Tonkin Musk Ensar Oud 2025

I feel trapped in the middle of forest.

Is "trapped" the right word? It's more likely a bond of my own will.
I dont want to leave.

This feels like paradise. An accurate representation of the paradise.

Mother Nature nurtures my desire for peace, for an uplifting stillness.

I immerse myself in flowers.

Ethereal petals of jasmine, rose and narcissus land next to my temple.

Beams of sunlight linger through peach trees.

I sense a faint aroma of ginger.

A sprightly deer passes my sight.

Was that Mother Nature herself?

I don't know.

Are orris roots hindering me from leaving?

I don't know.

All I know was that the forest feels like a warm hug.

I can't tell what is real and what is not anymore.

Everything seems liminal.

The sun feels warmer.

My eyes are slowly closing.

The image of paradise remains etched in my memory.

I fall asleep.

With orris and iris, deer musk has to be my favourite note in perfumery. There’s just nothing else that pulls me so completely out of the mundane. Musk has this rare ability to blur the line between the human and the divine, and that’s exactly why I keep exploring it, in all its origins and forms.

The fact that Ensar and a few other houses have access to the long-extinct Tonkin musk feels almost unreal like bottling a historical relic. Are we 100% sure there’s actual Tonkin musk in there? God knows. But one thing’s certain: the musk in this perfume, and in EO2 Tonkin stands apart from the Siberian, Mongolian, or Kashmiri varieties.

Tonkin musk isn’t just a perfume, it’s a smell. It sits somewhere between exoticism and dandy refinement, a whisper of old-world luxury meeting something deeply primal.

Here, it’s beautifully elevated with floral touches, soft green nuances, creamy sandalwood, and that unmistakable skin-like effect that only true musk can create. It feels carnal, sensual, profoundly human, not dirty, but still deliciously animalic.

A true standout from @ensar.oud , and a reminder that he’s one of the few modern perfumers daring enough to use such outrageous ingredients for our pure, unapologetic hedonistic pleasure.

Ensar nos tiene acostumbrados a calidades excelentes, lo probé en un sample y supe de inmediato que tenía que tenerlo en mi colección. Inicia con una explosión de Deer musk en su estado más raw, inmediatamente percibo el sándalo y desde el primer minuto comienzan a entrar una serie de matices frutales y florales que adornan el perfume, haciendolo una maravilla almizclada. Totalmente usable en cualquier estación del año, es lo suficientemente llevadero para utilizarlo en verano, y lo suficientemente pesado para usarlo en el frío.

Si les gusta el almizcle y quieren algo un poco más chill que Iris ghalia trifecta, esto es para ustedes.