Pulau Maluku

#1
Pulau Maluku, AgarAura´s latest Papuan Islands creation. A dark-brown oil with a touch of reddish golden hue.
Directly from the bottle, I am greeted with a strong aged agarwood scent. On the skin a wonderful scent, with lots of herbal and jungly notes unfolds. A few moments later, a sweet Borneo note emerges. I get also a bitter-orange peel scent.

Slowly, the Papuan jungly notes take over again. It is a constant medley, it changes back and forth between the Borneo sweetness and the jungly and herbal notes riding a-top the agarwood scent that (at least to my nose) reminds me of my favorite oil, a well-aged Laotian oil that I acquired some time ago. The Maluku Islands, as Taha wrote on his website, are situated between Borneo and Papua, so you will find notes of both these regoins in this oil.

It also reminded me of Ensar´s Oud Emerald. Those who missed out on Emerald will find a close relative in this oil.
It is a wonderful oil, and I think many oudheads will make this their new favorite.
 
#2
Taha has done it again! Im a real fan of this oil and find it very invigorating. I find it fresh but not wet, somewhat sweet, basalmic, vapory, young but complex, will improve with aging, all the things I love in an oil. I wish I could buy his entire stock of this precious nectar. I should have been here praising this oil a long time ago as, Ive been enjoying it for a while now but, I wanted more and didnt want it to sell out before I could buy as much as he would sell me. Alas, Taha really deserves some attn for such a beautiful oil at, the huge risk of me not getting my fill, such is life.