When Adam first sent me a sample of Jing Shen Lu I told him that I appreciated its depth but I would need to spend some more time with it before making my mind up.
A couple of months has passed since then and now I find myself coming back from work everyday, going straight to my oud box, cracking open the sample vial and burying my nose in the vial. On some days I even treat myself to the tinyest dab under my nose, I don't care if no one else can smell it as long as I can.
I really didn't understand this oil to begin with but now I think it's one of my favourites of all time, I can't convey in words how crystally green and clean it smells. There's also something heady about it that makes it go straight to my head and wakes me up. After weeks of endlessly sniffing my sample vial I realised how little I know about this type of oud.
What type is it classed as? What others are like this?! Where do these types come from?! How can wood be cooked at high temperature and still yield oils that smell clean and sharp and cold like and alpine forest?!
A couple of months has passed since then and now I find myself coming back from work everyday, going straight to my oud box, cracking open the sample vial and burying my nose in the vial. On some days I even treat myself to the tinyest dab under my nose, I don't care if no one else can smell it as long as I can.
I really didn't understand this oil to begin with but now I think it's one of my favourites of all time, I can't convey in words how crystally green and clean it smells. There's also something heady about it that makes it go straight to my head and wakes me up. After weeks of endlessly sniffing my sample vial I realised how little I know about this type of oud.
What type is it classed as? What others are like this?! Where do these types come from?! How can wood be cooked at high temperature and still yield oils that smell clean and sharp and cold like and alpine forest?!