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 benefits and aesthetic benefits in terms of capturing the unique essence of a single, fully mature, agarwood tree. When this single-tree preference is not possible we strongly favour combining wood from only a few fully mature trees, of known provenance, from trusted and experienced harvesters. More and more you will see us moving toward single-tree productions. It’s part of our commitment to sustainability and the joy we take in honouring the individual aromatic “soul” of each tree we harvest.