WALNUT TREE
DATE
TAMARIND
AMBERY SPICES
MALAYAN OUD
‘As you twist open the bottle and smell the dip stick which by the way is still sealed and inserted into the bottle it is as though you are smelling the most tantalizing blend of camphor, cinnamon and Madagascan vanilla from a distance. Unplugging the dipstick you are greeted with oriental herbs twirling with camphor that is resting on an iceberg providing a cooling almost ethereal sensation that has a good amount of spice and edge. You take another whiff and the cards have changed – the shapes have shifted and the colours are new: cool mint, menthol, a dose of fig and distant wisps of citron peel. We are still working through the top notes and it has been a good 40 minutes. As the top notes mellow down you are lead into an orchard of walnut trees with the ground covered in lemon grass and branches filled with vibrant green walnut kernels. A camphoric breeze blows through gently and then the luscious ripe fruits; figs, dates, tamarind and oriental spices spread across a table carved from the trunk of ancient wild Malaysian Oudh tree.’ – Al Shareef Oudh
