Wish I understood the Lao profile. One would think very similar to Cambodia... sweet crassna ouds with various amounts of ferment?
I have a nice old one, a “super” oil from 2001 or 2002 from Bolisat Laos PDR (anyone remember those guys? They used to supply Enfleurage in NY city). This oil is wild - very intense, bright and tangy - top notes reminiscent of maybe spikenard and musk but again very sharp and tangy in a nice way. Not really sweet at all - bitter and medicinal, drying down to this scintillating wood buzz that just slowly fades. This is quite clear, a golden color, slowly getting more viscous. It doesn’t really match any other oils in my collection. I don’t known if it’s crassna or malaccensis or what. I think a pretty long soak was involved. Not barn but definitely complex In a way that suggests at least some kind of soak.
This is the only top shelf Lao oil I’ve ever smelled and have no idea how typical it is.