Komrad K is definitely a go-to for daily swipes! I mentioned in the
Komrad K Promo that its "medicinal profile will take old timers back to Kyara Koutan with its
wish you had more of it camphor morphing into ethereal mint and laced with clove to cacao milk-chocolate with the buzz ever present, just one deep inhale away..." And to me that buzz is more Yunnan than Hainan, but the
sinensis feel to a Cambodian oud is impressive none the less.
I think
@Philip or
@Larry K. mentioned wanting a Chinese organic, and I think Komrad or Zazen would be along the lines of the profile that hypothetical oud would portray... although perhaps not hypothetical for much longer....
Speaking of Zazen, it's my SOTLTD <--- see if you can figure that out
It's amazing how the world works... everything in phases. There's the obvious like seasons, day and night, etc. But there's also Oud and natural aromatics, and astronomy and cosmic activity. Just a couple weeks ago we had a full lunar eclipse here, and now the next few nights will showered in meteors!
@timoudthy, what's NASA got to say about that?
Anyhow my thoughts about phases is because we've bid farewell to quite a few oud oils over the last week, and though they each started off with way different quantities they disappear at the same time... But I guess when it rains it pours....
But on to the scent: I can still remember my first swipe of Zazen, I was somewhat taken aback by my thoughts of "even better than Oud Yusuf for first-timers, and... it's
WiLd!!!" Oud Yusuf is the flagship, the single most approachable oud I've ever experienced...
almost.... -Enters Zazen...
I've always looked sideways at mainstream Cambodian ouds, either they're so sweet they make your teeth hurt - with some oxidized-to-profile-death or fermented beyond recognition, but I feel a new era of Cambodi is upon us, Zazen has a beautiful tone or floral sweetness to contend with Oud Yusuf, but its persimmon twang with bubbly wild zing take it to the next level of enjoyment.
It makes the handsome Oud Yusuf look shy compared to its flirtatious performance.
One last swipe before it's gone