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Oudamberlove

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Today I swiped Tigerwood 1995 to celebrate.......
I thought I was down to my last bottle of TW95, then as I was rearranging my treasure chest, I opened a pouch to see what bottle was in it, to my surprise, inside was my spare bottle of TW95. I thought I sold it before, but I guess I decided not to sell it, thank goodness. So.......time to celebrate!:)
 

Oudamberlove

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Night swipes:
Assamugo Senkoh on the right.
This second try, I couldn’t stop sniffing.
No barnyard here, but wait!!......
I’m getting horse stable perfume on my left,
thanks to a tincture of young ambergris:D

I made my ambergris tinctures very highly concentrated. They leave a tacky film when the alcohol evaporates. I tried layering some oud over the film, it made the oud last very long. Excellent fixative.
 

5MeO

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Syed Mahabali (Taha) - pulled out my little sample vial of this today after a good while unused - thoroughly enjoying this big resin bomb - we would call this heart and base notes I think, with a lovely muted fruity twist to it..
 

kesiro

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Syed Mahabali (Taha) - pulled out my little sample vial of this today after a good while unused - thoroughly enjoying this big resin bomb - we would call this heart and base notes I think, with a lovely muted fruity twist to it..
S. Mahabali is a base and heart oil in a big way. Some very deep notes with the dark cherry and spices underpinning. Great stuff!
 

Nikhil S

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We had an Oud mehfil. 3 hardcore fragrance lovers including Zakir bhai. Sitting together with all the best Ouds we had. XLL was a superhit 2/3 they were enamored by it. I am yet to enjoy that Oil. One was a nose of 21yrs and he went crazy on XLL. “Smell of Rainforest” they said. ORSL 0/3. But Suriranka Senkoh played with their heads 3/3. The multiple layers got them. So I will be swiping SS again roaming around the city and chilling out. XLL proves to me again even though I don’t think it’s special it will be someday. Sometimes we let go of things or take things for granted only to realise their worth later on. Good day to all.
 

Rasoul S

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Night swipes:
Assamugo Senkoh on the right.
This second try, I couldn’t stop sniffing.
No barnyard here, but wait!!......
I’m getting horse stable perfume on my left,
thanks to a tincture of young ambergris:D

I made my ambergris tinctures very highly concentrated. They leave a tacky film when the alcohol evaporates. I tried layering some oud over the film, it made the oud last very long. Excellent fixative.
I can second that. I too go very heavy on my AG tinctures. And is magic with all scents
 

~A Coburn

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It's been Thai Phalaka for the last three days or so, and I loved every minute of it!

Opening of sweet black tea with an olive green edge. Steady and consistent with massive sillage and good projection, very soothing. Sadly I'm down to my last of 4 bottles :eek:
 

Rasoul S

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kinamantan last night. diffusive port moresbey and a few shades lighter in green. still classified as dark green scent but not as much as maroke oils. super addictive, mind buzzing and delicious. oak moss, ceylon cinammon, aglaia and dusty in a good way.

royal malinau this morning. its perfect to my nose and my senses. ethereal, pretty, delicately cinammon heart candy, spicy, sweet opening, creamy, custardy heart, and deliciously oudy woody base. what more can one ask for?
 

~A Coburn

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We had an Oud mehfil. 3 hardcore fragrance lovers including Zakir bhai. Sitting together with all the best Ouds we had. XLL was a superhit 2/3 they were enamored by it. I am yet to enjoy that Oil. One was a nose of 21yrs and he went crazy on XLL. “Smell of Rainforest” they said. ORSL 0/3. But Suriranka Senkoh played with their heads 3/3. The multiple layers got them. So I will be swiping SS again roaming around the city and chilling out. XLL proves to me again even though I don’t think it’s special it will be someday. Sometimes we let go of things or take things for granted only to realise their worth later on. Good day to all.
XLL's been a challenge for me too, although it opens up wonderfully in the warmer months revealing a bit of its depth and sweetness... yes, there's a sweetness in there =)
And I think you're spot on about it's 'someday' worth. I feel like it'll be the next Port Mort Moresby... @Rasoul S what are your thoughts between the two? Port Moresby and Xiang Liao Ling...
 

Rasoul S

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XLL's been a challenge for me too, although it opens up wonderfully in the warmer months revealing a bit of its depth and sweetness... yes, there's a sweetness in there =)
And I think you're spot on about it's 'someday' worth. I feel like it'll be the next Port Mort Moresby... @Rasoul S what are your thoughts between the two? Port Moresby and Xiang Liao Ling...
different planets. well not really but still very different. xll has the filaria diesel/crude oil, petrified thing to my nose and is high pitched. to a newbie for example, one whiff of xll and you see them pull away. on the contrary with PM, they go back and go closer and go closer again and again and start engaging with it. enough said. having said all of this, there is so much stuffing in xll that i think its future is bright. i like to think in 5, 10 years it will calm down, get more rounded and nuanced. port moresbey though is just an oil that sun moon and stars lined up for it. HUGE depth. huge confidence in a very down to earth manner. i mean kyara ltd for example is very confident too but it makes sure you know that it knows that is confident and has the goods. port moresbey on the other hand remains more humble about it. even comapred to kinamantan, port moresbey in my eyes is at least a grade above, if not few... the quiet confidence wins it.
 

