Kynam Emerald - thanks to a friend on here am able to enjoy a sample of this - a most intriguing oil - all sorts of green and earthy and oceanic.. I recall Kesiro saying "it smells like a beached whale" - Lol, I can't exactly relate to that but I think I know what he means.. The oil is very complex and scent evolution keeps me guessing - it has many different faces to it.. Best comparison I can make would be Kyara Sayan or Port Moresby + Green Papua..
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Royal Guallam today. Bittersweet and narcotic. I was watching the amazing miniseries Taboo when I got this one, set in 1814 London. This makes me think of laudanum, a bittersweet tincture of opium. Then again, maybe that's the anesthesthetic properties of fine Vietnamese agarwood on my mind talking.
Wow @bhanny I never made the connection until now and you are correct. Well, that is if Royal Guallum has anything in common with her Vietnamese sibling Kinam Rouge. I've "smelled" the smoke of raw opium, which has a similar texture, handfeel and appearance to hashish yet is darker, more purplish brown with a very distinctive frangrance(bittersweet, narcotic, cooling) at ambient temp and when heated. It is that narcotic note which assist the tobacco note in KR to smell so psychedelic.
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Mahabali from Taha. Very interesting oil. Unmistakable Hindi profile. Taha describes this oil to be barn without the barn. Hmm, well I am happy to report the this oils satisfies my Hindi craving very well. Yes it has that clean AA style but it's not all politeness. It kicks some major bahookey and I love it.
Today I used the funk master burmi. Adams newly released oil. All I have to say is wow. This oil is beautiful from the inside out. It has a fruitish smell which one cannot describe. The barnyard is there, but doesn't hit hard at all. Just enough for your nose to keep coming back and taking whiffs of the beautiful aroma. A beautiful oil and for the price, I would suggest everyone to grab one before it makes it to the website. You will be really happy with this Oudh.
Yesterday was Guallam Solide and Koon Mai Wan.
Guallam Solide by EO is a very heady Vietnamese + a tad of Laotian. Extremely well done member of Ensar's Guallam series. Checks all the boxes for what I like about Vietnamese oud. I think the Laotian component gives it a kick, but I must confess I may lack the sophistication to tease it out completely. Now a legend. I love Vietnamese oud. Duh, captain obvious, I know.
Koon Mai Wan by FO is a non-Thai Thai. I'm not sure if I didn't know it already that I would call it a Thai if asked blindly. Delicately sweet and beautiful topnotes that last far far longer than they should. Really a great oil. Believe he has some remaining. This one is a subtle killer.
Guallam Solide by EO is a very heady Vietnamese + a tad of Laotian. Extremely well done member of Ensar's Guallam series. Checks all the boxes for what I like about Vietnamese oud. I think the Laotian component gives it a kick, but I must confess I may lack the sophistication to tease it out completely. Now a legend. I love Vietnamese oud. Duh, captain obvious, I know.
Koon Mai Wan by FO is a non-Thai Thai. I'm not sure if I didn't know it already that I would call it a Thai if asked blindly. Delicately sweet and beautiful topnotes that last far far longer than they should. Really a great oil. Believe he has some remaining. This one is a subtle killer.
Archipelago and king koh kong double team. Last night was koh kong 76. Very interesting to be able to compare different artisans take on the koh kong region. The 76 is less 'dry' than the kkk, if that makes any sense. Both have a similar fruit scent with different dried fruit and spice characteristics.
Tonight the incredible Oud Dhul Q is the treat. This is such an incredible oil. At first you get this brazen smoke and burnt wood, almost charcoal scent. But this oil is no one trick pony. Peer deeper into this olfactory nirvana and you get a lot of finesse behind the power. Sweet, burnt caramel, even a bit of honeysuckle and clover nectar. The complexity dances around like a ballet dancer. Just beautiful stuff. Hats off to you Ensar for this treasure.
Sultan Abdul Hamit! Borneo/New Guinea. Wow, forgot how darn good this one is. A bit smokey, like freshly burning agarwood, all on top of the typical sultan blue-green New Guinea seaside jungly delight. Still say this one is my "seaside windswept strip of beach, on a dense jungle island, with small bonfire composed of resinated agarwood." Love it.
Later a pair of exclusive Al Shareefs. Al Malek Al Ceeni, a Chinese beauty. It has some syrupy honeyed elements, some lovely cinnamon spice and is balanced with beautiful green bittersweet undertones like his Ceen. Al Malek Al Maliyzi, a Malaysian with some similarities to the beautiful Kynam Emerald. I'm not saying it is a replacement for it, its not, but has some similarities. It has some of those earthy and oceanic properties that 5MeO mentioned a few days ago. Very nice oil as well.
Later a pair of exclusive Al Shareefs. Al Malek Al Ceeni, a Chinese beauty. It has some syrupy honeyed elements, some lovely cinnamon spice and is balanced with beautiful green bittersweet undertones like his Ceen. Al Malek Al Maliyzi, a Malaysian with some similarities to the beautiful Kynam Emerald. I'm not saying it is a replacement for it, its not, but has some similarities. It has some of those earthy and oceanic properties that 5MeO mentioned a few days ago. Very nice oil as well.
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