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Tantalizing, rare, opulent

Posted by Robin on 31 August 2023 5 Comments

Tantalizing, rare, opulent. Those three adjectives are how most would probably describe oud. [...] And for those that are drawn to its mystery and alluring aroma in perfume, will also be besotted with its next chapter. As of late, perfumers are reinventing the heady note by pairing it alongside light, fresh accords. The result is fruit-oud perfumes, sweeter, more sensual scents you need to try.

— Read more in Oud Fragrances Are Finally Having Their Main Character Moment (say what?) at The Zoe Report.

Rows of agarwood-producing Aquilaria trees

Posted by Robin on 27 January 2023 Leave a Comment

“Most Australians don’t understand how valuable this is, but occasionally, we see people slowly driving past,” [Tim] Coakley says, surrounded by rows of agarwood-producing Aquilaria trees arranged as neatly as the boxed citrus trees in the Orangery at Versailles. “We have cameras set up in the trees. If you go to Asia they have seven-foot walls and people wandering around with guns.”

— Read more in It costs up to $100,000 a kilo and Queensland farmers are growing it for luxury perfume at The Sydney Morning Herald.

More than 60 incense burners and 60 kilograms of oud daily

Posted by Robin on 16 April 2021 2 Comments

The Kaaba and Grand Mosque are fragranced with the finest types of Oud such as Oud Sioufi, Clementan incense, and Maruki Double Super incenses. It also fumigates the Grand Mosque with more than 60 incense burners and 60 kilograms of oud daily.

— Read more in Ramadan 2021: The Kaba and Grand Mosque are being fragranced with 60 kg of Oud 10 times a day at Mashable Middle East.

The scent of nirvana

Posted by Robin on 13 July 2019 4 Comments

A spot from Firmenich Naturals on oud production in Bangladesh, with perfumer Hamid Merati-Kashani.

Imaginary Authors Whispered Myths ~ fragrance review

Posted by Jessica on 28 November 2018 8 Comments

When the long hours Azzam Issa pulls at his family’s bakery begin to interfere with his day-job as a security guard at The Louvre things turn bizarre. Angelic creatures move from one painting to the next and statues speak to him in cryptic whispers…

Thus begins the description of the imaginary book that “inspired” this fragrance — a novel by imaginary author Farzan Al Essa that sounds like a captivating work of magical realism. Whispered Myths was created by Josh Meyer, the perfumer behind Imaginary Authors, with notes of oud, cantaloupe, cedar, muskdana (also known as ambrette), honey and “salvaged shipwreck.”

Although that list of notes might not normally appeal to me, I was so taken by this fragrance’s name, visuals and back-story that I wanted to try it regardless…

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