Ghalia Sultani: Brunei SQ

This ghalia is built around Brunei SQ, one of the rarest, most expensive ouds in my collection, distilled in the 1980s. 

Complementing this irreplaceable oud, you’ve got twenty-three-years-aged Tigerwood oud, Bourbon vanilla, exquisite rose, plus raw Tibetan musk and ambergris grains inside your bottle.

The perfume edition of Oud Sultani (sold out) might well be the most loved perfume we’ve ever released. Many consider it their most prized fragrance, and from all the perfumes we’ve gotten feedback on, Oud Sultani received nothing but applause.

This ghalia edition takes that composition and decks it out with wafts of Brunei’s blue kinam.

So, if you’re between two worlds – you love pure ouds and oud perfumes equally – then Ghalia Sultani hits the sweet spot.

I’d go so far as to say that if you love the perfume edition, this 100% pure concentrate ghalia edition is a must. Not only does it let you indulge in that exquisite profile, but because it’s in pure attar form, you get to experience an extra layer of satisfaction, plus get a closer whiff of one of the most insane ouds you can hope to smell…

That’s because spray perfume and full concentrate perfume oils perform differently. They unfold differently. In spray form, the top notes tend to be more distinct from what follows in the heart and base notes which, when it comes to dense oud perfumes, it’s in the heart and base notes where the perfume really shows off.

In attar form, notes tend to stay closer together as if they’ve been marinating for longer. The profile is denser, richer as you smell the heart and base notes ooze through the top notes more immediately for a more robust, dare I say more oudy fragrance.

Experiencing both lets you appreciate each all the more. If you own a bottle of the perfume, try this: take a fat swipe of this ghalia on one hand and then sprtiz the perfume on the other. Smell both side by side, back and forth, and then… rub the two spots together to effectively layer them. This marriage reminds you why you’re so in love with olfactory art.

Ghalia Sultani: Brunei SQ’s signature is a wild, auxiliary-licious concoction that ditches any monkoh serenity for a deep purple-blue floral heart characteristic of old-school sinking-grade Brunei oud punctuated with the heavy-toned duo of violet leaf and rare Nepalese spikenard infused into crimson jasmine petals sweetened by castoreum.

In turn, this brew was transmuted by the only Tonkin Musk Absolute I know of (made in-house), metamorphosed by the Sultan’s own Ambergris, transformed by the final fusion of the entire blend.

Many people won’t be able to handle smelling our in-house Tonkin musk absolute neat; it’s that raw. But in Ghalia Sultani, that raw tenacity turns into an exalting, savory-sweet glow, brighter as you smell the swipe right away, while once it settles on your skin, you’d smell the sweet purple blue orris oudy liqueur up-close.

Ghalia Sultani: Brunei SQ drenches you in the most intoxicating aromatics, fused into a signature fragrance so lush and smooth I won’t blame you for taking multiple swipes in one day…

If I had to recommend one attar, this would be it. If someone who’s used to only spray perfumes asked me for the best oud fragrance, I’d point him here. If you’re an attar-only lover… smell the Brunei!

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