Oud Is My Fortress

Amen to that!

"Gently Heated", violently sticky, sounds like that might be an ext....

I love the idea of 'violently sticky'. That means 'melts all down into your skin and atomizes gorgeously' if you're me.

And Ensar, I am making arrangements with Adam as we speak. A writeup will be yours the moment I have my hands on it!

Muchos gracias señorita!

Bitte sehr, mein Herr! ;-)

Just about to go to sleep and going over the legends on EnsarOud and seeing/reading all the beautiful Oudhs of the past really makes me sleep easy (I dream about what if I had those)

Agony is the same here ...

...instead of counting sheep...try counting chypre...

I am in an unbelievable amount of pain and have to do some physical work right now. So out comes a sample grabbed at random.

More later. This is an experiment. Can oud give me what pain meds and a TENS unit cannot—the fortitude to push through?

ETA: Kaliman Kala. A tiny sample sent me by Abdul. Immediate clarity, maybe a downtick in the monster headache I have, possibly psychosomatic. Sharp and green. Scintillae of mint and citrus. C'mon, I can do this. More edits as this unfolds.

I really hope you feel better Sister!

I'd try the Purple Kinam if it's available to you, your astral body can rest while the physical body pushes through.

Unfortunately not. I just have a few tiny samples, Oud Dhul Q and Oud Yusuf right now. I am in so much pain.

Thank you, brother mine! I'm working on it, and the encouragement and kindness I get from you guys is the wind beneath my wings.

IT WORKED. I was able to ride the beauty into resolution of my pain and some of my symptoms and get done what needed to be done. I am exhausted but no longer in level 7 pain, I am back down to a 4. What is more... I turned two awesome young folks on to oud. Ensar... inbound may be my friend Fernando. I watched a psychoactive reaction in both this amazing young urban artist andalso in his friend Genesis. I sent them to Ensar Oud. Let future generations continue the passion!

I have a long, hot, trying ride today. I need to do a run to Costco, deal with my landlady and also make some potentially-frustrating travel plans. This time? I opted not to even let the pain get started, or what I consider 'spiritual depletion'. So on goes some Yusuf and I also did some meditation and chanting.

I got this. And as I continue my oud journey, I will have even more beauty with which to cloak myself. Ensar... profoundly, thank you. Because I need oud as much as I need the care of my physician at this stage.

Tee hee! I just discovered that I got a fair bit more royalties than I expected. So guess who gets more oud! I look forward to seeing where my new acquisition will take me.

Keep us informed!

Oh, I will! It'll be Oud Haroon!

Earlier this evening, I had a bad episode of depression. It hit me out of absolutely nowhere and I started sobbing, crying my heart out. I was willing to do just about anything to elevate myself out of that place of pain, and I'm sure you know what I chose to do.

I jumped into the shower and got myself clean. I have a strong, tingly mint soap and decided to use that and a rough loofah to get some blood flow to my skin. I felt a little better at that point, but the tingle in my skin begged for a little more. And what I did after that was an immediate run for my sample of Jing Shen Lu. I dabbed on as much as I was willing to spend on sorrow, and the fog cleared. The blood flow to my skin seemed to make it project more.

Ensar... thank you for making this possible. For making oud remain accessible. Thank you for making it possible for me to heal my internal pain with beauty. I mean this—it may save my life one day. My issues can be serious, and this one was pretty bad, But the aroma got me through, I am writing and going to be clear of my heart's dark clouds by dawn. It's not just the scent itself. I've smelled other ouds, as you know. There seems to be something specific that you do that imbues this oil with a property that battles negativity.