Borneo oud
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Borneo Diesel's more Angelic Sister
White Kinam from Enar Oud. An all-around excellent Borneo oud oil hailing from the Malinau jungles of the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia. Many consider Malinau the most prized area for Borneo oils, and I can see why. They are very satisfying, much like Koh Kong is for Cambodia.
White Kinam is an Excellent Malinau oil, bearing the signature trait of the region and much more on top of that. Oriscent DNA meets Malinau DNA. White is a perfect way to describe this oud oil. Smelling it makes me think of white powder, white silk, white musk, white chocolate, and clear, white diamonds. You get the rich Malinau wood core, the vanilla creaminess, the honey, the white flowers, and even the blueberries in the opening. All wrapped in this huge vaporous cloud of white powder. I smell the "Oriscnet vaporous fumes" as a standard signature with almost all their oils, but here, it feels more prominent and long-lasting than with all the others.
The opening is a blast of blueberries covered by white clouds and vapors. Underneath, honey, white flowers, soft-warm spices, and a deep woody backbone. The white powdery quality dims down with time but never fades away. The blueberries soon morph into florals topped with honey, which later turn to the more familiar nutty, vanilla-flavored deep wood Malinau aroma. In the dry down, I get the "white chocolate" accord, perhaps due to the intermingling between the vanillic-sweet facet and the white powderiness. The performance is amazing with this oil. It is a strong projector with lasting power on the skin. This one always comes up when you ask people about some of their favorite Boenoes or Oriscent oils. Having tried a good amount of them, I can see why. I think it is one of the finest and among the best Oriscents from the post-2012 Ensar Oud/Oriscent Era.
IG:@memory.of.scents
White Kinam is an Excellent Malinau oil, bearing the signature trait of the region and much more on top of that. Oriscent DNA meets Malinau DNA. White is a perfect way to describe this oud oil. Smelling it makes me think of white powder, white silk, white musk, white chocolate, and clear, white diamonds. You get the rich Malinau wood core, the vanilla creaminess, the honey, the white flowers, and even the blueberries in the opening. All wrapped in this huge vaporous cloud of white powder. I smell the "Oriscnet vaporous fumes" as a standard signature with almost all their oils, but here, it feels more prominent and long-lasting than with all the others.
The opening is a blast of blueberries covered by white clouds and vapors. Underneath, honey, white flowers, soft-warm spices, and a deep woody backbone. The white powdery quality dims down with time but never fades away. The blueberries soon morph into florals topped with honey, which later turn to the more familiar nutty, vanilla-flavored deep wood Malinau aroma. In the dry down, I get the "white chocolate" accord, perhaps due to the intermingling between the vanillic-sweet facet and the white powderiness. The performance is amazing with this oil. It is a strong projector with lasting power on the skin. This one always comes up when you ask people about some of their favorite Boenoes or Oriscent oils. Having tried a good amount of them, I can see why. I think it is one of the finest and among the best Oriscents from the post-2012 Ensar Oud/Oriscent Era.
IG:@memory.of.scents
Updated on 06/15/2024
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