King Krassna

You wouldn’t think so, but sinking-grade organic agarwood is rarer than wild sinking-grade agarwood.

Cultivated oud oil is about quick turnover and sustainable income, not about quality, depth of olfactory character, the richness of the profile or any of the markers of premium oud. 

I’m talking about natural oud oil here, not the plant-inject-harvest-after-five-years timeline most distillers follow. Not the two-year-old plantation ‘kinam’ or those fairytale sales pitches offering you ‘150-years-old’ oud. 

That’s why finally reaching the stage of natural sinking-grade resin formation in our organic oud journey might well be the achievement we’re most proud of. From the hundreds of thousands of aquilarias that have ever been planted, only a handful have reached this point. For you, this means oud of a different order…

In addition to an exquisite sencha tea note warmed by the scent you enjoy from heating sinking-grade chips low-temp, there’s a frankincense-like sweetness tinged by notes of berries – accessory notes that discreetly decorate the pure oleoresin scent of proper sinking agarwood.

Unlike Oud Yaqoub, King Krassna’s predecessor, this oil is thicker – a thickness that brings with it a sensual chord that makes you think of a strip of leather lacquered with fruit jam held over the heater that wafts the bubbling black crassna sinkers.

The thickness also enhances longevity (it lingers longer on your skin) and a woody-incense glaze that’s louder than the incense tone in Oud Yaqoub. All of this makes King Krassna super likable.

I’d have a hard time not recommend it to any and everyone. First-time oud explorers – can’t go wrong. Seasoned oud veteran – this is your new daily drive. The oud intellectuals among us – explore the nuances in contrast with ‘lesser’ organics and smell what years of extra resination does to an oud.

In fact, go right ahead and let King Krassna compete with your wildest ouds and smell it battle it out without taking a knee!