New in the shop: Limited supply of traditional 108-bead wild agarwood malas.
Pierre is back in Vietnam, always on the hunt for new products that meet our high-quality standards. We individually hand-select our 100% wild agarwood malas from carefully vetted local Viet crafters. Each mala is slightly different and each small batch of malas is unique since it comes from a single wild tree. We carefully hand-select the very best ones for our customers.
New Bottle Design For the New Year…
And here a quick look at out new bottles for 2024. A new look with the same luxury features; solid crystal bottle, glass dipstick, and silicone seal. Our new cap design allows the dipstick to rest at an angle when placed on a flat surface, without the dipstick touching the surface itself. Also it can be placed upside down on its head. Its this kind of attention to detail we think will enhance your experience of our world class specialty aromatics.
• vintage: distilled in October 2022 from a group of a few mature trees growing close together in the wild forest lowlands of the Pursat region of Cambodia. Distilled in steel with a glass collector. Dedicated and verified artisan distiller.
• scent highlights: Smooth and steady classic Cambodian mostly sweet and gently masculine-leaning Oud. Light tobacco, dark honey, natural leather, cooked/dried stonefruit, and new wood are thematic here.
• scent description: This very classic Cambodian Oud stays strong, smooth, and steady through its glowing golden unfolding. Some interesting notes feature strongly at the outset; molasses, autumn leaves, red ginseng, horse & stable (clean, moderate). These notes quickly relax and harmonize the primary and more consistent notes that define and carry this Oud; blonde pipe tobacco, natural suede leather, buckwheat honey, dried apricot, peach jam, sultana raisins, and freshly cut new lumber. Expands and mellows through the drydown into a golden peachy-marmalade and carpenter’s shop aura, with most of the other notes settling comfortably into the background.
• notes of controversy: Minimal. A warm touch of “horse and stable” without being “barny” in a challenging way. The red ginseng and molasses notes bring a slight bitterness to the overall bouquet, mostly in the first hour of drydown.
• species: A. crassna
BLACK NAGA • 100% wild Cambodian Oud • Kampot, Cambodia
• vintage: distilled in early December 2022 from one mature tree in the wild forest lowlands of the Kampot region of Southern Cambodia. Distilled in steel with a glass collector. Dedicated and verified artisan distiller.
• scent highlights: A rich, deep, complex, smooth, clean, gently masculine-leaning Oud. Whiskey, dark pipe tobacco, sweet brown spices, lots of dried fruit.
• scent description: This gorgeous classic Cambodian Oud opens with fine smooth malty-caramel whiskey, dark pipe tobacco, simmering cassia and nutmeg, vanilla pod, raisin, and dried apricot, overripe black cherry, apple cider, chamomile flower, and natural licorice root. It has an interesting understated mineralic and black soil note and an elegant, refined, hint of smoke. Most interestingly perhaps, fresh blueberry notes occasionally emerge in the early drydown. Even with all this complexity at the start, the top notes dance seamlessly and smoothly together. Nothing sharp or undesirable. There is only a touch of leather present in this Oud, a soft natural leather that lingers in the background and remains present through all of the drydown. With some time, this Oud relaxes into a slow sweet cruise, showcasing mainly buttery dried fruits and simmering sweet brown spices; dried apricot, a medley of raisins, dried black fig, sweet baking spices like earthy cinnamon, cassia, allspice, and nutmeg; applesauce, brown sugar and butter. The finish is sweet and smooth Oud glory that lasts and lasts.
• special notes: we think this is a special Oud that will age brilliantly. We are eager to see what happens over time.
• notes of controversy: none. No rough edges. No barn. Even the slightly-too-sharp whiskey note right out of the bottle softens within seconds. Smoke, sometimes a less desirable note for some customers, is in harmony here in the most elegant and understated way. A risk worth taking for those wary of smokier Ouds.
• species: A. crassna
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