02/21/2024
DrB1414
143 Reviews
DrB1414
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Not you average Laotian
Not your regular Laotian oud oil. Pusong Qi from Jinkoh Store.
It doesn't smell like most Laotian oud oils because the wood used to distill it came from Sinensis and not Malaccensis or Crassna trees. Therefore, the scent profile goes heavily into the Chinese (for the most part) and Vietnamese (to a lesser extent) profile.
A significant amount of sinking-grade wood was thrown into the pot, and you'll smell that. The oil smells deeply resinous with an everlasting bitter-sweet green kinamic chord piercing its profile. There is not much development going on, although the scent profile is so beautiful that it makes up for that. There's a warm spiciness in the opening together with a sweet green note and a powdery-vanillic quality. After that fades away, the oleoresinous core kicks in next to a beautiful golden honey note you'd recognize from high-grade Sinensis oils. The green, honeyed kinamic vibrancy is the main trait here. Some faint white floral and sweet hay accords reveal at times, yet not enough to stand out. The woodiness is difficult to perceive due to the resinous quality that prevails.
A statement that when high-quality wood is paired with proper distillation even the infamous Laotian oils can compete with the likes of Chinese and Vietnamese oils. A golden oil overall, pierced by rays of green.
IG:@memory.of.scents
It doesn't smell like most Laotian oud oils because the wood used to distill it came from Sinensis and not Malaccensis or Crassna trees. Therefore, the scent profile goes heavily into the Chinese (for the most part) and Vietnamese (to a lesser extent) profile.
A significant amount of sinking-grade wood was thrown into the pot, and you'll smell that. The oil smells deeply resinous with an everlasting bitter-sweet green kinamic chord piercing its profile. There is not much development going on, although the scent profile is so beautiful that it makes up for that. There's a warm spiciness in the opening together with a sweet green note and a powdery-vanillic quality. After that fades away, the oleoresinous core kicks in next to a beautiful golden honey note you'd recognize from high-grade Sinensis oils. The green, honeyed kinamic vibrancy is the main trait here. Some faint white floral and sweet hay accords reveal at times, yet not enough to stand out. The woodiness is difficult to perceive due to the resinous quality that prevails.
A statement that when high-quality wood is paired with proper distillation even the infamous Laotian oils can compete with the likes of Chinese and Vietnamese oils. A golden oil overall, pierced by rays of green.
IG:@memory.of.scents