Rasoul S

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@Simla House
i love to read your honest impressions of hindustan 1. i know it was one wear and a tiny one, but do pls share your thoughts with all of us.

i studied it again last night and once again while it is a very different oil to any and all hindi (minus chugoko if you are ok with calling it hindi) and some may call it avant garde and extra terrestial oil, i find it utterly fascinating and objectively speaking of very high quality and true hindi. the coumarin, the hay, the countryside but more alpine country side (swiss farm?) is what i see.

sure there is the signature pristine top note of taha here, but there is depth too. like royal malinau. tons of depth in fact. it is not as radical and obvious of a progression as lets say ORSL or kinam rouge or many of ensar's oils, but there is still progression nonetheless which in my eyes suggests the fractionation practice is not holding true here.
 

Rasoul S

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Are you serious peter? To say the above and in red and with underline!!!? How can anyone not take offense to it. I am sincerely hoping the intention you had is different than how the action is coming across. Where do you get off ordering me what to say and what not to? Just because what I see and love is different than your view, it doesn’t give you or anyone the right to basically tell me to shut up and don’t talk about hindi.

Live and let live man.

Not that I need to explain myself further but since you brought it up let me tell you what I sincerely believe in.

But before that you should know I have well over two dozens hindi/laotian/Burmese oils myself and have experienced way more. From ensar to imperial from shareef to zakir and the Arabian houses to so many local distillers in India thanks to brother stefan’s Wonderful stash and open arms to share and other sources without online presence. I also have tons of hindi wood. Hudhayl. Qandahar. Zak’s ants nest to top and low entry. Nagaland to assam to ...

Not one wood smells of cheese dirty socks sweat and animal droppings. But what they do have is a subtle and beautiful countryside note of hay in both dried and freshly harvested note.

So when I say true hindi I mean it as the scent in an oil like hindustan is actually the intrinsic barn as found in the wood and not one made of process. Nothing wrong with those who enjoy the introduction of the fermented notes and new leather etc. who knows maybe I too will one day find pleasure in them. But for now I don’t and I am very explicit and open about it.

I was even explicitly sharing in the above post that Hindustan 1 is not the typical hindi. How much clearer can I be?

Final note: I see it as quite the contrary. If I listened to the likes of those celebrating the animal funky cheesy Ouds and reading their message as all hindi/Burmese... are like that I would have missed out on three of the most beautiful oils:
Chugoko
Konbaung imperial Oud Burmese
And now Hindustan

I am disappointed by your post. It is uncalled for and not appreciated and in fact promotes a dogmatic approach to Oud enjoyment. If is hindi it needs to be as such otherwise is no good and god forbid someone finds joy in it, they should shut up.
 
Are you serious peter? To say the above and in red and with underline!!!? How can anyone not take offense to it. I am sincerely hoping the intention you had is different than how the action is coming across. Where do you get off ordering me what to say and what not to? Just because what I see and love is different than your view, it doesn’t give you or anyone the right to basically tell me to shut up and don’t talk about hindi.

Live and let live man.

Not that I need to explain myself further but since you brought it up let me tell you what I sincerely believe in.

But before that you should know I have well over two dozens hindi/laotian/Burmese oils myself and have experienced way more. From ensar to imperial from shareef to zakir and the Arabian houses to so many local distillers in India thanks to brother stefan’s Wonderful stash and open arms to share and other sources without online presence. I also have tons of hindi wood. Hudhayl. Qandahar. Zak’s ants nest to top and low entry. Nagaland to assam to ...

Not one wood smells of cheese dirty socks sweat and animal droppings. But what they do have is a subtle and beautiful countryside note of hay in both dried and freshly harvested note.

So when I say true hindi I mean it as the scent in an oil like hindustan is actually the intrinsic barn as found in the wood and not one made of process. Nothing wrong with those who enjoy the introduction of the fermented notes and new leather etc. who knows maybe I too will one day find pleasure in them. But for now I don’t and I am very explicit and open about it.

I was even explicitly sharing in the above post that Hindustan 1 is not the typical hindi. How much clearer can I be?

Final note: I see it as quite the contrary. If I listened to the likes of those celebrating the animal funky cheesy Ouds and reading their message as all hindi/Burmese... are like that I would have missed out on three of the most beautiful oils:
Chugoko
Konbaung imperial Oud Burmese
And now Hindustan

I am disappointed by your post. It is uncalled for and not appreciated and in fact promotes a dogmatic approach to Oud enjoyment. If is hindi it needs to be as such otherwise is no good and god forbid someone finds joy in it, they should shut up.
wow come down, do not get to exited i was just asking.
 

Oudamberlove

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I have bought full bottles of oils based on reviews of noses that I trust, and still got disappointed several times over. Sampling is the best!.......because we are all unique individuals.
That’s why it’s great to be in a circle of friends where we send each other samples. I have tried many oils that way;)

As for today, I thought I’d see how my bottle of Hudhayl is aging.....,......,....no major change. Maybe some Hindis age slowly but surely. That’s how I can see them lasting 50 to 100 years and still be great.
Meanwhile, no barny kick from Hudhayl, but it does have some intriguing notes. Next time I’ll heat some of the wood when I do another swipe.
 

Rasoul S

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I have bought full bottles of oils based on reviews of noses that I trust, and still got disappointed several times over. Sampling is the best!.......because we are all unique individuals.
That’s why it’s great to be in a circle of friends where we send each other samples. I have tried many oils that way;)

As for today, I thought I’d see how my bottle of Hudhayl is aging.....,......,....no major change. Maybe some Hindis age slowly but surely. That’s how I can see them lasting 50 to 100 years and still be great.
Meanwhile, no barny kick from Hudhayl, but it does have some intriguing notes. Next time I’ll heat some of the wood when I do another swipe.
Amen. Wise words. As we say in the world of wine every palate is different. To each their own. There is very little In the way of universal great or bad.