Was released at latest in 2013, but could be earlier.
Notes will be off; copied from the EDP & Parfum that followed later, minus the tibetan musk and added Papua & Malaysian oud (not sure if those are also in the newer ones; apparently there’s not Borneo oud here despite its name)
‘Who can’t but fall in love with the beauty of jasmine, be entranced by the superior santal, seduced by pure musk, and groudned by hard-core…
Treat yourself to waltz down a Japanese rose-petaled riverside, beneath clouds of violet formed by a sumptuous creamy santalum breeze as honeysuckle blossoms twirl around a musky mountain top, with the chirping of blooming jasmine all around.
The first Borneo Zen was already so beautiful it’s hard to imagine that the ingredients used to compose this edition is several notches higher, with a scent that puts the original on a loudspeaker to, not shout, but sing even louder.
The fusion of raunchy musk grains and the sautéed butter aroma of vintage sandalwood oil imbued with jasmine petals lets you smell notes of citrus that you can’t quite put your nose on – not lemon, not orange, pomelo, nor tangerine. The beauty of perfumery lies in the ability to create unique smells. Jasmarine is what I dubbed the scratch-your-head-this-is-so-familiar high note that leads you into the musky overtone of Borneo Zen: Tibet until a super rare Irian oud, aged for nine years, greets you in the drydown.
This parfum ignores the rules perfume critics institutionalized. There’s not a drop of petrochemicals in here, nor is the recipe one you can reproduce ad infinitum. The composition is heavy-handed with the most precious aromatics on the planet that caters to elite perfume lovers who are fed up with being bombarded by cloying, toxic methylene benzaldehydes bottled in alcohol; for Fragheads who value perfume for more than its sex appeal.
Flowing with the cycle of your day, the jasmarine rays shine from dawn to midday, keep you driven and energized. Almost without noticing, you suddenly find yourself in the relaxing sway of a rose-musk duet as you approach sunset. Get home, throw off your shoes, get the kettle brewing, and quiet down. Enter the Oud.
This limited edition of Borneo Zen: Tibet is composed of the most coveted aromatics in perfumery, including Mysore sandalwood distilled in ’92, and features Sultan Qaboos’ royal Tibetan Musk, making this the sickest Borneo Zen iteration to date. On top of the musk, you’ve got copious amounts of Tigerwood 1990 that teases the jasmarine with its cooling green herbaceous earthy-oud core.
Aromatherapeutically, this eccentric combination of ingredients makes the aroma a mood enhancer while it also calms your nerves and slows down racy thoughts; at once grounding and invigorating.
Unisex and universally appealing, make this pure perfume edition your signature fragrance, You can’t go wrong. Who can’t but fall in love with the beauty of jasmine, be entranced by the superior santal, seduced by pure musk, and grounded by hard-core vintage Malaysian oud oil. Borneo Zen: Tibet attracts as much as it sparks joy in whoever smells it.
Such a top-tier aromatic orchestra beautifies the wearer and makes you a pleasure to be around, a pleasure to get close to, and irresistible behind closed doors. Ravishing sillage makes your presence memorable in the way true perfumes use to do — when your choice of fragrance meant as much as your name.
Yet, olfactory delight isn’t just about pleasing a loved one or colleague — the real pleasure’s when it gives you personal, intimate joy. And whoever claimed as much for any ‘perfume’ impregnated on a big chemical conglomerate’s factory line?
A swipe goes down especially well in the evening. Spaced out, trying to forget about the day for a second, a baritone oud breeze starts to blow around your shoulders, massaging, untying the knots. Sit back, relax and bliss out to Borneo Zen: Tibet’s graceful olfactory charm.’ – Ensar Oud
