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Thnx josh. Tons of us here with lots of 1-4 year olds. Stuck in the resort for most part and some of us go for a mini excursion. Next trip...

Agreed on hainan 05 hitting many levels above its weight. Ditto twr and gp for me.

M7 is one bad ass oil. The Chinese opening is marvelous. The karbi note is supremely unique. The oil is a shapeshifter. Magician oil. Some days barny. Some days medicinal. Some days morphing in and out smoothly. A wonder oil. Ditto Kinam Rouge. So many sides to them. Multiple personality oils I call them.

Mods Not sure if this should be moved to a different thread, so pls feel free to move.

I have been in pretty warm 30-35 Celsius and pretty humid weather by the ocean in Mexico for a week. I brought some 15 ouds or more along with me. Not one works as well as back home in the crisp, cool, “just right” vancouver weather. Sadly tahas oils category are muted and so weak in this climate that even rubbing oil right under the nose won’t give off much. The most successful oud have been Sri Lankan’s a category that I am mostly out of favour of these days for they are overt, aggressive and too big back home. Yet here, they are rather beautiful. Suri senkoh and orsl are superb. Their top note gets toned down and it works better.

The Hindi oils have not been working. The bitter major top flight Vietnam’s don’t show their ooomph but much to my surprise nirvata muana is absolutely spectacular here. The honeybush tea note is even better here and less overt sweet. Muana royale is ok too.

Basically my message is I am convinced one of the main reasons we all see different oud differently has to do with the context of where we live. Of course other factors come to play: childhood setting/memory, culture and overall aesthetic of the community around us.

Do oud oils lose any of their character temporarily from travel shock?

Keeping it simple and easy- EO Oud Yusuf

Morning Burn- Satya Sai Baba Nag Champa

Not really for me but somewhat maybe for some oils. No definitive answer from me. I know others feel differently.

Morning swipe Sultan Salahuddin - a best of Oud mix tape !

Afternoon RP Xue Jie - subtle laotian


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I always wonder if cargo aircraft have heating in the areas where packages are...other wise would get pretty cold I assume...and then transit on delivery vehicles, hot in summer cold in winter, few days ago we had around -20c temps in Toronto...so I’ve always thought the “travel shock” may be from the temperature swings...
but just a theory...don’t know for sure

Certainly without a question is a 100% real thing when it comes to wine in transit. We have seen it in our community again and again and again. I have not yet seen it in oils.

morning swipe : crassna cha experiment - organic green beauty ! A sweet spicy fresh dream wandering into a bubble of peppermint hollywood chewing gum

Sunday morning swipe EO - Xen Ji

My experience tells me....yes, they do. All the time. That's why I don't try to assess immediately. Let the oil settle down for a couple of days and then try. That's just my experience.

Midday Swipe : Czar Ceylon - a flower garden by the sea

... well ... this is really my cup of tea. This one makes it to my hand luggage for next travel tomorrow

Before deciding on Xen Ji for the day czar ceylon was my first choice before my wife said Xen Ji
... then u gotta shut up and swipe

Assam Organic 2007
And here I was thinking that the two AO 2010 were Beast Mode oils. They are, but AO 2007 is Beast Mode Extra I am truthfully speechless.
Perhaps the additional 3 years of ageing has given AO 2007 an edge?
Must acquire some AO 2005 to complete the series

I apologize for the late reply.

Other than Philip’s generous link,
I summize OR85 as......
“an aged vaporous Sumatran beast concentrate”

It’s like they chopped-up the whole darn tree, white wood and sinking kings all together into the pot. No cheats to boost yield, nor low temps a la Artisan.
Unadulterated Aquilaria from Sumatra.

Thank you both for the thoughts [emoji1317] I love those deep, jungly ones!


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EO - Czar Ceylon with Nippon Kodo: Kyara Taikan

kinam rouge was my wear as well. it came across as a hypothetical pursat red Cambodi (minus the unique cambodi terpy notes) morphed into a Vietnamese bittersweet cooling while retaining its red and only gaining a bit of the green. always an engaging oil and one that is hard to nail down in a blind test. a shapeshifter.