The Anticipation Thread - Share Your 'inbound's!

[User]

Yes. That was my thinking. Not sure if it's necessary but it's easy enough to do.

Easy enough, but it is harder than it sounds to recieve a bottle of oud in the mail and not immediately open and smell it.

 

[Clyff6ix]

Are you not going to sniff the questionable order at all, lol, as a ‘reference’?

Also curious to read your thoughts on the Bortnikoffs… my opinions on them changed after trying Areej’s History of Oud collection.

My thinking here was that it would avoid the suggestion of tampering.

The bortnikoffs are all good. I've only tried the vetiver and the Monarch on skin. But I've tried them all on scent strips. Oud Maximus and Oud Monarch are the standouts. Oud Maximus smelled more animalic, in a good way. Oud monarch has a throaty, chocolatey pull on it that compliments the oud. But again, these are just first impressions. I'm interested to try them all again now that I've actually worn a number of pure oud oils and am understanding it better. Cheers

 

[Rogi_Again]

My thinking here was that it would avoid the suggestion of tampering.

The bortnikoffs are all good. I've only tried the vetiver and the Monarch on skin. But I've tried them all on scent strips. Oud Maximus and Oud Monarch are the standouts. Oud Maximus smelled more animalic, in a good way. Oud monarch has a throaty, chocolatey pull on it that compliments the oud. But again, these are just first impressions. I'm interested to try them all again now that I've actually worn a number of pure oud oils and am understanding it better. Cheers

Thanks! Please update us after trying them on skin. They are all kinda light and airy on me but my skin likes more oud in compositions.

 

[Rogi_Again]

Great, I'll go read it. The search function on this website is pretty bad so it's sometimes hard to find what I am looking for.

Yes, I’m curious to read your thoughts on the oil after you’ve tried it. I expected a beautiful full bodied traditional sort of Ajmal-Ish old school thick gooey barny (I like barn) Meghalayan … what I discovered was gorgeous, wild, thick, and extremely resinous. Almost like a liquid incense. It led me to agree with EO that old traditional does not have to mean fermented barn.

 

[User]

Yes, I’m curious to read your thoughts on the oil after you’ve tried it. I expected a beautiful full bodied traditional sort of Ajmal-Ish old school thick gooey barny (I like barn) Meghalayan … what I discovered was gorgeous, wild, thick, and extremely resinous. Almost like a liquid incense. It led me to agree with EO that old traditional does not have to mean fermented barn.

I have been surprised and delighted with all of the oils from the Sultan. I expected Burmi '79 to smell familiar to the indian ouds I have smelled, but I was very surprised that it's nothing like that at all. The only resemblance to modern indian oud was a note in the drydown that is hard to smell among all of the other notes. I am not even sure If I am smelling allagocha, but maybe that's just what happens when a tree is allowed to sit infected for a century.

 

[Rogi_Again]

I have been surprised and delighted with all of the oils from the Sultan. I expected Burmi '79 to smell familiar to the indian ouds I have smelled, but I was very surprised that it's nothing like that at all. The only resemblance to modern indian oud was a note in the drydown that is hard to smell among all of the other notes. I am not even sure If I am smelling allagocha, but maybe that's just what happens when a tree is allowed to sit infected for a century.

Yep, I think it’s just what happens … like you said.

Regarding the Meghalayan, it could also be that whatever ‘barn’ was there initially has morphed/transformed/aged into what we smell today. That’s what several experts mentioned to me when my mind was blown by the complete lack of barn from a traditional Hindi oud

 

[User]

Yep, I think it’s just what happens … like you said.

Regarding the Meghalayan, it could also be that whatever ‘barn’ was there initially has morphed/transformed/aged into what we smell today. That’s what several experts mentioned to me when my mind was blown by the complete lack of barn from a traditional Hindi oud

That is an interesting thought, but the same chord is present in lots of the Sultan's oils, so I think there is something else to it.

If all oud eventually ages into something like what came from the Sultan, then that would be very exciting. Unfortunately I doubt that is the case, and I think that this amazing signature is a thing of the past.

 

[The Scent Guru]

Anticipating the treasures I'll experience in my sample pack from @mesOUD

 

[mesOUD]

Anticipating the treasures I'll experience in my sample pack from @mesOUD

Absolutely there will be something that u like

 

[mesOUD]

Absolutely there will be something that u like

Here is your sample pack

 

[Rogi_Again]

That is an interesting thought, but the same chord is present in lots of the Sultan's oils, so I think there is something else to it.

