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Royal Bengal from FO. This is one wild, feral oud. This is the first Bengal oil I ever tried and boy is it different. This has some serious sinensis type sourness along with a unique animalic Hindi barn base. There are really no sweet notes that I can detect. Adam calls it Royal Bengal but I call this Bengal Tiger. Powerful stuff in both scent and longevity.
I would say that if you are an experienced afficionado of the more animalic ouds, there will be nothing like this in your collection. If you are trying to get your feet wet in this type of genre, this one is more for down the line and more well aged hindis with the barn notes tamed by time would be a better bet. On that front, I am very curious to see what a few years does for this oil.
I would say that if you are an experienced afficionado of the more animalic ouds, there will be nothing like this in your collection. If you are trying to get your feet wet in this type of genre, this one is more for down the line and more well aged hindis with the barn notes tamed by time would be a better bet. On that front, I am very curious to see what a few years does for this oil.
A solidarity swipe of Jing Shen Lu for @Steel Hyaena, for my morning riyaaz.
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Amazing day today. My roommates father came all the way from Saudi Arabia, and he loves Oud! As such we had an awesome Oud sampling session.
Oud oils swiped:
Hudhayl - ASO
Ceen - ASO
Oud Yaqoub - EO
Sinharaja - IO
Cambodi - Private Distiller
and for the big finale, Sultani - EO
Wood burnt:
Sinking Walla Patta
Sinking Vietnamese Sinensis
Double Super Vietnamese
Sinking Borneo
Our house smells like all sorts of Oud.
Oud oils swiped:
Hudhayl - ASO
Ceen - ASO
Oud Yaqoub - EO
Sinharaja - IO
Cambodi - Private Distiller
and for the big finale, Sultani - EO
Wood burnt:
Sinking Walla Patta
Sinking Vietnamese Sinensis
Double Super Vietnamese
Sinking Borneo
Our house smells like all sorts of Oud.
Today I put on a small swipe of the beautiful Assam 3000 on one hand and one nostril and Pursat 2005 on the other hand and on the other nostril. Cant describe it in words the affect I was feeling. Happy and transported somewhere for sure. The dry down on both of them are phenomenal! The notes in the Assam 3000 really came out. I remember years ago about a shop where they use to sell all these exotic kind of teas. Never really understood teas back then, but the smell/aromas of those teas lingered in my head for years. The Assam 3k reminded me of smelling those exotic teas but that was tea and this is Oudh at its best. I would gladly trade all the teas in that store to have this precious Oudh with me!
Today I decided to go Sinensis also by putting on the Holy China Sayang (after reading about @kesiro a few times. Thank you Sir) This is the 2nd time I opened my main bottle and was just blown away. I knew Chinese Oudhs were in a league of its own, but the China Sayang is something every Oudh lover should have in their possession. The sweet citrusy notes coupled with something like sweet slowly heated Kinam (which hopefully I will smell one day) I am pointing towards Kinam because it's a very unique aroma which I am getting from this Oudh and it's something which is standing out that's why I am leaning towards the Kinamic note.
It's a smell which you don't want to go away from you for hours if not days. Bravo Sidi Ensar for truly making a masterpiece!
It's a smell which you don't want to go away from you for hours if not days. Bravo Sidi Ensar for truly making a masterpiece!
I agree on the misleading part, however I have had the chance to own two Kinam Oudhs. The first being Royal Kinam and the 2nd one being Assam Kinam.
Both of those Oils had a very particular note which was described as Kinam. There are a few notes which stand out of all notes in some Oudhs and you can tell right away that "particular" note. I found that "particular note" in both those Oils and have found that note in this China Sayang.
I haven't smelled Kinam/Kyara wood personally but have read and visualized what it would smell like. The day I get a chance to smell something of that caliber shouldn't be a big huge surprise because the experts have spoken about it and continue speaking about what's it like, so we are learning and grasping about it as much as we can.
Both of those Oils had a very particular note which was described as Kinam. There are a few notes which stand out of all notes in some Oudhs and you can tell right away that "particular" note. I found that "particular note" in both those Oils and have found that note in this China Sayang.
I haven't smelled Kinam/Kyara wood personally but have read and visualized what it would smell like. The day I get a chance to smell something of that caliber shouldn't be a big huge surprise because the experts have spoken about it and continue speaking about what's it like, so we are learning and grasping about it as much as we can.
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Don't forget Kyara Koutan @kooolaid79 - Ensar wrote the following about why he named it that:
'When I named an oil "Kyara" on the other hand; such as Kyara LTD and Kyara Koutan; what I was trying to indicate is that the profile of these ouds was redolent of the smoke of burning kyara chips, in the Baieido sense of the term.....'
'When I named an oil "Kyara" on the other hand; such as Kyara LTD and Kyara Koutan; what I was trying to indicate is that the profile of these ouds was redolent of the smoke of burning kyara chips, in the Baieido sense of the term.....'