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... a tiny dot of Dhul Q or Yusuf on my thumb will flood me with so much light that the words begin to flow again. If I take slow, deep, oud-infused breaths, I find that it clears my head and opens deep, shimmering places in my creativity. I owe a few thousand words to Ensar's creations. So very...

I am a mystic. J am also gifted with the charge of protecting another of my kind who is like a daughter to me. The relationsip is a symbiosis: she is my hands and legs when there are things I cannot do, and I am hosting her and giving her room and board in exchange for helping me keep my home...

It just occurred to me that I haven't spoken on Oud Yusuf, which is my most frequent go-to when I decide to indulge. I only wish I could wear it more frequently! The deserts of Arizona are the most lush and diverse deserts in the world. The reason is our monsoon season, which has started early...

... I decided I needed a little smoke and intensity. I snatched up my Dhul Q and played a little free and easy with it. You will mainly get desert analogies from me. There is a tang of burning sage and mesquite, strong when it's wet. Then it dries down into copal and incense bush, with just a...

Not sure how many remember me. but I think I am sufficiently well enough to offer greetings!

Sometimes, I hesitate to post certain things because they are not entirely on-topic for this forum, overall. However, I enjoy reading the stories of others and getting to know them, and would love to share a little of myself as well. I will understand if this is not desirable, but is there any...

JSY: Look... you're really sweet. And she does love you, but she needs my rich undertone and robust heart-note more than your sugar. If she wants sugar, that's why she has Yusuf. So... you don't get to be on her skin. Plus I hear you are unavailable anyway. Y: Oh, come on. You and I both know...

There's some oud! Deeeeep huffs out of the cap of my Yusuf. Heart rate slows down and I stop shaking. A loving swipe... okay, two swipes, because I was madder than a wet cat! Better... much better. Breathe. Clarity is returning and I no longer feel like skuh-reeeeming at my roommate, who did...

I have been adjudicating drama on my own site lately, and it has had me edgy and cranky. People have been twanging my last nerve, and I had to do something to calm down, or I was going to go all splodeydope on some fool. So... out came the mojo. In this case, the mojo is Oud Dhul Q. My...

I put a tiny dot of Yusuf on my philtrum yesterday. I floated around, happily experiencing its beauty with every drawing in of my breath. Then this being got into my lap and I smooched the top of her fuzzy little head. Yes, my friends, I blessed my cat. And she still smells beautiful!

I have a really worrying issue with my health right now, and I confess that I am a little scared. I went to see a doc today about it, and needed my head clear so I could discuss it. I declined taking my pain meds and my anxiety meds. Instead, I chose to put on some Oud Yusuf. I dabbed a little...

Hello! I am new to owning oud, but have known I loved it since the '90s, when I smelled it while in the Middle East during Desert Storm. I am an author and a US Navy veteran. Please bear with any silly questions I might ask. This is quite the adventure to me!