AUTUMN COMFORT 2023 • In-House Distilled Wild Oud • Binh Thuan province, Vietnam

• highlights: Baked goods, cooked fruit, and sweet spices. Easy to appreciate, but not lacking in density and complexity.

• material: 100% wild Aquilaria crassna from the deep forested hill country of southeastern Vietnam's Binh Thuan province, carefully selected wood from 5 mature wild trees found in the same vicinity.

• production: Distilled at Aroma Sublime headquarters September 2023 in our big copper still with a glass collector.

• scent description: . Wonderful even keel right from the start. A very rich and dense but smooth and sweet classic Vietnamese Oud cruise. Cosy, rich, and nostalgic with an evocative mood of baked goods, country living, and autumn air.

Invigorating top notes include apple cider, apple brandy, bourbon vanilla extract, and brief glimmers of fresh ripe apple.

Heart of gold; dried peach and apricot, fresh blonde pipe tobacco, light natural suede leather, golden sultana raisins, tawny port wine, palm sugar, cherry pie, roasted sweet potato, cosy baked vanilla, raisiny butter tarts, sugar pie, simmering sweet brown dessert spices, pumpkin pie, apple pie, a hint of autumn leaves, log cabin, a touch of simmering cassia and allspice, a touch of vintage buckskin. 

Warm and tenacious base featuring more light and clean fresh golden tobacco and soft natural leather notes, plus candied orang peel, carpenters shop, and new lumber. 

• notes of controversy: none, easy to enjoy

• special comments:

Additional notes:

• When we say wild, we mean wild! All our “wild” designated agarwood and oil is from genuine 100% naturally occurring wild forest agarwood trees with no human interventions prior to harvest. Occasionally we might offer other options, but they will be clearly indicated as either “cultivated” (farmed) or “semi-wild” (agarwood growth influenced by human intervention in a natural setting). When we say wild, we mean wild!

• One-tree wonders! We strongly prefer single-tree agarwood harvests and single-tree Oud oil distillations. This has both environmental and aesthetic benefits, capturing the unique essence of a single, fully mature, agarwood tree. When this single-tree preference is not possible we strongly favor combining wood from only a few fully mature trees​ from the same geography, of known provenance, ​supplied by trusted and experienced harvesters. ​(the only exception would be in the case of carefully planned blends or co-distillations which we always describe with precision.) More and more you will see us moving toward single-tree productions. It’s part of our commitment to sustainability and our joy in honoring the individual aromatic “soul” of each tree we harvest.

•​ We try to describe our Oud oils as accurately as possible using common vocabulary from a Western cultural perspective. There might also be some specialized technical or aromatic nomenclature as we seek also to educate and inform our customers. We hope to strike a balance; offering accessibility and straightforwardness while also providing some technical and specialized vocabulary when we think it is informative or necessary.  Our Oud descriptions are subjective and may vary slightly over time due to the effects of aging on Oud's aromatic profile, however, Oud oils will generally only improve with age, and the key features of a particular oil will generally be quite stable over time. We try to repeat the assessment process and update the detailed aromatic description of every Oud oil in our catalog at least once every 12 months. We pride ourselves on detailed accurate descriptions of our Oud oils, and we are happy to receive your constructive feedback on this topic.