Search results

  1. Adam

    Best practical solution to long term storage of Wood

    Yes better to avoid thin plastic...
  2. Adam

    Best practical solution to long term storage of Wood

    happy to hear you enjoy ms. Tan's wood. this type of wood take very long time to form and collect... that's why I was so happy when we got to try cooking it... well it was slightly lower grade but still quite amazing. as for storage... thick fully resinated pieces may be ok with no vacuum...
  3. Adam

    Best practical solution to long term storage of Wood

    You may consider buying vacuum packaging machine... also food grade.... using similar bags to the ones you posted.
  4. Adam

    The secrets of Indian oud.

    Hydro/copper/old school distilled vetiver is deep dark green. The steam one is brown golden colour. Green one reminds me of our long soak Thai distillations (no maggots). Whereas the steam one has the Sabah, Borneo oud golden quality and smooth sweetness. Indonesian vetiver is so diverse. Most...
  5. Adam

    The secrets of Indian oud.

    The ultimate old school fuel... Cow's dung...
  6. Adam

    The secrets of Indian oud.

    Oh yeh bro. After visiting few factiries and testing plenty of oils we got steam distilled vetiver (super smooth sweetness) as well as traditional copper hydro distilled (rounded depth and extended complexity) to be used in my future perfumes. Right... akin to our oil in some aspects, specialy...
  7. Adam

    The secrets of Indian oud.

    Part 2. The ultimate fuel. Many people believe that in India fire wood is used as a fuel. It makes it extremely hard to control temperature, moreover it brings an additional smoky or even burned notes in to an oil. However, in most cases it is not true. The ultimate fuel in India is... cow's...
  8. Adam

    The secrets of Indian oud.

    Thank you so much, dear Ensar!
  9. Adam

    The secrets of Indian oud.

    We were visiting Kannauj. The city that is considered to be the capital of attar.
  10. Adam

    The secrets of Indian oud.

    Part 1. Traditional Indian distillation taking place in a closed system. Amazingly there is no way to release the pressure. Only skilful workers can keep the distillation running with out an explosion taking place. Simply by looking, touching and hearing the sound of a boiler they maintain the...
  11. Adam

    The secrets of Indian oud.

    Hi there guys, please accept sincere apologies for my absence. It was quite a busy time. We are in India right now and I thought to share few interesting facts and personal observations.
  12. Adam

    What to do with musk grains?

    in my opinion raw/fresh musk has much more to offer then the dried one that most people use to sit in sandal. also sandal can not suck all the goodness out of it. that's why I prefer raw musk to be tinctured in perfumers alcohol straigh, not letting any aroma molecules escape with drying...
  13. Adam

    what regional/varietal or style of oil you are hoping for in 2018?

    I got married , alhamdulillah and moved to Indonesia , alhamdulillah . So looking forward to many Indonesian oils, we haven’t done many of those so I am very exited. worry not… we got our people in Bengal =)))
  14. Adam

    what regional/varietal or style of oil you are hoping for in 2018?

    wah… who is so handsome? =))) subhanaAllah
  15. Adam

    Advice to my Haters

    @Ensar thank you so much for your kind words, they mean a lot to me. We ask Almighty to guide us to what is best for both worlds.
  16. Adam

    Oud Oil Reviews - MAIN THREAD

    Oud Acrobat hahah… i love this analogy. Yes thats the type of OUD we like. When it is not necessarily an indicator of the top quality OUD it is definitely the type I am personally most exited about. I like moody scent profile haha… well not anarchy type but perfect flow and far distance between...
  17. Adam

    Filipino agarwood - Agar Aura

    Just visited Taha and seen/heated that wood. Thick solid pieces fully resinated and dense. Grand father trees =) Oh man, amazing experience, definitely a must for all kodo/smoke house/volcano session lovers.
  18. Adam

    Black Friday @ EO

    GOOD ONE!
  19. Adam

    Ultimate Floral

    at Oudamberlove… yeh, we are branching out cooking different ingredients and I hope soon to craft some absolutes as well. However, I most likely will use it for my perfume line and not offer in its pure form.
  20. Adam

    Ultimate Floral

    You rightly said that they “claim”, “believe” , "estimate"… As we seen on another thread Kyara can go for different price depending on its demand , supply and availability… Does it mean that it is truly hold that value??? Well… only those who BUY or NOT BUY it can tell you… and they will have...