Jamaican Ambergris Pinoy LTD Ensar Oud 2022

Dry animalistic reminiscences, a symbiosis of balsamic notes and gnarled, particle-covered wood; an abandoned library, forgotten knowledge in myriads of passing paths. Ensar Oud's creations are largely successful for me. The number of releases feels infinitesimal, yet time and again, there are some gems for every taste, so I did not search here but found. I found a moderately woody oud. Light resins, rather dry and without screaming intensity, the amber balanced and enveloping, initially unable to evoke impressions, to awaken desire. But gradually, it does.

Torn light, divided sandalwood, a supporting actor within the olfactory whirlpool, serving as a vessel, multiplying other ingredients. Numinosity; on one hand, tolerating the dusty wood, on the other hand, fascinated by the notes that initially seem somewhat ordinary, which, in the bundle of ingredients, offer more than just a mere addition of the same.
Not perceiving the rose circle, only fleeting floral traces, quickly washed away, so Jamaican Ambergris makes its grand course. A nosedive through infinities, in the shadow of space and time.

Amber in golden morning rays, multifaceted, powerful. A radiant shell, a temptation of animalistic light, carried by fire or rather smoke from a resinous source. A glow from the ashes, soon extinguished embers. Oud offers so much, devouring the Massoia bark; occupation plus subsequent absorption of the best Massoia characteristics.
Barren landscape, gnarled bushes, sandstone, scorching sun, a sea lost to gravity, that’s what I think of with Jamaican Ambergris. Even though I see maritime nuances through the amber, through the Philippine oud, which appears like a sea in the fog, like smoking shipwrecks on the high seas, I also perceive the diametrical ambivalence. Water is life, dust is past life, and both are offered here olfactorily.

Not every fragrance can awaken worlds, but Jamaican Ambergris certainly can for me. Perhaps this world is marked by some malus but is all the more intense for not being perfect. Ensar has created a formidable fragrance here, unfortunately not something that comes with every release these days.