Hello Fellow Oud lovers,
Just a few words to you Gaharu friends.
I am based in France and started my Oud Odyssey 7 years ago while travelling to GCC regularly for business.
Every now and then I was bringing some Arabian Oud or ASAQ Ouds and Amber.
My wife hated these Barny Hindi Ouds for the longest time. It’s been a joke between us until she got used to it about 2 years ago
During a trip to Saudi last december, I tried to best an ASAQ Oud I got a few years ago and couldn’t find anything better in a mall full of of Oud shops. That’s when I turned to forums and found the Artisans. As for many, I started with Ensar Oud, then Feel Oud, Rising Phoenix, Royal Bengal Ouds just to name the ones I tested.
In just about 2 months of frenzy catching up with a world I should have discovered 7 years ago, everything opened, from the doors to the far east and deeper in the middle east.
I had read many blogs and forums when my first artisanal Ouds arrived home and felt influenced by the words. So when I offered her first swipes of artisanal Ouds with my wife, her first words were ‘uplifting, wraps me into a comfortable protective blanket, reassuring’. I felt it myself but was shocked to hear from her the same words everybody uses here. Needless to say she had never read anything on Oud.
I am here to learn and have fun,
looking forward sharing experiences and stories
Just a few words to you Gaharu friends.
I am based in France and started my Oud Odyssey 7 years ago while travelling to GCC regularly for business.
Every now and then I was bringing some Arabian Oud or ASAQ Ouds and Amber.
My wife hated these Barny Hindi Ouds for the longest time. It’s been a joke between us until she got used to it about 2 years ago
During a trip to Saudi last december, I tried to best an ASAQ Oud I got a few years ago and couldn’t find anything better in a mall full of of Oud shops. That’s when I turned to forums and found the Artisans. As for many, I started with Ensar Oud, then Feel Oud, Rising Phoenix, Royal Bengal Ouds just to name the ones I tested.
In just about 2 months of frenzy catching up with a world I should have discovered 7 years ago, everything opened, from the doors to the far east and deeper in the middle east.
I had read many blogs and forums when my first artisanal Ouds arrived home and felt influenced by the words. So when I offered her first swipes of artisanal Ouds with my wife, her first words were ‘uplifting, wraps me into a comfortable protective blanket, reassuring’. I felt it myself but was shocked to hear from her the same words everybody uses here. Needless to say she had never read anything on Oud.
I am here to learn and have fun,
looking forward sharing experiences and stories