When one's life revolves around any specific thing, it becomes a path of mastery. And when one's life revolves around Oud & Perfumery, one get's to master intricate notes and starts to have very specific visions that he wants to achieve.
Oud is like food. You can enjoy a casual meal, or you can go to a gourmet tasting session where the Chef explains the minute details regarding the dish you're about to indulge in.
and in the same vein, artisanal oud is like that. it's gourmet! it's one of those finer things in life that fortunately still has a soul in this era!
To realize our Kalbar 2019 vision, we had to specifically source woods from a very specific jungle in Kalbar (Kalimantan Barat / West Kalimantan - Borneo ).
The flavor of that specific jungle was something that we wanted to capture in an oil form.
the same way that a gourmet dish is layered in flavors, this oil offers a similar experience for your olfactory receptors...
It's a complex oil that gives you layers and layers of smells along the way. The complexity aspect reminded me of the legendary Fili Denshō 伝承
Kalbar 2019 has a bitter incensy woody opening, that opens up to layers of earthy nuances, bittersweetness, coffee, florals, woody sweetness, with a background of smooth anchored and majestic incense vapors.
This oil captures a new character of oud.
if you're into bittersweet medicinal incense, it's a no brainer. 0 off notes, 100% serious meditative trip!
This oil was distilled in 2019 and had been aging to perfection till date.