Hindistan Kala is fire!!! 🔥 Best Hindi oud oil I’ve ever smelled.
Hindistan Kala
$60 – $550
To distill this unprecedented combo, we teamed up with a distillery way over to the West side and juiced the oil in…
Kalakassis are generally a mixed breed of various Indian origins and there have been many great ones which have ensured the term became a household name in the oud world.
Hindistan Kala builds on this heritage to give you a good ol’ smooth Hindi that takes you back to the early days and hits all the right spots for anyone who loves the rich rooibos aroma of wild agallochas turned into oil. But there is a twist…
Hindistan Kala was a co-distillation of harvests from India… and Terengganu – the jungles that gave birth to Oud Sultani. And to distill this unprecedented combo, we teamed up with a distillery way over to the West side and juiced the oil in Pakistan. So, if you ever wondered which hue the Himalayan water on the opposite corner of the map tinges the oud with, here’s your ticket.
Imagine the scent of a Cuban cigar smelled up close, unlit. The tingling, gentle burning sensation you feel when raw tobacco leaves touch your lips. That’s Hindistan Kala.
Its fragrance takes that rolled tobacco aroma and dips it into musk, douses it in pepper and spices to give it this warm, leathery profile with that pollen-creamy, fiery agallochan bite, and… smell closely… this earthy, herbaceous undertone courtesy of Terengganu’s legendary soil.
Customer Reviews:
Hindistan Kala: Heavenly fermented with dry fruits and a touch of incense.
A dance of Hindi oud with Malaysian elegance. Hindistan Kala is more of a tobacco infused Hindi oud with the regality of Malaysian oud. It’s more of a boozy, tobacco, with the royal feeling of Tigerwood Royale teasing you alongside the Hindi oud.
Honey-rich, hay-filled, glorious Hindi oud.
Kala, I like it very much. It’s very heavy! Very enjoyable!
Hindistan Kala for today’s blissful rainy day. 🌧️
It’s my first impression because I just tried it today, beautiful, utterly beautiful ❤️ I am greeted with this deep wild-honeyed-sweetness, beautiful tobacco, smooth musky-barn, and just luscious balsamic goodness, light-fermented assortment of fruits like grapes, apple, apricot, plum, cherries, berries, etc. Aged liquors that is reminiscent of angel’s-share, it’s a heavenly aura.
Beautiful “Kalakassi” oud, though I haven’t tried Kalakassi from other house, but I can imagine why it holds such a revered status in the world of Hindi oud.
This is only the first impression, but this is a heavenly Hindi oud, I can tell you that much ❤️
Edit: I may have tried a “Kalakassi” oud from Abdul Samad Al-Qurashi, I believe it was a 80-years old Kalakassi oud they had in their store. I remembered this because I am getting whiffs from Hindistan Kala that shares similarities with that, but Hindistan Kala is 💯👌.
Edit 2: Hindistan Kala for the night, I’m in heaven with this. Beautiful boozy oud in the cooler nights is something special. This is a 2020 distillation, I imagine what the next 5-10 years would do to it…
Edit 3: Hindistan Kala for the cold day, if you love Hindi oud and Malaysian oud this is for you. It is Hindi at the core but teases you with Malaysian oudy-goodness. I have Tigerwood Royale and the Malaysian aspect of Hindistan Kala reminds me of that, never thought Hindi and Malaysian oud would go so well with each other in perfect harmony.
Hindistan Kala has a very smooth barn, the barn, however it was done, has some balsamic aspect to it that’s very addicting. It is not just a Hindi oud, it was co-distilled with Malaysian oud from Terrengganu. This combination created a Hindi oud with earthy nuances that makes me feel as if I’m layering a swipe of Hindi oud with a drop of Malaysian oud to compliment it.
Hindistan Kala is a prized Hindi in my collection that I use whenever I’m in the mood for a balsamic, boozy, and grounding Hindi with a beautiful Malaysian earthy touch.
Opening: skanky heavy barnyard note, people like me who crave for this smell will get their senses satisfied with this one, especially the opening. 
Then it transforms into fermented fruits smell, ripe grapes etc. Color-wise it smells orange/light brown to me. It feels like it’s the scent of the orange-hued sun setting over fields.
When I smell Hindi oils like this, I feel like I am in a rural place in the Arabian Peninsula, or in the desert, feeling the heat of the sand and the scorching hot sun, or it feels like a journey through the rustic countryside, where the air is heavy with the scent of the barnyard and the earthy aroma of freshly tilled soil.
Some oils transport you to a jungle, some to the stratosphere, some even pass it. Hindi oils on the other hand, transport me back in time as well. They feel as if they come from another time, from ancient eras. The days of the past. I feel sad and melancholic sometimes. Makes me wish I lived 1000+ years ago. Time for another swipe…
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