There are two types of Oud lover. Those who adore the fruity sweetness of Borneo Oud, and those who swear by the musky, funky animalic notes of Assam Oud.
If you don’t like the ‘barnyard’ funk of a fine Assam, you probably won’t like this Oud. If Assam Oud evokes country pastures and grazing cattle, Hainan Oud is closer to taking a stroll inside the zoo.
A connoisseur would know, upon first whiff, that this is a jewel of mythic proportions. The primordial perfume, Hainan Oud is not used as a cover-up scent for the natural smell of the human body – but as an enhancement of what is already there.
Ancient perfumery regarded the natural scent of the body as the ultimate love scent. Rather than hide it by any means possible, it aimed to enhance it and make it more manifest. Scientists validated this ancient secret of the perfumer’s craft when they discovered the same aphrodisiac element that makes jasmine and orange blossom so alluring in the strongest odors emitted by the human body.
Chinese Exclusive Oud is a return to the dawn of perfumery, when there were no synthetic chemicals to bottle up and sell at the apothecary’s counter. It is a return to harmony with nature and your own body. Far from an embarrassed cover-up, it celebrates our archetypal pheromonal fragrance and expresses our most hidden sexual instincts.
Scent notes: A bittersweet, honeyed orange peel aroma releases into sharp and musky, animalic woods and pheromonal madness. An evocative, sensuous and dangerously addictive fragrance, exhibiting stunning body, depth and tenacity.
Its multi-layered and complex dry-down rank Chinese Exclusive Oud among the most precious specimens of pure Oud oil.
Distillation date: 2004. Water-extracted from precious wild Aquilaria Crassna agarwood. Harvested in Hainan Island over eight years ago, this is one of our oldest and most precious Oud oils. Absolutely no lamping, sunning, force-aging at work. Eight years natural aging goes to show the difference between a force-aged oil that becomes thick like molasses and sticks to your skin uncomfortably like glue, and an oil left to age and mature naturally. When buying Oud oil, it is important to know whether the oil has been oxidized or not. Force-aged oils have a shorter shelf life, and far less character than naturally aged Ouds.
Distillation yield: 100 tolas. We have reached the last of our supply of this precious Crassna oil. We are saddened to see this oil go.
3 full grams weighed out exactly.
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I am in transports of delight. The Chinese Exclusive was a real surprise. It is such a warm scented oil! I was expecting something quite challenging, but on my skin it is wonderful. An oil that needs no ‘breaking in’ time, unlike some of the wonderful Hindis. – Nicholas Aalders, Australia
Chinese Exclusive ordered on Tuesday and well received on Saturday! I really do not know what you are putting inside the bottle...... Some sellers may add DOP or cutting agents but I really ask myself if you are not invoking the DIVINE when you start filling that bottle.... So transcendent, so spiritual, so lovely.... – Mohamed Sekkil, France
The oil is amazing. It is one of the most complicated scents I’ve ever experienced. I wear it for myself, and the fragrance is something that comforts and strengthens me. This is not something I say lightly. Thank you for making such a high quality Oud available to us. – James Lechago, TX
Your Hainan is one of my favorites. – Gabriel Lynch, CA
Upon our meeting I had failed to disclose a piece of information about myself. While it is true that I was born in Chile (my family having relocated from Andalucia to South America some five-hundred years ago to the best of my estimations), my mother is in fact French. As the most masterful of all European perfume-makers, the French have no light demands when it comes to perfumery. Thus for years no bottle would suffice me for fine occasions unless it had written upon it ‘Fabriqué en France’. Even after studying briefly in the Gulf, I failed to find a fragrance that surpassed my conviction in the scents of Gaul. My own experience told me that Saracen scents ranged typically from cheap abominations resembling the fragrance of a bubble-bath to weighty vials of what reminded me of cockroach-killer. It seemed I could not find a proper Oud that satisfied my demand for a deep, rich fragrance that still held harmony of lighter and more sensual tones. My dream of a primordial fragrance that embodied the complexities of the mystical was in danger of becoming mythical. This Oud, which you so masterfully recommended, has fulfilled my dream. As we say in France, ‘Chapeau’. – Rafael Alejandro, Chile