If all oud eventually ages into something like what came from the Sultan, then that would be very exciting. Unfortunately I doubt that is the case, and I think that this amazing signature is a thing of the past.

Could be but there’s no way to really truly be sure. We’d need a time machine to go both backward and forward… then to compare the same exact material. To quote a famous owl who had a tootsie pop, the world may never know.

As for the Sultan/SQ oils, there are various opinions, even on this very forum, about them and their origins. We all like what we like and it’s all good.

The Meghalaya 77 oil is an excellent example with its many twists, turns and flowing resins but I wouldn’t choose to wear it everyday or even on special occasions because it’s not noticeable enough for me. I don’t get wafts of it throughout the day. Even if an oud is gorgeous, if it doesn’t jump out at me, I’m usually not gonna fall madly in love.

 

[User]

Could be but there’s no way to really truly be sure. We’d need a time machine to go both backward and forward… then to compare the same exact material. To quote a famous owl who had a tootsie pop, the world may never know.

As for the Sultan/SQ oils, there are various opinions, even on this very forum, about them and their origins. We all like what we like and it’s all good.

The Meghalaya 77 oil is an excellent example with its many twists, turns and flowing resins but I wouldn’t choose to wear it everyday or even on special occasions because it’s not noticeable enough for me. I don’t get wafts of it throughout the day. Even if an oud is gorgeous, if it doesn’t jump out at me, I’m usually not gonna fall madly in love.

What are the various opinions? I personally have no real way of verifying that these came from the sultan himself, but the smell is amazing. If they didn't come from him, then I want to know who is distributing all of this amazing oud oil. It would be nice to know where it comes from just for the sake of knowing more about it. I am also not sure if I should worry about adulterants.

 

[Rogi_Again]

What are the various opinions? I personally have no real way of verifying that these came from the sultan himself, but the smell is amazing. If they didn't come from him, then I want to know who is distributing all of this amazing oud oil. It would be nice to know where it comes from just for the sake of knowing more about it. I am also not sure if I should worry about adulterants.

I would search around a bit on the site for the opinions, and take everything with a grain of salt. I don’t want to start a rehash that involves quoting others, but take a look if you are curious.

My opinion is that we like what we like and whatever that is it’s ok. Recently, I’ve focused on trying things from the regions I prefer and if I love it, I buy it, regardless of what’s it’s called, where it says it’s from, whose vault it came from, and sometimes, even it’s price tag. I love my little $160 plantation oud oil just as much as my $820 wild oud co-distillation, etc. My only concern is purity (no blends, no adulteration, no crap).

 

[Oudstudent]

Waiting for shoyeido kynam (is it green oil?) and red kynam from @languange scent. Can't wait

 

[The Scent Guru]

A little ambergris incense from Ken. Always support the local Artisan.

 

[EJayB]

Shoyeido sticks are on the way !!
Shun-yo
Misho
Nan-kun
Ga-ho
Going down a different rabbits hole to see what’s down there!!!
The last incense rabbit hole was a short-cut to dissatisfaction and regret.
Im much more confident this time that I won’t be disappointed!

 

[Oudstudent]

Finally after waiting for more than 1 month and very long waiting because of customs, behold, my kynam heater from YulanXiang

 

[Zazu]

Customs can be a royal pain in the…
What a lovely package! Enjoy!

 

[Clyff6ix]

Like several other lucky Ouddicts, I've got Nha Trang Ultima headed my way. And so can you!

We only need to sell another 2 grams to drop the price on this group buy to a rock bottom 400USD per gram. If you've ever wanted to try a superlative oil, contact Imperial Oud's @Faizal_p . Welcome aboard folks! The Trang Train is leaving the station!🚅

 

[Clyff6ix]

Like several other lucky Ouddicts, I've got Nha Trang Ultima headed my way. And so can you!

We only need to sell another 2 grams to drop the price on this group buy to a rock bottom 400USD per gram. If you've ever wanted to try a superlative oil, contact Imperial Oud's @Faizal_p . Welcome aboard folks! The Trang Train is leaving the station!🚅

Down to the last G 👀! Who’s in?