IMPERIAL SINKING 2024 • limited collectors edition Oud • Hue Imperial City, Vietnam
IMPERIAL SINKING 2024 • limited collectors edition Oud • Hue Imperial City, Vietnam
A must-have limited collectors edition epic Oud. One of the most expensive Oud oils we have ever produced due to the especially high grade of wood we chose for this oil. Made from one single wild tree.
• production: March 2024, distillation of one single wild tree found near Hue, Vietnam, distilled in-house by Tha. Copper still, glass collector.
• scent highlights: black pepper, black fruits and berries, sweet spices, vanilla, deep florals. Highly pheromonal.
• scent description: opens with intense black peppercorn, vanilla extract, black figs and plums, blueberry, rosewood, and sweet simmering brown spices. Soon an intense creaminess emerges smoothing out the spicy elements and bringing with it white lily, talc, fine minerals, black soil, pecrichor, coffee berry, buckwheat honey, vanilla cream. Intensely pheromonal, leaning feminine.
• notes of controversy: some barn and very intense black pepper straight from the bottle, harmonizes and softens in 30-60 seconds. Zero barn through the rest of the drydown. We think this feature will smooth out over time with additional aging.
• species: unidentified Aquillaria species (unlikely to be A. crassna, the more common species in Vietnam.)
IMPERIAL SINKING 2024 • limited collectors edition Oud • Hue Imperial City, Vietnam
A must-have limited collectors edition epic Oud. One of the most expensive Oud oils we have ever produced due to the especially high grade of wood we chose for this oil. Made from one single wild tree.
• production: March 2024, distillation of one single wild tree found near Hue, Vietnam, distilled in-house by Tha. Copper still, glass collector.
• scent highlights: black pepper, black fruits and berries, sweet spices, vanilla, deep florals. Highly pheromonal.
• scent description: opens with intense black peppercorn, vanilla extract, black figs and plums, blueberry, rosewood, and sweet simmering brown spices. Soon an intense creaminess emerges smoothing out the spicy elements and bringing with it white lily, talc, fine minerals, black soil, pecrichor, coffee berry, buckwheat honey, vanilla cream. Intensely pheromonal, leaning feminine.
• notes of controversy: some barn and very intense black pepper straight from the bottle, harmonizes and softens in 30-60 seconds. Zero barn through the rest of the drydown. We think this feature will smooth out over time with additional aging.
• species: unidentified Aquillaria species (unlikely to be A. crassna, the more common species in Vietnam.)
IMPERIAL SINKING 2024 • limited collectors edition Oud • Hue Imperial City, Vietnam
A must-have limited collectors edition epic Oud. One of the most expensive Oud oils we have ever produced due to the especially high grade of wood we chose for this oil. Made from one single wild tree.
• production: March 2024, distillation of one single wild tree found near Hue, Vietnam, distilled in-house by Tha. Copper still, glass collector.
• scent highlights: black pepper, black fruits and berries, sweet spices, vanilla, deep florals. Highly pheromonal.
• scent description: opens with intense black peppercorn, vanilla extract, black figs and plums, blueberry, rosewood, and sweet simmering brown spices. Soon an intense creaminess emerges smoothing out the spicy elements and bringing with it white lily, talc, fine minerals, black soil, pecrichor, coffee berry, buckwheat honey, vanilla cream. Intensely pheromonal, leaning feminine.
• notes of controversy: some barn and very intense black pepper straight from the bottle, harmonizes and softens in 30-60 seconds. Zero barn through the rest of the drydown. We think this feature will smooth out over time with additional aging.
• species: unidentified Aquillaria species (unlikely to be A. crassna, the more common species in Vietnam.)
Additional notes on Oud from Aroma Sublime:
• Absolutely wild. 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.
• Beyond Words. 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 for 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.