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I’ve gone a bit crazy today and applied both Iris noir along with sultan musk attar, I’m overexcited in anticipation of the Guallam 1 which will come either tomorrow or Tuesday InshaAllah
 

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Agar Aura:Kham Lao

Wearing AA Kham Lao today, beautiful stuff. Really smells like Oud Yusuf but takes all the beautiful aspect of it to 4K. It has a golden vapor full of resinous goodness, there is a iced-white grape juiciness that comes out with a lime-green profile that is seeping through the background. It has chinese oud vibe with facets of chinese herbs with sweet and bitter medicinal characters intermingling to take you to the dry down composed of a beautiful spicy (cinnamic) incense.
I absolutely love Kham Lao, did you manage to try ensars wild Laos oil? It’s like a smoother more refined kham Lao.... you would love it InshaAllah
 
Ensar Oud: Oud Shuayb

The most beautiful Hindi oud I have smelled in my life. I did smell quiet a few Hindi ouds, but Oud Shuayb is hypnotic and a sniff of it will send you to heaven. As the hours go by I am surrounded by this glowing heavenly fragrance, Oud Shuayb will take you to the mysterious lands of the Arabia filled with aromatic spices, soft-incense burning in the souq bazaars under the glowing evening sunset, florals dripped in wild honey, and the lightly-worn saddle of your Arabian horse. I wish I can grab a bottle of this masterpiece soon. And guess what it's already aged for 9 years, very special oil, once gone it will be a legend.
 
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Smelly Vision

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Ensar Oud: Oud Shuayb

The most beautiful Hindi oud I have smelled in my life. I did smell quiet a few Hindi ouds, but Oud Shuayb is hypnotic and a sniff of it will send you to heaven. As the hours go by I am surrounded by this glowing heavenly fragrance, Oud Shuayb will take you to the mysterious lands of the Arabia filled with aromatic spices, soft-incense burning in the souq bazaars under the glowing evening sunset, florals dripped in wild honey, and the lightly-worn saddle of your Arabian horse. I wish I can grab a bottle of this masterpiece soon. And guess what it's already aged for 9 years, very special oil, once gone it will be a legend.
Ohh bro, you are tempting me with this one lol, I already have mostafa coming on Friday. Did you try mostafa aswell?
 

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Today I have worn guallam No1. I am
I will need time to process it, some ouds are mono-tonal (not monotonous!) and DQ is really hard to wrap my head around with one wearing.

I think 'rona has messed with my sense of smell, it's so much harder to put the pieces together.
ohh brother I am sorry to hear that, you contracted Covid? How are you feeling now?
 
No, the NTLTD was a private sale, and my other experiences are Pinoy LTD, Kinam Rouge and a Nha Trang Ultima and Malindang from Imperial Oud.
It’s not a knock on the oils at all. There are things going on there in all of those that are just incredible and I’ve never smelled anywhere else (particularly the Ensar top shelf ones).

There’s probably a couple other things going on as well, number one I don’t have the greatest sense of smell, and for that reason apply most of my oils directly under my nose. And I’m also only a little more than 2 1/2 years into my Oud journey. Combining those two things, at this point compared to most of you, I’m no doubt like a high school kid trying to understand the difference between $3000 headphones and Beats by Dre.
I have to eat my words on Nha Trang LTD after tonight’s experience with it. As I’ve said before, my nose isn’t reliable and there are times I don’t smell well at all, I suspect related to low level system toxicity that I’m always trying to stay a step ahead of....but tonight after those blissful opening notes, a drydown emerged that I’ve just never smelled before in other oils and I can’t even fully describe. Other than to say something about it brings me back to Hajj...something deep and soulful.
 

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Today I have worn Nha Trang Ultima (Imperial oud) on one arm and Sultan Mehmet (Ensar) on the other. Decided to overindulge lol.. NTU is a great high grade Vietnamese oil and the Sultan Mehmet to me is like Oud Ertugrul on steroids.