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Gaianmind

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Right this moment tho, I'm enjoying a lovely American Ginseng tincture and a swipe of Sultani 1990! The Sultani is growing on me. It is different than the other Marokes on my collection. Has a bit of funk similar to a very tamed down Chinese oil, very very faint. Less wet and more incensey with that well aged oudy liquor note! Yumm

Ginseng is creamy and rooty with a touch of maple syrup!
 
Rasoul S

Rasoul S

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AA koh kood

cambodi taken a vacation in thailand. mix of the fruit and cambodi terpy notes. captivating opening. fans of au luong, chamkelia, yusuf, JSL... will like this. my problem is the progression. in 45min or so after application a note best described as ivory soap (irish soap) is dominant and a turn off for me. subjective of course. others may very well celebrate this note...
 
Rasoul S

Rasoul S

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Gaianmind said:
@Oudamberlove Maroke sultan sounds awesome! Here are a couple of oils I've been wearing these past few days

EO People's Maroke....Starts off with a strong green vapory blast, similar to XLL. After 30 minutes it cools down into a blue menthol incensey vibe. It rides this out for hours. Every now and then I get a fleeting whiff of blueberry marshmallows, like the ones they put in kids cereal. It also has all the other Maroke trademarks I love, like a touch of smoke and dampness, a little soil and herbs. All in all a solid Maroke!.....addicting scent!

EO Archinam.....Wow this is such an intoxicating oil! The beginning is kind of a mix of Purple Kinam and Port Morseby. Incensey with purple florals. Has a lilacs on a rainy day vibe. As time goes on it turns up the incense and gets a bit darker. Gets a really light ancient musty note that I love. A very lovely oil.
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archinam reads like a dream. lovely.
 
Oudamberlove

Oudamberlove

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Fragrant Harbor on the left,
I don’t crave it often, but every time I swipe it, I wonder why I don’t swipe it that often. Always unassuming, but delivers satisfaction.

Nagaland Imperial on the right,
This is the only “New Age” Hindi that I tried. Very alluring initially, then it slowly settles to a non-barn sweet Hindi.
 
Rasoul S

Rasoul S

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Oudamberlove said:
Fragrant Harbor on the left,
I don’t crave it often, but every time I swipe it, I wonder why I don’t swipe it that often. Always unassuming, but delivers satisfaction.

Nagaland Imperial on the right,
This is the only “New Age” Hindi that I tried. Very alluring initially, then it slowly settles to a non-barn sweet Hindi.
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In comparison to old school hindi, one may not see the barn in Ni. But to a animal scent aversed crowd there is still a good kick of it in NI. Shah jahan on the other hand is clean and all about the coumarin hay tonka and devoid of the animatic tone.
 
Oudamberlove

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Rasoul S said:
In comparison to old school hindi, one may not see the barn in Ni. But to a animal scent aversed crowd there is still a good kick of it in NI. Shah jahan on the other hand is clean and all about the coumarin hay tonka and devoid of the animatic tone.
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That’s right! I am so accustomed to barn that Nagaland Imperial seemed to have none, especially when it settles down/ dries down, but it’s there indeed. I read somewhere that some oils will have a barniness even without a soak. Would that type of barniness be part of the scent that lies within the oleoresin? Not a product of distillation?

I have a very resinated heartwood chunk of agarwood from Yamadamatsu (old stock). When I heat it, it is complex and musky. It’s supposed to be Indonesian, but musky?? I need to explore that chunk some more.
 
Rasoul S

Rasoul S

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Oudamberlove said:
That’s right! I am so accustomed to barn that Nagaland Imperial seemed to have none, especially when it settles down/ dries down, but it’s there indeed. I read somewhere that some oils will have a barniness even without a soak. Would that type of barniness be part of the scent that lies within the oleoresin? Not a product of distillation?

I have a very resinated heartwood chunk of agarwood from Yamadamatsu (old stock). When I heat it, it is complex and musky. It’s supposed to be Indonesian, but musky?? I need to explore that chunk some more.
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i havent been able to verify via gcsm, but to my nose the same note in hay, tonka (coumarin) is in agalocha. so oud like hindustan 1, chugoku, bahadour, lavanya, kalyani, shah jahan... all have that hay note but minus anything fermented or fecal. that same note is also found in the wood when heated at medium temp. to my nose at least. so i am for now cautiously inclined to believe this note is from the wood and not process...
 
Rasoul S

Rasoul S

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guallam solide!
upon application is boozy (alc extract), angular and harsh around the edges. nothing to write home about. 20-30 min after? a gentle, nuanced yet grand symphony for the senses. amazing!!! loving this. vietnam nose, clearly, yet suggestions of red cambodi (pursat?) and very slight Chinese vibe (some sinesis material?) add to the complexity. a must have for fans of the region and the scent profile.
 
Rasoul S

Rasoul S

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Purple kinam was the Oud of the night. Or was it?!?!?

Long story short, One thing lead to another and made me question just what is kinam/Kyara note in oils? Is it what I perceived it to be to date? Is it even really all that unique of a note and easy to detect? (So far the answer is yes and no. In some oils, I can only “at times” see the kinam note: e.g kinam rouge while in other oils I can’t see it: Oud Ahmad. But kinam is not just the scent but how it makes you feel. A certain energy in it. A strong qi movement. And that, is special enough. I felt it in even oils that i couldn’t smell it out).

So from purple kinam to kinamantan to port moresbey to Kyara ltd 2.0 and now concluding this crazy irresponsible night of plenty (yet something I strongly urge everyone to do few times a year or so. Nights like this makes you feel alive and see the beauty and love in this world despite all the bad. All the wrong. All the sad. ) with none other than the oil of oils and it proved this again tonight: Nha Trang ltd. A laser beam oil. So focused so in line behaved so astute and erect in its posture. A minimally built yet profound scent. That of old wood Nha Trang. The holly grail scent for me when talking the wood. As it turns out ditto in oil form too.

Peace and love brothers and sisters.
 
Rasoul S

Rasoul S

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Philipina 1: delicious gourmand oud. Manuka honey. Tarragon and savory infused honey. Floral nectar syrup from Venus. Full round rich and deeply satisfying. Cummingiana is a treat. I love this cultivar.
 
Oudamberlove

Oudamberlove

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Started the day with EO Assam Wilde

First I got hay, followed by a sugary sweetness, followed by a mild barn, followed by some incense.
Overall, a likeable oud with a low signal strength.

Well, I decided to go Wilde on Wilde by adding 5 drops of Oud Dhul Q, and wait.....I’m not yet done....then I also added some grains of Siberian and Kashmiri musk.
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Now I’ll have to shake the bottle periodically for a whole year :confused:


Next up.....a swipe of Mai Wan Lao
I love tobacco oud:rolleyes:

Next up..... I just received some surprise samples from an ouddict. IO Oud Meets West, IO Adhrijaya II, FO Kayo Blanco, EO TW Royale, AA Royal Papua, and AA Oud Kampuchea.

All smell good “off the stick”.

I swiped the Adhrijaya II. It has the same “high-grade verve” as FO Borneo Adventure.
 
Oudamberlove

Oudamberlove

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a.m. swipe,
IO Rajakiya
Smooth and settled, delicious, heavy on the middle notes.

p.m. swipe
EO Oud Mostafa 5
Underneath the creamy barn, lies a classic Cambodi profile, with a little spice, fruits, wood, and tobacco.
 
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