@Micheal Smith stay patient with me. i will grow to like camphoric and the type of barn in the likes of AO. one day. but for now let me pose a question to you: which profile you see me loving or others in general but you have a hard time grasping or "getting what the fuss is about"?
SOTD
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I have Meghalaya 2010 and so I can't speak for nor compare to North Assam.
Yunus also fits into the category of warmth oils, but I seldom wear it. Perhaps I'll revisit it soon and check back in.
I ended up grabbing an additional .7 grams on top of the .3g vial just in case. Must've been the subconscious doing the buying that day.
My SOTD was Hainan 05 again (back to back from yesterday). Work has been beyond stressful and I've needed something cozy without offending my peers. An oil for all occasions, truly. Has climbed into top spot of all oils I have currently.
Yunus also fits into the category of warmth oils, but I seldom wear it. Perhaps I'll revisit it soon and check back in.
I ended up grabbing an additional .7 grams on top of the .3g vial just in case. Must've been the subconscious doing the buying that day.
My SOTD was Hainan 05 again (back to back from yesterday). Work has been beyond stressful and I've needed something cozy without offending my peers. An oil for all occasions, truly. Has climbed into top spot of all oils I have currently.
Took me a minute lol. Honestly, Koh speaks to my tastes better than anything else at the moment. Lots of indolic white and yellow florals, a hefty dose of deer musk and sandal, with a very smooth, sweet, non-funk Hindi. If your interested, I “reviewed” all of the new Areej’s on fragrantica. However, you may find my writing a bit pedestrian compared to yours. I’ve been reading a lot of your thoughts and you seem very eclectic (in a good way) and very cultured. Keep up the great writing.
Today i was back in Egypt! Sitting on the edge of the desert behind my house with the neighbors drinking tea. Have you ever drunk tea made in an aluminum can on an open wood fire? The Egyptian farmers turned me on to it. Never liked tea, but after drinking THAT tea, it changed my mind and body! Hadn't experienced THAT for a while until this morning when i swiped Aroha Kyaku! The smoky scent brings back not just the burning firewood, but the fine, strong taste of the tea! As the fire burned down and the desert night got darker, the scent became less smoky and more like incense! And the Karawan sings on the night
A swipe of my old pal Archipelago (EO)
I remember going back and forth between this one and Green Papua, trying decide which of these green beauties was my favourite. Archipelago is a less dense oil than Green Papua; Diet Green Papua ? The hidden spices and floral notes have more room to breathe and ascend much faster after application than the latter murky monster. There’s even a reference to Sultan Salahuddin in this Jayapura / Malinau co-distill today.
I remember going back and forth between this one and Green Papua, trying decide which of these green beauties was my favourite. Archipelago is a less dense oil than Green Papua; Diet Green Papua ? The hidden spices and floral notes have more room to breathe and ascend much faster after application than the latter murky monster. There’s even a reference to Sultan Salahuddin in this Jayapura / Malinau co-distill today.
Yesterday I did a side-by-side of
People’s Sultan vs. Czar Sultan
It’s a toss-up for me with these two oils.
Earlier today it was
Czar Ceylon vs. People’s Ceylon
no contest....
Czar Ceylon
I like how the heart and drydown arrives sooner,
and the “aroha style” cooking of the Sri Lankan component gives it a little choco-tobacco goodness.
People’s Sultan vs. Czar Sultan
It’s a toss-up for me with these two oils.
Earlier today it was
Czar Ceylon vs. People’s Ceylon
no contest....
Czar Ceylon
I like how the heart and drydown arrives sooner,
and the “aroha style” cooking of the Sri Lankan component gives it a little choco-tobacco goodness.
(EO) Oud Musa:
Chapter 1 of my imagined "Hidden Hindis" series from Ensar.
Glad to see this finally released, so I had to revisit it for old time’s sake.
Absolutely a manly hindi. Leaves a boot print in the dirt. A tad rustic, but "wild" without being “jungli”.
To my nose: The opening is a fermented aqueous leather, with a mild, zesty orange medicinal note floating overhead.
The orange note then takes a lift to the scaffold, while the counterweight pulls the leather note down a floor or two, exposing it’s Naga sweetness.
