source wood offered with bottles of oud

[YouNight]

Setting the notes aside, I wore Thai Encens 1a yesterday, and thought it made for a more thorough picture of 'point A to point B' having been able to heat/burn some of the source wood (several times) beforehand.
I was struck by how good a representation the oil is of the heated wood, particularly after the first couple of hours of wearing the oil.

Made me wish (and hope!) that more oud oils would be offered with a small sample of the source wood... or, at least that some of the source wood would be available to buy (either on its own, or to buyers of the oil).
It doesn't need to be large quantities of the wood, as a little bit goes a long way.

Even if the oil deviates from the profile of the heated wood, it'd offer a glimpse into the (known or unknown) factors during the distillation process which influence the outcome.

So, I guess this a request to any sellers/distillers who might see this.
I, for one, would appreciate it greatly

(and thanks, Ensar, for, offering source wood for Thai Ensens 1a/1b and Khao Yai)

 

[masstika]

Younight what do you mean by "thought it made a more thorough picture of 'point a to point B'...?

 

[YouNight]

Younight what do you mean by "thought it made a more thorough picture of 'point a to point B'...?

Point A = source wood
Point B = oil distilled from source wood

Thorough = reasonably complete picture of the story from point A to point B, with any differences in notes between the two points accounted for by distillation factors.

 

[YouNight]

*ahem*
Right.
Well... it's what I'd do if I were distilling/selling nice oil from nice wood.

But, don't mind me.

 

[Ensar Oud]

Hey You. I thought I replied to your request in the Borneo 50K thread, as I remember posting that at the same time you started this thread. Let me copy it here, for the sake of greater relevance.

"Due to the time that has lapsed since the distillation (i.e. of Borneo 50K), we have completely run out of the raw materials used in making the oil, and cannot offer any chips along with it. However it is our firm commitment, in order to keep everything open and be as informative and matter-of-fact as possible about what we state regarding our oils that from here onward we will be offering chips from the same as go into the distillation pots along with each Experiment distillation. We have been doing this with the two Thai Encens distillations, and are currently sending out Khao Yai chips from the distillation batch along with each order we receive for the Khao Yai Experiment."

And you're very welcome for the Khao Yai and Thai Encens chips. Working on getting some Bhutan chips from our current Bhutan Experiment, which will launch circa May 1st, 2020.

 

[YouNight]

Ah! Cool, Ensar!
I missed that post in the other thread.
Excellent to know that it'll become something that will (continue to) be done with some oil offerings in the future.

Thanks!

 

[YouNight]

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