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One guy died... ...and another guy's leg got crushed. When you've seen and experienced the suffering and difficulty of procuring high quality raw material first-hand, you'll understand why I refuse to do oud-maggot co-distillations. One may call it 'traditional'. I call it disrespect of...

@Adam, if I were you, I would take this opportunity to put together an important section of the new Ouducation syllabus (let organic oleoresin talk), minimizing the accessory notes to tone down the white noise which dominates the scent profile of the majority of Thai farm oils. Personally I...

I got to meet Ahmad recently after a very long time. It was... interesting. Poor guy cried. We reminisced. We sniffed some Betonamu Jinkoh (which he had cooked). He also got to try Ceylon No.1, after which there was a rather long moment of silence. Then he uttered, "jannatul firdaus..." Poet's...

Background: A few months ago, Ensar and I got talking about some of the issues we have been facing on the supply side of Oud lately. We talked about woods, oils, the pitfalls of the trade, some of the recent unexpected changes in the wind, and a whole lot of other topics. It wasn't until...

So I have a problem. Not oud (that's a given), but coffee. If I had a physician, he'd probably tell me to lay off the coffee for my own good. And I'd probably tell him I'd rather pop some tums to neutralize the acidity instead. I source single-origin green beans, roast them at home, grind...