For an encore: sweetness takes a bow, lingering, but not forgotten: exit stage right, enter tobacco.
Chapter 1 of my imagined "Hidden Hindis" series from Ensar.
Glad to see this finally released, so I had to revisit it for old time’s sake.
Absolutely a manly hindi. Leaves a boot print in the dirt. A tad rustic, but "wild" without being “jungli”.
To my nose: The opening is a fermented aqueous leather, with a mild, zesty orange medicinal note floating overhead.
The orange note then takes a lift to the scaffold, while the counterweight pulls the leather note down a floor or two, exposing it’s Naga sweetness.
For an encore: sweetness takes a bow, lingering, but not forgotten: exit stage right, enter tobacco.
Lots oils were worn in past few days:
Agar aura kanzen: cambodi in Vietnam. Green cooling mint and green oolong tea smelling cambodi. Love it. Drydown is green oil kyara note. Also punches above its weight.
Agar aura: nashila. A peacock oil. A very neat Hindi magic show. Notes and colors aplenty. A must see oil to be believed. Majorly complex. A wow oil and priced very fairly.
Eo Bhutan red
My current most favorite old school barny oil. Perfect roundness. Smooth. Rich. Put together and complex. Muana note with some cambodi/Chinese suggestions.
Eo papuamantan
Dark green verging on black scent color. Maroke opening leads way to a drier but spicier Green Papua note, streaks of that darker purple note in xll and other maroke oils weaves in and out. More violet less iris. Port Moresby like quality and notes are sensed between whiffs and drydown has a very piercing yet smooth kinamantan like note. Lovely oil. For a more than fair price.
Port papua
A Borneo behaving oil with aroma profile of papua. Ethereal, open knit and midori/kinamantan like. Easy wear. Delicious. Not really complex but so what. I like more straightforward oils sometimes. The mind gets to rest and just enjoy
Last but not least Borneo diesel vs. white kinam side by side test. Two oriscent oils from malinau.
Similar yes. More malinau notes and quality of vapor in white kinam but more oriscent signature in Borneo diesel. More impressive top notes in white kinam, but a more powerful base in Borneo diesel. More hedonistic pleasure in white kinam. Projection and silage both goes to white kinam. More intellectual pleasure in Borneo diesel. Hard to pick between the two.
Let’s see what age will do to white kinam. I am not sure the year Borneo diesel was distilled but white kinam is a relative young one from 2017 iirc.
Agar aura kanzen: cambodi in Vietnam. Green cooling mint and green oolong tea smelling cambodi. Love it. Drydown is green oil kyara note. Also punches above its weight.
Agar aura: nashila. A peacock oil. A very neat Hindi magic show. Notes and colors aplenty. A must see oil to be believed. Majorly complex. A wow oil and priced very fairly.
Eo Bhutan red
My current most favorite old school barny oil. Perfect roundness. Smooth. Rich. Put together and complex. Muana note with some cambodi/Chinese suggestions.
Eo papuamantan
Dark green verging on black scent color. Maroke opening leads way to a drier but spicier Green Papua note, streaks of that darker purple note in xll and other maroke oils weaves in and out. More violet less iris. Port Moresby like quality and notes are sensed between whiffs and drydown has a very piercing yet smooth kinamantan like note. Lovely oil. For a more than fair price.
Port papua
A Borneo behaving oil with aroma profile of papua. Ethereal, open knit and midori/kinamantan like. Easy wear. Delicious. Not really complex but so what. I like more straightforward oils sometimes. The mind gets to rest and just enjoy
Last but not least Borneo diesel vs. white kinam side by side test. Two oriscent oils from malinau.
Similar yes. More malinau notes and quality of vapor in white kinam but more oriscent signature in Borneo diesel. More impressive top notes in white kinam, but a more powerful base in Borneo diesel. More hedonistic pleasure in white kinam. Projection and silage both goes to white kinam. More intellectual pleasure in Borneo diesel. Hard to pick between the two.
Let’s see what age will do to white kinam. I am not sure the year Borneo diesel was distilled but white kinam is a relative young one from 2017 iirc.