‘Not one single wild tree stands in the jungles of Laos,’ Christopher said to me today. A long term colleague and associate, Mr. Hoeth is a Swiss expat who relocated to Laos to pursue his passion of crafting agarwood oil. Apart from what I witnessed firsthand in the Far East just a few weeks ago, […]
Over-exposure to inferior ‘Oud-based’ fragrances on offer all over, coupled with a lack of experience with the kind of aroma real connoisseurs go after, leaves many misinformed when it comes to what makes good Oud good Oud. Your first encounter with Oud might very well have been an enlightening moment, or even a completely insignificant one. […]
Everyone in the Oud producing world is on the edge of their seat. We’ve all just been hit by a major earthquake. All the chiefs of the big Saudi Oud houses are scratching their heads after recent events. They still don’t understand what is happening. We do. Ensar is currently in the Far East doing […]
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16 October 2011 Everyone in the oud producing world is on the edge of their seat. We’ve all just been hit by a major earthquake. All the chiefs of the big Saudi oud houses are scratching their heads after recent events. They still don’t understand what is happening. Ensar is currently in the Far East […]
Pictured: Kyara bracelet. Price: $175,000. Market: China. 2011 is the year that saw the Oud tycoons of Singapore fly back to Jeddah and Kuwait to re-buy any and all Oud wood they’d previously sold to Arabs, so they could fly it back to the Far East and re-sell it to the Chinese…. Everything’s gone haywire […]
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Over-exposure to inferior ‘oud-based’ fragrances on offer all over, coupled with a lack of experience with the kind of aroma real aloeswood connoisseurs go after, leaves many misinformed about what makes good oud oil. Your first encounter with aloeswood might very well have been an enlightening moment, or even a completely insignificant one. Regardless of […]
How long have you been in the oud “business” (or maybe it’s more of a calling)? How did you get started in scent in general, and oud in particular? How has it been catching on in the West? I contracted my Oud crave back in 2004, when I started attending the mystical gatherings of the […]
The phrase “art is anal” does not refer to anything other than the “anal” (i.e. fussily obsessive; compulsively perfectionistic) nature of all true artists who will not settle for anything but that which transcends all convention, always re-defining perfection; always setting a new standard. To me “art is anal” is a perfect description of “artisanal” […]
Oud collectors have been waiting since 2004 for us to launch a Cambodian Oud. They have complained to me in person and in public about my reluctance to launch a ‘Cambodi’ on Oriscent. This whole time, I have maintained that the so-called Cambodi oils that are marketed by the Khaliji Oud conglomerates tell the story […]
Thanks to the recent popularity of aromatherapy in the West, we now have a very clear sense of essential oils and their various uses. We know what an essential oil is, and what it is not. If someone says, “I put some lavender oil on my neck to help me relax,” we know she means […]