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i find, to date, the most variation of oud styles from agarwood grown in cambodia and Malaysia.
look at the evidence: ayu, purple kinam, ahmad, TW95, TWroyale. all malaysia and little to no resemblence or comparison between these oils.
cambodia too with pursat being completley different than koh kong and then koh kood a differentebast all toghether and everything else in between.
on the contrary i find hindi, burmese, laosian, PNG, borneo... oils to have mor similarities than differences with one another.
at the end though all roads lead to vietnam
my 2 cents.
i find, to date, the most variation of oud styles from agarwood grown in cambodia and Malaysia.
look at the evidence: ayu, purple kinam, ahmad, TW95, TWroyale. all malaysia and little to no resemblence or comparison between these oils.
cambodia too with pursat being completley different than koh kong and then koh kood a differentebast all toghether and everything else in between.
on the contrary i find hindi, burmese, laosian, PNG, borneo... oils to have mor similarities than differences with one another.
at the end though all roads lead to vietnam
my 2 cents.
scent of last night:
had to wear nha trang ltd again since the first time was a brief encounter and other scents were tried before and after. for yoga practice this time i wore a bit more and refrained from wearing any other scents earlier in the evening. many similarities with the impressions of the first wear i shared above but also new facets were experienced.
on one hand it truly smells of a wild, old, insanely awesome nha trang heartwood on very very low gentle heat (especially after 30min to an hour) and on the other hand there is a kyara incense burning scent. not a kyara stick like translucent path or kyara enju but more of a naked kyara like kyara kokoh. very incense. bitter is the note. bitter is the personality. bitter is the lead role play and supporting cast but not a solo performance like i perceived the first time. there is a cast. a respectful and polite cast that is there to support the last show of a legend. the cast is letting the lead have all the glory. hard to pin point the cast. maybe is b/c i deeply dont want to. somehow with this oil instead of being analytical and breaking it apart i like to instead refuse doing that and just enjoy it as a whole. just turn off the brain and see it for what it is and stopping myself to look for this or that. the oil helps with my goal too as is not busy and easy to let it flow over you and take you to higher plains. further study is required. minus what i still saw as mildly metalic or stainlessy or soemthing alloy like that is out fo place to my nose, the rest is all beauty.
scent of the day:
oud ahmad. one of the most singularly unique ouds. period. a mature oil at ease. non terpy, comforting, with the scent of meadows and fields with grazing 4 legged friends. gentle breeze blowing from a direction of lush flower-filled vista. yes it is very musky but a very mature and fragrant floral musk. traces of anise, fennel tops and a beautiful terra rosa clay being worked into a bowl. even the scent of baked clay.
like abdus selam a quiet oil and one that is a personal wear. i like that i have to go to it and not it forcing itself on me.
have a great day everyone.
had to wear nha trang ltd again since the first time was a brief encounter and other scents were tried before and after. for yoga practice this time i wore a bit more and refrained from wearing any other scents earlier in the evening. many similarities with the impressions of the first wear i shared above but also new facets were experienced.
on one hand it truly smells of a wild, old, insanely awesome nha trang heartwood on very very low gentle heat (especially after 30min to an hour) and on the other hand there is a kyara incense burning scent. not a kyara stick like translucent path or kyara enju but more of a naked kyara like kyara kokoh. very incense. bitter is the note. bitter is the personality. bitter is the lead role play and supporting cast but not a solo performance like i perceived the first time. there is a cast. a respectful and polite cast that is there to support the last show of a legend. the cast is letting the lead have all the glory. hard to pin point the cast. maybe is b/c i deeply dont want to. somehow with this oil instead of being analytical and breaking it apart i like to instead refuse doing that and just enjoy it as a whole. just turn off the brain and see it for what it is and stopping myself to look for this or that. the oil helps with my goal too as is not busy and easy to let it flow over you and take you to higher plains. further study is required. minus what i still saw as mildly metalic or stainlessy or soemthing alloy like that is out fo place to my nose, the rest is all beauty.
scent of the day:
oud ahmad. one of the most singularly unique ouds. period. a mature oil at ease. non terpy, comforting, with the scent of meadows and fields with grazing 4 legged friends. gentle breeze blowing from a direction of lush flower-filled vista. yes it is very musky but a very mature and fragrant floral musk. traces of anise, fennel tops and a beautiful terra rosa clay being worked into a bowl. even the scent of baked clay.
like abdus selam a quiet oil and one that is a personal wear. i like that i have to go to it and not it forcing itself on me.
have a great day everyone.
Tigerwood Royale (EO) - Was this Oud of the Year 2017? Not sure - but it's a worthy contender - Oud of the Year isn't necessarily the very finest/highest end oud, it's the oud that's got personality, mystique, bang-for-the-buck, and various other qualities that make it "the people's choice." Sometimes the Oud of the Year may also be the finest/highest end of that year - I wonder if this will be the case if/when Ensar releases his Oud Royale made from the Maluku wood? Feel Oud's "Tawau Al Awwal" and Agar Aura's "Royal Chen Xiang" are other good examples of Oud of the Year type contenders..
Tigerwood Royale fits those criteria for sure, and I can say for sure it is Oud of the Day 3/1/2018! It's an oud you keep going back to and discovering more - the notes are so smooth and harmonious together - it has a very "neutral" or perhaps "balanced" or "restrained" sort of scent rather than being particularly fruity or floral or barnyard or dramatic - it's reisnous oudy equanimity - but within this one discovers the fruit and floral and barnyard etc qualities with a little study - they peek out at you here and there.. Man, I should write more oud reviews, I'm crushing it on this one! Anyhow, where was I? Ah yes, the TW Royale - "Soul of the Ancient Tree Perfume" it could be called, a most sumptuous and enigmatic oud..
Tigerwood Royale fits those criteria for sure, and I can say for sure it is Oud of the Day 3/1/2018! It's an oud you keep going back to and discovering more - the notes are so smooth and harmonious together - it has a very "neutral" or perhaps "balanced" or "restrained" sort of scent rather than being particularly fruity or floral or barnyard or dramatic - it's reisnous oudy equanimity - but within this one discovers the fruit and floral and barnyard etc qualities with a little study - they peek out at you here and there.. Man, I should write more oud reviews, I'm crushing it on this one! Anyhow, where was I? Ah yes, the TW Royale - "Soul of the Ancient Tree Perfume" it could be called, a most sumptuous and enigmatic oud..
Wearing an eentsy bit of the Kyara Ltd sample Ensar sent me. I can write pages on any topic except this. With this I want to tell you about it and it just seems hopeless. I mean, I’ve lived in Chicago my entire life-what can I possibly know about Kyara? I don’t have the vocabulary or the culture. And yet this stuff is a platinum bullet, totally alerting, totally captivating, centering, a tractor beam to the present. One is aware of being in the presence of something extremely important, that requires attention lest it be missed, like it’d be foolhardy to let the experience pass while being only partially heeded. It’s something important, like a dream where your lover told you the answer to your search and now you can only remember it obliquely. I suppose I could describe the smell but the language would be mundane, like speaking in a language in which you know verbs only in the present tense-childish and unilluminating. This is not just a smell no matter how intense and pleasurable the smell is; this is a presence. It’s a glimpse. It seems older than the world.
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