Oud Photos

Rasoul Salehi · Apr 21, 2018

Rasoul Salehi · Apr 21, 2018

Spending more and more time with wood and incense these days. So vastly and very different notes are unwrapped and discovered from each origin. Still learning the best temp setting for each origin and grade. A much more complicated task than I thought.

AZsmell · Apr 21, 2018

Where did you get these from?

Rasoul Salehi · Apr 21, 2018

AZsmell said:
Where did you get these from?

All over. I bought wide and far. Top to bottom. To see it all. To get a good sense of the market of the world of it. From kyarazen to other trusted but pricy Singapore traders to private Chinese collectors to Arab houses to joe blow on Facebook to John smith on Instagram ....

But all that work risk and many dollars wasted has given me something much more profound. A birds eye view of the scene.

Rasoul Salehi · Apr 21, 2018

Ant hole wild hindi via zakir. Brunei microcarpa half sink or full sink parts to large piece. Old brittle sugary Nha trang, kelantan tripple super .... Koh Kong old growth baby king to basic incense grade wild vs cultivated Vietnam. Or basic trat each piece teaches me something and in its own way and own right capable of providing pleasure. We must remember that. To find pleasure even in simple(er) things

Faizal_p · Apr 21, 2018

Just to add a little perk me up for this Saturday morning... Anyone hazard a guess to the location of this current distillation?
Beautiful aquamarine blue

Oudamberlove · Apr 21, 2018

Sri Lanka?

Habz786 · Apr 21, 2018

Oudamberlove said:
Sri Lanka?

Ditto i think this is the first Blue Sri Lankan oil produced? Or is it Indonesian?

Faizal_p · Apr 21, 2018

Yes and sort of. The first pull of our Ceylon Royale 2 was like this with progressive pulls becoming greener.
This is another distillation dedicated to producing a true blue oil.

Rasoul Salehi · Apr 21, 2018

Faizal_p said:
Yes and sort of. The first pull of our Ceylon Royale 2 was like this with progressive pulls becoming greener.
This is another distillation dedicated to producing a true blue oil.

Malay?

Rai Munir · Apr 21, 2018

Assamese

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Habz786 · Apr 21, 2018

The first blue oil i saw was from Sumatra pictured below some years ago, also i think @Taha syed ascent started off blue then changed. @Faizal_p would you say the colour is due to the copper pot, wood species or both? Or something else?

peter4ptv · Apr 21, 2018

Habz786 said:
The first blue oil i saw was from Sumatra pictured below some years ago, also i think @Taha syed ascent started off blue then changed. @Faizal_p would you say the colour is due to the copper pot, wood species or both? Or something else?

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Yes, from my experience the only blue oud that stays blue after few years is from Sumatra, most other blue or green keep this colors only shortly after distillation than turn the usual oud collor.

Faizal_p · Apr 21, 2018

Lol sorry I confused some people, yes it is Sri Lankan and sort of meaning the Ceylon Royale 2 did have some blue component but we combined the fractions.
We're cooking another one and will try to maintain the blue colour, it's looking good so far.
The reason I believe some oil is blue is due to Guaiazulene. I've seen it in Sumatran wood and now twice in Sri Lankan