‘Borneo 3000 is the scent that shattered all notions of what oud was. You might have been around back when oud meant rotting leather, sheep droppings, and pungent barn. Come Borneo 3000, there was this sudden shine; this pristine, honey mint crystalline psychedelic scent that smelled like it could well be a controlled substance.
It’s just pure joy in a bottle. Sunshine through the treetops. Pristine beauty and bliss laced with honey and mint unlike you ever imagined could be experienced through human olfaction.
You don’t need to talk about the latest Malinau Supreme or Borneo Royale, Duchess, Duke or Baron, Prince or President, because Borneo 3000 has already effaced and raised to the ground the Borneo oud category. If you never smell a Borneo aside from 3000, all you’d miss out on is how those compare to this.
Where do you even begin with an oil like this? How do you describe the very smell of Malinau resin itself? How do you describe a scent sought out by anyone who’s heard of Borneo 3000?
We could talk about its otherworldly honey, punctuated with the most delectable cinnamon, laced with vanilla and spices, or its ethereal pollen-powdery fir-like heart.
I could tell you about the legendary raspberry sweetness that somehow got coaxed out of aloes. We could sit down and listen to the softest whisper of Malinauean vapor all night long.
But like the Sufis say: you can describe the taste of honey until you’re blue in the face. Taste it, and you will know.’ – Ensar Oud
‘lots of familiar qualities here. malinau it is. unmistakeably and unabashedly. a rich one and a full spectrum distillation like ORSL. what i mean is ORSL seems to have any and all styles of walla in it and so does b3k. is an all-encompassing oil, rather than a zoomed in focus on a particular trait or scent or angle. there is also a traditional, crude, old school way of juicing technique to this oil i may not be making sense but what i am trying to say is that this is not a senkoh or gen 3 style. is not a fraction oil. is not low temp this or that. its like the best possible homemade comfort food equivalent. grandmas food.
Aside from that creamsicle, i get ripest and tastiest raspberries, dipped in honey and rolled in the most glorious ceylon cinnmaon powder and dipped in honey again and rolled in bee pollen. there is also a beach side cedar plank roof of a hut note like that in Sin x. there are hints of kinamantan (not the green scent, there is really no green here but the scent quality, a blast of vaporous powdered woody goodness). its radiating malinau core is the same as b50k, white kinam, etc. but there are tons of other delicious notes built around it. super yummy oil.
There is a note that at times registered as bug spray/citronella note during the very end of the drydown stage, but is not offputting and others around me didnt make the association. i can do without it, but i am not turned off by it.
Considering the price and all the goodness this oil delivers, i find it to be brilliant and very very well priced.’ – Ouddict
ENSAR OUD