Inspired by Ensar's recent impressions of his Khao Yai distillation, I've been considering blending Lotus oils with an Oud oil. I also know that Ensar did this with Pink Papua (a blend of Blue Brunei and Pink Lotus, correct me if I'm wrong).
As an experiment, I took a tiny amount of Ensar's Oud Shuayb (unreleased oil from the same jungle as Oud Mostafa). Its character and presence is very different from the powerful Mostafa, and yet it has a strength and stability that felt to be the perfect balance with which to approach a blend. On my other wrist, I put a few dabs of Christopher's White Lotus Attar and Blue Lotus Attar. I noticed that the Lotuses mix quite nicely together. I rub my wrists together gently, mixing Oud Shuayb and the Lotus oils.
The high range of lotus is the most noticeable at first. The highest top notes I've ever encountered. But it is not too long before the lotuses come back down to a ground of Shuayb--a steady radiance of Indian Oud with a beautifully sustained and balanced barnyard note and pleasant woodiness, now circulating with the exalting notes of Lotus.
I used Lotus Attars, and so the sandalwood is also quite present. I would like to repeat the experiment with absolutes. However, as I continue to smell, the oils mingle quite nicely together. A single breath shifting between quite a range of notes, each one showing its character before sinking back into a mysterious cohesion of fragrance.
More Oud and Lotus Absolutes. I would like to use pink, white, and blue as an experiment. But the ground of Oud needs to be quite present, because while the lotus is quite a subtle fragrance, it has a strange power that emerges when blended.
Feel free to share thoughts or advice!
As an experiment, I took a tiny amount of Ensar's Oud Shuayb (unreleased oil from the same jungle as Oud Mostafa). Its character and presence is very different from the powerful Mostafa, and yet it has a strength and stability that felt to be the perfect balance with which to approach a blend. On my other wrist, I put a few dabs of Christopher's White Lotus Attar and Blue Lotus Attar. I noticed that the Lotuses mix quite nicely together. I rub my wrists together gently, mixing Oud Shuayb and the Lotus oils.
The high range of lotus is the most noticeable at first. The highest top notes I've ever encountered. But it is not too long before the lotuses come back down to a ground of Shuayb--a steady radiance of Indian Oud with a beautifully sustained and balanced barnyard note and pleasant woodiness, now circulating with the exalting notes of Lotus.
I used Lotus Attars, and so the sandalwood is also quite present. I would like to repeat the experiment with absolutes. However, as I continue to smell, the oils mingle quite nicely together. A single breath shifting between quite a range of notes, each one showing its character before sinking back into a mysterious cohesion of fragrance.
More Oud and Lotus Absolutes. I would like to use pink, white, and blue as an experiment. But the ground of Oud needs to be quite present, because while the lotus is quite a subtle fragrance, it has a strange power that emerges when blended.
Feel free to share thoughts or advice!