BARAK JAM - A sweet multifaceted Assamese Oud Oil

The Ouverture is sweet, with light smoke and barn as well iodine overtones (oceanside air). As things unfold, new notes arrive in focus; the sweetness develops into something grand-marnier like (or bitter orange marmelade) and other terroir notes emerge : jungle soil / peat, lapsang souchong, incense, light tobacco and leather.

It then keeps tranfsorming between these different facets, generating new accords as the above notes ongoingly emerge, combine and dissolve.

The mid evolution gives an incensy, spicy (cinammon, nutmeg, clove), with a suprising bergamot citrus note  Later even, suede, caramel, bezoin and ghee notes appear, offering a delicious , long lasting round dry-down with floral overtones,

Oils from this part of Southern Assam are known for being sweeter than other assamese oils and this one is a typical illustration. It has a strong character and many defining characteristics of Assamese ouds, but also a sweetness to it, from the opening to the dry down.

 The wood used is from trees around 25 y.o, semiwild (in natural terroir mixed ecoysstem, grown without intervention : naturally grown and infected). 

Traditional soaking for 30 days and artisan slow distillation. 100% pure and natural.

There is some 'white wood' (wood form the same tree containing oud but producing less oil than concentrated 'incense grade' wood) used in the distillation hence the low price for a quality traditional artisan Assam oil.  The longevity is nevertheless very good, and the oil is very interesting, as it keeps transforming and displays a wide array of notes and facets

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