Qi Nan Ensar Oud

Qi Nan ya chuan started out as Qi Nan kynam, then for unknown reasons the name was changed to Ya Chuan. Anways, as an ensar fan and frag head I got genuinely interested in finding out more about the Ya Chuan oil. I know Qi nan without Ya chuan was sold for 1500. The new Qi nan ya chuan is being sold for 4,950$. To be fair there was 15 % Eid discount. The Ya chuan edition had 2 grams of ya chuan. This indcates that each gram of ya chuan is 1725 or 1350 after discount . Ok. Now , What's oud ya chuan? Ensar states the following under the Qi nan ya chuan:

Ya Chuan is sunlight yellow, bitter kyara numbness, atop the most elegant woody profile to have ever been distilled by the son of Eve. There’s an elegance and a mindnumbing note that really hits the spot. A sensation that’s more pheromonal than the most sensual musk, more beautiful than the most delicate botanicals. That’s the quality of the wood that went into the boilers you smell, as well as the treatment of that wood in our signature Oriscent style, stripped of all experimentation and techniqueing.

When you craft Vietnamese agarwood à la Oriscent, you get the cleanest-pitched bitter-sweet kinam heart notes that act like head notes echoing from middle to top, lending a sort of dynamic depth and pull to the profile seldom experienced in contemporary oud production.

What better oud to pair the Qi Nan with than the finest bitter medicinal Vietnamese agarwood? And by pair, I mean that, in addition to actual kyara skins inside your bottle, this semi-bespoke edition contains two grams of Ya Chuan to kinami-fy this kodo epitome to the full. https://www.ensaroud.com/product/qi-nan-brunei-kynam/

After reading this I got really intrigued about ya chuan oil. Upon further
search I found the follwoing description of oud ROYAL GUALLAM under the sister site of ensar Oriscent site. It was being sold for 2,500 for 3 grams. And this is the description of royal gullam on Oriscent website:

"Royal Guallam is sunlight yellow, bitter kyara numbness, atop the most elegant woody profile to have ever
been distilled by the son of man. There’s an elegance and a mindnumbing note that really hits the spot. A sensation that’s more pheromonal than the most sensual musk, more beautiful than the most delicate botanicals. That’s the quality of the wood that went into the boilers you smell, as well as the treatment of that wood in our signature Oriscent style, stripped of all experimentation and techniqueing.

When you craft Vietnamese agarwood à la Oriscent, you get the cleanest-pitched bitter-sweet kinam heart notes that act like head notes echoing from middle to top, lending a sort of dynamic depth and pull to the profile seldom experienced in contemporary oud production" https://www.oriscent.com/ouds/royal-guallam/

So what's the difference between the above two ouds that are identical except for the name? According to the ensar websites: none they are the same one. Except the latter one ya chuan costs 1725 per gram and royal gullam costs 833 per gram. This is all based on the info provided by the esnar website.

Can this be the same oud ? Definitely it shares the same description ( copy paste) . So what's going on? I will leave that to each person to decide . But i can fairly say that the commercialism at esnar has taken over.?? Also, the same thing was done for the 1984 eid edition that costs 4500 when the old one that had one gram less of an equal value oud was being sold for 1500.

Again this based on the website with some simple dot connections.

Qi nan (2025)

This is out of the ordinary.

Opens slightly warm-spicy, the combination of cardamom and pepper. Very rounded, shy and delicate. Just enough to give the scent a thin layer of warmth and spice.

Continues dark and green throughout the scent. This is a green-oud scent that is blended to perfection.
It’s not green as in fougère, fresh, aromatic, grassy.
No. It’s green as in dark-green. Wet jungle. Rich, calm, earthy green. Almost medicinal green, like hints of menthol but totally natural smelling. I get a clear peppermint aroma although peppermint is not listed as a note. A hint och freshness from green apple. Rests on a rich, deep, smooth oud-musk base.

The scent brings such a calm atmosphere, a sense of tranquility. Wraps you into a silent, relaxed, meditative state while closing your eyes and inhaling the scent.

Meditating in the deep dark jungle. You hear the sounds of trees creaking and leaves wispering as the wind flows through. Bringing to your nose the rich, deep, calming green scent of the jungle. The earth you are sitting on is damp, dark and smooth. Slowly drawing out the stress, exhaustion and anxiety from your body. Small hints of the incense that slowly burned still lingers in the air, long extinguished.

Qi nan.

Mediting under a green apple tree, in the stillness of the morning ...
The grass, still covered in the dew , sparkles like crystals, the sun begins to rise slowly, golding the sky and warming the soul.
Everything is still. Everything is perfect.
A suspended moment, where time itself takes a breath.
Qi Nan 2025...

Kinamic cooling effect is on display here front and centre. New version still being pretty good is not as good as the older leather iteration. Natural feeling apple accord in the opening from the original was replaced with what to me smells like of the shelf apple accord similar to one used in Frederic Malle Promise. Thankfully over time it settled down in to depths of the composition and is no longer as apparent as it was while the bottle was new. Good introductory fragrance to learn how Kinam smells like.

Many thanks to Nick for the sample of "Qi Nan | Ensar Oud / Oriscent" :-) This is yet another one of those Ensar Oud fragrances that confuse me more than they try to please. It is very unique again. But the longevity is impressive, with well over 18 hours, and the sillage is very strong.

The top note starts off very spicy with this citrusy and numbing Szechuan pepper aroma. There are also hints of cardamom, peppermint candies, and a resinous cypress scent. In the background, there are green apples. The heart note remains very spicy and herbal thanks to rosemary and juniper berries. Briefly, blue lotus makes an appearance, and then it even smells of beeswax. The base smells unbearable for several hours. Chinese oud is really terrible for me, and it therefore smells brutally musty, earthy, and just unpleasant for a long time. To my great surprise, after half a day, it even smells pleasantly sweet, subtly balsamic, and vanilla-like with amber. Musk also adds a certain animalic quality.

This is once again a very heavy fragrance that seems to be made only for Ensar Oud lovers. I'm totally out of my depth here...