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abdullah

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Butha patala

Now i know what means "aquatic floral",but i can not explain! I see Butha Patala like a little lagoon and flowers into lagoon not on the laggon.The smell of flowers come out more wet!!And around lagoon there is a very tiny line of feralness!
There is a citric caracter too! Sweet and delicious ! I liked this Oud !Look ,this oud is not STROOONG and not ANIMALIC! I like unusual ouds and this is one of them !!!
 
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abdullah

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Oud Suleiman lll

I experienced it.Yes less powerful BUT for sure it is the Oud Suleiman (perhaps in the present day would cost $ 2500)!
For those who want to remember or know it this is a chance!
 
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Ensar Oud

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It sure would be! :D

Aroha Kyaku is actually a $2,500 fragrance with a $165 pricetag, thanks to the organic raw materials and our state-of-the-art distillation techniques. :)
 
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abdullah

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Ma sha Allah ! I see Ensar.
I bought Thai Palaka and liked very much his fruit smell, resembles mango !!!!
For good ,very good price and EXCELLENT quality !!!
 
Ensar Oud

Ensar Oud

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All the years in the industry has helped me build strong connections with farmers and distillers. This business can be very nasty with all the cheating and deception, so dealings tend to be very rigid and short-sighted.

One of the results of my long standing friendships and collaborations is that we’re able to approach new projects with less demanding financial input upfront. Of course, we’re also able to execute our accumulated knowledge of distillation techniques and efficiency with greater precision.

In other words, we’re doing our best to produce the greatest ouds and keep them within the most accessible price range possible. I’m really grateful for all the support you and others have backed me with throughout the years, which has made releases like Saumanasa and Aroha Kyaku possible.
 
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Antoine

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AROHA KYAKU
incense, incense, incense ! great power in the begining, smocky, woody, and a delightful cocktail of spices in this oud. Not any barnyard note, showing that's cambodi type (and my wife loves it). As the hours go by, the heady fruit is hiding somewhere, giving spices a roudness and sweetness i can't resist. The next day, my shirt sleeves keep the memory of a real original and deligthful cambodi oud, not just any fragrance, but the one that gives you other type of remembrances...
 
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abdullah

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The Thai Encens then it must be worth $ 5,000.
He even went through the phase I call sugar, then honey stage! It is delicious!
I do not see any comparison with any other oud I experienced, is simply extraordinary! I use it maybe twice a year!
(Sorry, Thai Encens is not a new release):(
 
Ensar Oud

Ensar Oud

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abdullah said:
Ensar i tried Oud Shuaib now and it is so much better and rounded ,velvety than times ago( I bought it in 2012)!
I like it more now. Now it is great!
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I don't know if I should take this as a sign, but I came to the office today with Oud Shuayb on my mind as the next release – only to find your comment here! :)

I think you should expect to see it go live in a few days ان شاء الله.
 
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Ensar Oud

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abdullah said:
The Thai Encens then it must be worth $ 5,000.
He even went through the phase I call sugar, then honey stage! It is delicious!
I do not see any comparison with any other oud I experienced, is simply extraordinary! I use it maybe twice a year!
(Sorry, Thai Encens is not a new release):(
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This is quite interesting, Abdullah. No need for the sad face! We produced a second run of Thai Encens back in 2011, right after the first one, and I've been aging it since then. Hopefully will be releasing it soon! :)

I agree with you about aging, which is why I would never launch an oil that hasn't been aged for at least a few years. In the end, you won't know what you're getting, buying a freshly distilled Oud. I had a Malaysian premium oil distilled from the absolute best raw materials possible that smelled incredible when it was freshly distilled, only to turn into a weird Cambodi profile as it kept aging.

You win some, you lose some... Age does help some oils get better, but others are brighter when they're freshly distilled, and aging will only make them go flat. As the old adage goes, من جرب المجرب حلت به الندامه
 
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Ensar Oud

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Well, speaking of preferring to let my oils age a few years before I release them… if I remember correctly, we did distill some fine smelling Borneos some years ago ;)
 
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Ensar Oud

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Alright! :)

Sultan Abdül Hamit was extracted from incense-grade agarwood courtesy of a China market tycoon ― same colleague who facilitated the production of Purple Kinam.

What we did differently here is to add a unique bite to this oil by tweaking the distillation technique in a way that has never been done or envisioned by anyone else before. Now I myself had entertained the idea of doing something this crazy for years; only thing is, I finally went ahead and did it. I can't get into specifics, unfortunately, as I know what that invariably leads to, but what I can do is describe how Sultan Abdül Hamit is different from all my previous Borneo offerings.

For one, it smells like the pure smoke of smouldering Borneo chips. I'd done that before with Qi Nam Khmer, but this time I didn't want to stop there and miss out on what oud oil (the liquid) has to offer that is unique and different to the wood. So we went ahead and introduced some incredibly pristine jungly-floral tones, green hues of kinamiferous substances no taxonomist could have ever dreamt of discovering in the deepest recesses of the jungle...

After all, distillation wouldn't be an art if it only involved the mechanical coaxing of molecules out of wood. For some, the point is to capture a specific note, to evoke a given scent or a phase in the agarwood burning experience. For me, it is the creation of a new scent entirely. Something that didn't exist before, begotten by the imagination of the distiller: inimitable, unmistakable, like one's fingerprint: the mark of the craftsman upon his artwork.

You asked for a sneak preview, and so that's all I'm posting for now! :)
 
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