In a past trip to Istanbul I experienced my first smell of oud. It was absolutely amazing, and soon after smelling it I went straight home and started to explore this wonderful world. I soon stumbled upon Ensar's website and was absolutely amazed. I had no idea that oud was so diverse and it felt like something that resonated perfectly with me. I quickly knew that this would almost certainly develop into a passion for myself.
You see, due to my background I have always been perplexed by attars, and my family was always keen to aid me on this journey. They always saved a bottle to give me on eid, every year and I amassed a small collection of them. But I soon got tired of the bland and un complex notes from attars and felt a bit lost, starting to wear them less and less. Now, I have heard about oud from the documentary on Al Jazeera called "Scent from heaven", but I always believed that oud was far too expensive for someone like me, and was reserved for the rich. This was, until I found some at a shop in Istanbul selling oud. Though the oud might have been fake it still was an amazing and complex scent to me, and I soon took up a liking to what was branded in all of these shops as "white oud" It's smell is very nice, with an ever present buttery and green scent, followed by a bit of smokiness. Even if the odds are that this oil isn't real it really was a very good introduction for me.
Though I might be a bit young now, over the years I hope to learn more about oud oil, and hope to one day have my own collection that I can sample at any time. But for now, I will stick to my tiny bottle of "white oud". In the near future however, I think I will turn to burning oud, and save up all I can to get myself a bottle of genuine oud oil.
You see, due to my background I have always been perplexed by attars, and my family was always keen to aid me on this journey. They always saved a bottle to give me on eid, every year and I amassed a small collection of them. But I soon got tired of the bland and un complex notes from attars and felt a bit lost, starting to wear them less and less. Now, I have heard about oud from the documentary on Al Jazeera called "Scent from heaven", but I always believed that oud was far too expensive for someone like me, and was reserved for the rich. This was, until I found some at a shop in Istanbul selling oud. Though the oud might have been fake it still was an amazing and complex scent to me, and I soon took up a liking to what was branded in all of these shops as "white oud" It's smell is very nice, with an ever present buttery and green scent, followed by a bit of smokiness. Even if the odds are that this oil isn't real it really was a very good introduction for me.
Though I might be a bit young now, over the years I hope to learn more about oud oil, and hope to one day have my own collection that I can sample at any time. But for now, I will stick to my tiny bottle of "white oud". In the near future however, I think I will turn to burning oud, and save up all I can to get myself a bottle of genuine oud oil.