Five current favorites

[bhanny]

***UPDATE***
1. Nha Trang LTD
2. Kyara LTD v2
3. Brunei Kinam
4. Kyara LTD Private (early version of Royal Kinam v2)
5. Royal Guallam

I tried to list honorable mentions but then I had 20+.

 

[saint458]

***UPDATE***
1. Nha Trang LTD
2. Kyara LTD v2
3. Brunei Kinam
4. Kyara LTD Private (early version of Royal Kinam v2)
5. Royal Guallam

I tried to list honorable mentions but then I had 20+.

These are the top legends indeed !

 

[kooolaid79]

***UPDATE***
1. Nha Trang LTD
2. Kyara LTD v2
3. Brunei Kinam
4. Kyara LTD Private (early version of Royal Kinam v2)
5. Royal Guallam

I tried to list honorable mentions but then I had 20+.

20+ what Doc???? Holy Toledo! Thats what I am talking about!!!

 

[5MeO]

Always a difficult list to make..

Currently I've been quite enjoying:

Royal Kinam v.2 (EO)
Hainan 2005 (EO)
Lavanya (AA)
Lalitya (AA)
Sultan Mustafa (EO)

 

[kesiro]

Recent list:
Brunei Kinam ( can't see this ever dropping off the list) EO
Vietnam Special K AA
Sultans Succor AA (insanely good)
Chugoku Senkoh EO
Tokusen Tai AA aka Thai Kinam, phenomenal

 

[syncope]

Recent list:
Brunei Kinam ( can't see this ever dropping off the list) EO
Vietnam Special K AA
Sultans Succor AA (insanely good)
Chugoku Senkoh EO
Tokusen Tai AA aka Thai Kinam, phenomenal

Hi @kesiro could you please tell us more about that Tokusen Tai? Your formulation of Thai Kinam is quite exciting. Thanks

 

[Philip]

Just because this is fun. 2 years later, my top 2 have not budged.

1. OR85
2. OS90
3. Archinam
4. TWR
5. Kinamantan

What i reeeally wish I could sample:
1. PK
2. Port Moresby
3. Suleyman / Abdul Hamit

Baffled by the fact that I am not moved to sample:
1. Vietnam
Not sure why??

 

[Rasoul S]

Just because this is fun. 2 years later, my top 2 have not budged.

1. OR85
2. OS90
3. Archinam
4. TWR
5. Kinamantan

What i reeeally wish I could sample:
1. PK
2. Port Moresby
3. Suleyman / Abdul Hamit

Baffled by the fact that I am not moved to sample:
1. Vietnam
Not sure why??

terriific list. ill play the same format. here i go:
1. sultan salahudin wore over orris butter
2. twr swipe with dot of kannan koh next to it
3. sultan suleyman neat
4. royal malinau neat or at times with a dot of kinamantan next to it
5. kenmei

What i reeeally wish I could sample:
1. ya chuan
2. oud royale maluku (again)
3. kyara koutan

Baffled by the fact that I am not moved to sample:
nothing. i got nothing here for you

 

[Philip]

What is Ya Chuan? Never heard of it

 

[Rasoul S]

What is Ya Chuan? Never heard of it

i dont know much either, except that is a private release and one that @bhanny went gaga over: https://challonge.com/bhanny

naturally, i am intrigued.

 

[Philip]

Wow! @bhanny doesn't live too far from me. I need to ambush him one day Need to smell ALL THE THINGS.

 

[Simla House]

Wow! @bhanny doesn't live too far from me. I need to ambush him one day Need to smell ALL THE THINGS.

He may just have the finest Oud Library on the East Coast, judging from his tournament participants.

 

[Rasoul S]

He may just have the finest Oud Library on the East Coast, judging from his tournament participants.

the only time i would say this and in the context of oud: right coast is the best coast

 

[Arsalan]

1 - Nha Trang LTD
2 - Brunei Kinam
3 - Royal Kinam
4 - Kyara LTD
5 - Borneo Kinam

Wondering if the maestro’s list has changed at all?

 

[Ensar Oud]

Wondering if the maestro’s list has changed at all?

1 - Oud Extraordinaire
2 - Suriranka Senkoh
3 - Papuamantan
4 - Sultan Salahuddin
5 - Aroha Kyaku (new)

 

[Rasoul S]

Oh boy. The phillipines cooked oriscent style. Damn. This I must see. But must procure ORM first.

 

[Ensar Oud]

Oh boy. The phillipines cooked oriscent style. Damn. This I must see. But must procure ORM first.

It ain’t no Tawi though...

 

[Rasoul S]

It ain’t no Tawi though...

Cummingiana cultivar? Regardless I am sure it will be lit.

 

[Alkhadra]

It ain’t no Tawi though...

Hey, it's some tasty stuff.. but knowing you, you've probably already gave it the ol whirl.

Mabrook on all the new releases!

Oh and:

1) Adan
2) Ateeq
3) Amira
4) Kanz
5) Al Kindi

 

[Ensar Oud]

Cummingiana cultivar? Regardless I am sure it will be lit.

Whoever tells you they know with certainty what the cultivars on these tiny islands are is guessing at best. Cumingiana is a name that gets thrown around a lot, and I bet none of us has ever even seen a Cumingiana tree (and as such is in no position to identify one). For a positive avowal of my limitations on these literary pontifications, let me readily own that I have no idea if the oil I brought into the world is Cumingiana or an isolated strand of gyrinops, or..... Had we even encountered them in the wild, trees generally don’t carry Latin name tags.... which is why the folks on the ground never refer to species as defined by taxonomy but rather terroir.

Unless it’s something widely known, like crassna, malaccensis, agallocha, walla patta etc. whoever talks about species is just talking.

Pinoy LTD is from a tiny island in the middle of the ocean south of the Philippines, very far from Tawi Tawi, which is practically Borneo from a geographical standpoint.