One of the things I don't understand is how people could come up with their allegations/opinions on something not being genuine. We have people like Taha who would sleep in jungles, get bit, malnutrition, and the whole nine yards. But to some, it is just a good old mockery over a cup of some synthetic tea/coffee.
One of the arguments we are hearing nowadays is that the line of new Oudh is no where near the old school style which was done way back in the day and everyone now are simply "amateurs". Even as far to say that the more modern artisinal oils are not even oud.
We know it is now possible to take out just the resin of the wood without all the other substances like lipids, waxes, and other wood debris? Not to mention, not soaking it for so long it ferments and develops growth of bacteria and/or molds. (You can't ingest classic Hindi but you can safely ingest oils like Ceylon 1.) So now there are new techniques that offer new types of ways to enjoy what Oud is: the essential oil of any species of the Agarwood tree. Discounting newer techniques and ways to extract/distill resin as unauthentic would be like discounting modern medicine advancements as 'unauthentic' compared to traditional therapeutic bloodlettings.
I mean airliners were running back in the day. My late grandfather who was a aircraft engineer made about 150 trips (he told me himself, that he stopped counting after 150 but made several more trips) to the US starting way back in the mid 50's on the super constellation (It truly is a beauty of a aircraft) but the amount of time which it would take him is no where near the comfort of what we have now. The new modern aircrafts are just simply bigger and better from seating to fuel consumption.
Having said that, if we have a distiller saying that, it is possible to do that and has done that, he's thrown underneath the garbage truck saying he's full of it.
If it was not for the current distillers we have now, half no wait 3/4 people would just be stuck on the best and only Oudh comes from India and Cambodia no where else on the planet.
The likes of Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, (Its just an oil not Oud LOL) Vietnam, and Borneo would have never touched our skin. These countries have/are producing some of the finest Oudh Oils but our noses and senses don't know that completely.
Let us open our minds and explore all the possible regions we can and not limit our minds to a one and specific Oudh type. Favorites will always be there but the work behind the scenes to make all these beauties well just ask @Kruger.
One of the arguments we are hearing nowadays is that the line of new Oudh is no where near the old school style which was done way back in the day and everyone now are simply "amateurs". Even as far to say that the more modern artisinal oils are not even oud.
We know it is now possible to take out just the resin of the wood without all the other substances like lipids, waxes, and other wood debris? Not to mention, not soaking it for so long it ferments and develops growth of bacteria and/or molds. (You can't ingest classic Hindi but you can safely ingest oils like Ceylon 1.) So now there are new techniques that offer new types of ways to enjoy what Oud is: the essential oil of any species of the Agarwood tree. Discounting newer techniques and ways to extract/distill resin as unauthentic would be like discounting modern medicine advancements as 'unauthentic' compared to traditional therapeutic bloodlettings.
I mean airliners were running back in the day. My late grandfather who was a aircraft engineer made about 150 trips (he told me himself, that he stopped counting after 150 but made several more trips) to the US starting way back in the mid 50's on the super constellation (It truly is a beauty of a aircraft) but the amount of time which it would take him is no where near the comfort of what we have now. The new modern aircrafts are just simply bigger and better from seating to fuel consumption.
Having said that, if we have a distiller saying that, it is possible to do that and has done that, he's thrown underneath the garbage truck saying he's full of it.
If it was not for the current distillers we have now, half no wait 3/4 people would just be stuck on the best and only Oudh comes from India and Cambodia no where else on the planet.
The likes of Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, (Its just an oil not Oud LOL) Vietnam, and Borneo would have never touched our skin. These countries have/are producing some of the finest Oudh Oils but our noses and senses don't know that completely.
Let us open our minds and explore all the possible regions we can and not limit our minds to a one and specific Oudh type. Favorites will always be there but the work behind the scenes to make all these beauties well just ask @Kruger.
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