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Hey all, apologies for my absence as of late. It had been a trying time at work and then a tragedy happened. One of our former employees, one of our family really, committed suicide. It has been challenging and really a bit surreal. I'm glad you all are continuing your oud education and I will...

I had hoped it wouldn't come to this, but it is now even more clearly evident that recent infiltration of new members from the other site was CLEARLY a carefully orchestrated character assassination attempt. One that was only minimally guised on the "open and unbiased discussion of all things...

Its been an interesting journey so far, this oud-trip I've been on. I'm still a newbie, in the grand scheme of things, yet have had the opportunity to sample 100's of oils from all regions and price points. I've tried to learn as much as possible, I'm sure driving Ensar and Taha nuts with the...

Hey folks. Kesiro and I were tasked with evaluating the merit of the thread in question and whether it should remain active on this forum. We were asked by the administrators of Ouddict to remove it for various reasons. The majority of the issues that were made public on the thread have been...

I'm sure many, if not most of us have a relationship with oud that most outsiders just can't comprehend. And that relationship goes far beyond the scent alone. In fact, I have a good number of oils that smell nice. They are pleasing to be around. But I don't feel a connection to them. But there...

Ensar, or whomever with significantly more knowledge than me. With your release of Jing Shen Lu (I swear I had a sample of it and liked it immensely but I can't find it for the life of me), perhaps we could talk more about kyen?

Hey Artisans, most of us can probably name your most popular and famous oils, but are these your favorites? Are these the ones you are the most proud of? Here is your chance to tell us the ones YOU like the best. Please include your own oils, but also feel free to include those of anyone else...

@Ensar - Agreed. Here is your blank canvas!

Hainan 2005 So I love Chinese oud. I mean really love it. I've got Hainan05's cousins, Yunnan 2003 and Exclusive. Both of them awesome. Hainan05, the best of all three? Well it's darn good. The bittersweet neroli laced animalics here are slightly less aggressive than the Yunnans (which are...