close second.
Ensar rose was the most creamy, buttery, heavenly, angelic, rose scent that I’d every gotten my nose on
Ensar rose was the most creamy, buttery, heavenly, angelic, rose scent that I’d every gotten my nose on
Al Shareef Oudh
Master Perfumer
Wow what a way to make life exciting. Definitely Mr. Miyagi style Daniel son 😂. We do apologise that the labels came off.
We can sort it out pretty easily.
The Darkest in colour is Java Arch, which from the image it looks like you have got that right.
The second darkest is Siam, which you have also labelled correctly.
The lightest in colour from all of them is Sumuw. It is also the thickest.
The remaining one is Arakan.
From the photo it does seem like you got them all perfectly right 😱😱
