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What are the best oud chips you've ever tried ? Mine were from a fish and chip shop in SE England, doused with pungent malt vinegar and liberally sprinkled with salt :) Seriously, what are the best oud chips you've ever burned ?

If you had to choose between wearing oud or burning oud chips, which would you choose ?

Is oud from wild trees better than oud from cultivated trees ? Is oud from wild trees that have been naturally infected better than oud from wild trees that have been artificially innoculated ? Is it possible to say that one oud is BETTER than another ? What are the pros and cons ...

I am thinking about purchasing one or the other of these ouds from Ensar. Could anyone help make my choice easier ?

Sillage is a measure of the ability of a scent to broadcast into the area around the wearer and linger. Some ouds seem to stay close to the skin and some seem to leave a wonderful fragrance for others to share. If you have been in a room and someone walked by, perhaps many meters away, and left...

Here is an interesting youtube video of a large piece of King Super grade Indonesian oud. The owner writes that it was a gift from his wife on his 50th birthday and he doesn't plan to burn it. How much would it cost to buy a piece like this ? Where would you find one for sale if you could...

I wanted to start a thread where issues related to Zahras, the basenotes.net forum and such things could be discussed. Reading through all the old oud threads at basenotes, it appears that open discussion on relevant topics was discouraged by an over zealous moderator and I am assuming some of...