@timoudthy good to have you and good to be back, although i never left...
ertugrul is a beast... a refined beast with just enough spunk and maturity balance. like a warrior in his early thirties? somehow i am off the malinau train that i was on all my oud life for the moment. i will be back spring/summer time i am sure. and ertugrul for me has just enough of that defined malinau signature of orange vanilla creamiscle and bright sunshine vacation profile that i am thrown off and not allowed to study its other nuances fairly.
while trying to keep my mind off my extremely painful low back spasm, i am one wrist glued to nose with oud royale 2004. lovely oil that can be enjoyed as a mustache wear. gentle, softspoken and quite mature. in fact so much so that i wish it had more going on on the top note. is not totally void of it, but i wished for more. the profile is closest to green papua, just a bit darker, bit more green rather than spice. a bit more liqueur than wine. ... i am tempted to make an amalgam green oil as or04 as its base but a solo drop of the mighty dark roasted coffee like OR5 and to accentuate the age and antqiuity, a drop or two fo papuamantan. to add mind buzz, i may go crazy and do half a drop of papuya 02 (oriscent unreleased 4-5K tier oi, iirc...) or port moresbey an almost equally level oil. but i feel is till need something lighter green, younger and more piercing top note in the mix too.. do you have port papua that was released along papumantan maybe a year ago?
@Micheal Smith
what do you think micheal? you have port papua and tired or04. do you see it fitting my vision above?
anyone else has port papua or a whole bunch of green oils to share their opinion? we the vancouver oud guild micheal,
@Simla House and I, LOVE our green oils. so coem to us for oud talk, esp when its green
actually, everyone is encouraged and welcome to share what would be your version of the best amalgam "green" oil and help me make mine... hopefully we get enough input going to move this to its own seperate thread and from there it would be great to start similar topics: best amalgam barny oil, fruity oil, oceanic, bitter, etc etc. layering adn blends are fun. i didnt think much of it in past, when it tried american oud from ensar i was blown away by its complexity and engaging quality. high quality, integrated and unintegrated notes, keeps it super exciting. i also LOVE oud ahmad and tigerwood royale combo. dot of ahmad on and dabbed, then twr swiped over it.