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Today - this Indian wood that seems to be going around - ASO calls it "Hudhayl,", Agarwood Assam calls it "Assam wood," and JK/Rising Phoenix calls it "Hindi Assam wild agarwood". From what I gather this is all the same batch of wood - it is meticulously cleaned, and has a very thin shell of resin encasing a soft, oil-rich interior.. Very nice stuff - sweet, dark fruits, brown sugar and molasses - this is easy wood to love.. Rasoul S I believe it's the wood you just described..
Thanks Nikhil! I actually bought one of his larger pieces recently - lol, and in doing so I had hoped it was a different wood than the batch ASO and JK have - I scoped out the resin formation on the piece I bought, deciding it was thicker than the ASO batch, and that it might be a different wood - alas it all appears to be the same batch - and I could have simply bought smaller chips from Zak and gotten twice as much wood for the money (in general I don't value oud wood for it's decorative value - I like larger pieces, but I will happily buy the smaller chips if the aroma is as good as the larger chips - I'm all about using the wood on heater/burner).. It is a fairly distinct batch of wood, characterized by a) meticulously cleaned, some of the most impressively cleaned wood I've ever seen b) A very thin shell of resin encasing much softer oil rich wood, and c) lighter brownish and mixed color resin. Regardless, I now have a good bit of this Indian wood, and fortunately I really like it..
Today - Brunei Red Soil from JK/Rising Phoenix - this is a delightful spicy and earthy treat - agarwood aficionados should order up a gram (not cheap at $30/g) and see if they like it - I did this and will likely order more of it.. This is from a tree in Brunei that felled naturally, and was buried in red soil.. "Soiled" woods like these typically have some exotic and delightful notes, and a certain aged "soul" about them.. Brunei red soil wood is a rare thing - usually we see soiled woods coming from Vietnam..
"I picked up a kilo of it while in Dubai direct from the guy supplying those shops, so there is plenty available." ~JK
https://www.etsy.com/listing/544847...all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=wild assam premium&ref=sr_gallery-1-1
I'm not sure how they are from the SAME patch of wood based on this?
https://www.etsy.com/listing/544847...all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=wild assam premium&ref=sr_gallery-1-1
I'm not sure how they are from the SAME patch of wood based on this?
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1996 maluku wood Ensar OudSo now I get it. Ensar told me basically his comments in taha philipina wood with kyen comment was genuine and not meant as anything other than lovely piece of wood. Or the back to basics post Kruger made on the wood they use which looked very ordinary to novice eyes is actually seriously high quality wood. Why did so many of us get it wrong?
The message is the mentality of darker the wood the better the scent is incorrect. More resination the higher the grade is incorrect. Yes. And he sent me something to prove it. Well I bought it. Pretty pricy too. Wana say $45 a gram and you have 10 grams here. I share this so you don’t think oh well low grade wood too can be nice and emit pleasent scent. No no No. this is something else.
Feast your eyes on this very ordinary wood. Well, it is anything but. Completely and totally different note, scent, behavior and profile. Lovechild of malinau and philipina. Borneo50k oil meats philipina 1. Amazing top notes and profound projection. Wood is chuck full of oil. Tons of micro bubbles on the wood is visible when on high heat subitism. Most delicately woven notes on low heat. It doesn’t have that thick honey darker note of let’s say duhl q but it has something else equally pretty.
I do however wonder why didn’t ensar share this with us and educate the newbies with simple language use and layman terms. Then again he is how and who he is. It is not his responsibility. it would be nice but the participation and time of distillers spent on the forums is not something to be expected but appreciated. I miss imperial Shareef taha adam ensar.... posts and inputs. We had so much lovely educational discussion. Thenevery time people’s feathers get ruffled and thread goes sideways. A month long of nasty posts on all sides manifests and then we go back to square one.
I know what I am going to do. Be tolerant. Remain objective and continue to stay neutral.
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I had to abort my attempt to soak some Malaysian slivers for 30 days (in a vial). After only three days, I noticed some formations which appear to be mold or oleoresin escaping the wood. When I drained the water and smelled it, the water was perfumed like hydrosol with no moldy smell, but when I heated the chips, the scent was spicier and weaker than before thesoak. Here are pictures of the formations I observed:
I wanted to have some chips with the barny smell built-in, but I guess that’s not happening.
I wanted to have some chips with the barny smell built-in, but I guess that’s not happening.
Sumatora '96: Vintage is what comes to mind when I see these beauties, exquisitely cleaned, vivid veins of resin, and that's just looking at them. The profile has as many notes as there are hues of color, floralized terpenoid bitterness gives way to caramelized brown sugar butter with Sumatran jungle density.
It'll last all day on the kyara heater as the microscopic bubbles emerge from the resinous depths.
It'll last all day on the kyara heater as the microscopic bubbles emerge from the resinous depths.