Technical Production

Ensar Oud

Ensar Oud

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This is entirely subjective, as the same oil that will last 3 hours on your skin might score 24 on mine, but from strictly 'mechanical' considerations thicker oils should last longer due to the sheer lather they form when applied, which does not get absorbed as easily as thin oils irrespective of skin chemistry. That shouldn't be a criterion when choosing an oud oil though. An oil might last on your skin for three days, but if it smells like something you want to wash off the minute you apply it, what's the use?

Short answer, if you like an oil and wish it lasted longer on you, put it on your clothing! :)
 
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abdullah

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It is clear ! Ma sha Allah!
Now Ensar one simple question i guesss!
If an Oud is distilled with water and further an aromatic (eg jasmine).
The resulting Oud will be jasmine features?
 
Ensar Oud

Ensar Oud

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The reason jasmine is always offered as an absolute and not an essential oil is because it cannot withstand the heat of steam distillation. There are jasmine hydro distills like the traditional Indian ruhs which are done in copper vessels, but I doubt jasmine would endure the heat employed in distilling oud oil. I am not very versed in jasmine extraction, so this is at best only a guess. Your idea is very clever and innovative though: an Oud-Rose co-extraction for example! I can see quite a few people fancying something like that!

My friend Chris McMahon over at White Lotus Aromatics experimented with vetiver and other aromatics in this fashion. So he did Vetiver-Kewda, Vetiver-Tuberose, Vetiver-Jasmine, Vetiver-Rose co-extracts. While the resulting oils were very interesting to sample, I would prefer to have a superior quality vetiver and superior quality rose, tuberose, etc on their own rather than co-distilled in this way.
 
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