The Great Cambodian Experiment: VI This is a rerun of one of my earliest distills which sold way back in 2004. To this day I get emails asking for Sultan Murad, so I thought it was time to revisit the old timer and see if I could improve on anything while retaining his distinct Papuan […]
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The Great Cambodian Experiment: V The warehouses in the oud center of the world do not stock Cambodian agarwood anymore. If you want to get a look at the best pieces go see the ones up on display behind the boss’ desk, but don’t bet on getting a piece of your own. This is largely […]
The Great Cambodian Experiment: IV ‘What do you think God has to gain from you getting up to wash your face and do a few quick bends and bows in the pre-dawn hours when no sane person is anything but asleep?’ the Shaykh once asked. This was in Jordan, where I had moved from New […]
The Great Cambodian Experiment: II A farm worker handed me the frying pan they had just finished cooking their lunch in. I could barely greet somebody properly in Thai, so through sign language I tried to explain that I couldn’t cook in the same pot without washing it first. When I was younger, at a […]
The Great Cambodian Experiment: I Tomorrow’s a big day. We’re going back and forth to so many countries there’s moments where I have to pause and remind myself which one we’re in at the moment. Often, I’d wake up in the middle of the night and it’ll take a while before I can figure out […]
Dr. Andrej is more obsessed with oud than most diehard collectors and his acute appreciation for all things oud got him to get in touch with Ensar. Their ongoing discussion has covered numerous themes that delve into the finer details of artisanal oud oil. This is the first in a series of posts that follows the email […]
‘No food, at all?’ I asked to clarify. I still found my own mentor’s injunction to fast two days a week pretty daunting, so I was impressed when the distiller declined a handful of cashew nuts one afternoon saying that food is another thing on his can’t-do list. ‘No, no. Just can’t eat anything […]
We had just lost a high-spec balancing scale (worth a pretty penny) to airport security coming to Thailand and I needed to buy a new one to get back to work. But …“I can’t drive” the distiller told me when I asked him if he felt like going to the city. “What do you mean […]
Here’s what Andrej (Croatia), the winner of our free Oud Yusuf draw, had to say about Assam Sur Fleur: “Assam Sur Fleur is a very unconventional Hindi with a perfume-like character. The first note is liquid flower nectar with a transparent sweetness. These could be shy spring flowers – but which ones? It reminds me of […]