MashaAllah
@Ensar Oud , really enjoyed watching! Especially the part at 5:40 when you said "that's the rule" pertaining to the generosity of Oud for guests. I was actually just discussing this yesterday with a friend of mine from Singapore. My bottles of Oud are all mercilessly swiped to guest and friends, without my permission, as they know that my permission is already a given. So I can definitely relate to this beautiful tradition your teachers have.
There is one other thing I wanted to shed some light on. Somewhere midway through the video, you spoke about the Philippines, and how Oud from Tawi Tawi is an extension of Borneo Oud. You even went so far to call it a "Geo-Political trick", which I strongly disagree with.
I'll start by saying that Filipino wood coming from Tawi Tawi and Mindanao have little to do with Borneo, and have more in common with one another than they do with anything I've seen coming out from Borneo Island. The deep umami spiced profile of Tawi Tawi is undeniably an extension of the Mindanao profile (or the other way around).
If you try Agar Auras Mindanao oils, and then went on to try my Adan (Tawi Tawi), you will definitely find the similarities in profile. Adan was distilled in a manner that didn't include any tampering with the aroma.All those who have tried Adan have echoed time and time again that it smells just like Filipino wood, and yet not a single one of them ever made a Borneo connection regarding it's profile. No Blackberries, no blueberries, zilch on narcotic mint. A good way to put it's profile would be "Tarragon infused honey" as
@Rasoul S describes it. Apart from that, there's an extreme underlying spiciness that breathes through, along with a dairy component that doesn't translate on any level into Vanilla. It is exactly that Tarragon-Honey-Milky-Creamy profile that makes Oud from Tawi Tawi what it is.
Heck, even from a genetic perspective, The Oud producing species of Tawi Tawi are a diverging branch of Oud, different to what is found on Borneo Island. You got your Cumingiana, your Filaria, which if suggests anything, points towards an Indonesian heritage.
So yeah, no Geo-Political tricks here my friend. Tawi Tawi is as Filipino as it gets!