MUSK
DRIED ROSE
MINT
BAMBOO
HEATED SUGAR
RESIN
HAY
TAMARIND
TOBACCO
HINDI OUD ASSAM
‘When I place a sliver of QANDAHAAR – The Wood on my electric burner and gradually heat it up I begin my journey in the Indian City of Roses, Kannauj. Dried kannauji rose petals heated gently not a rush of rose, but faint whispers enough to carry me over the Himalayan ranges where the cool breeze of fresh musk greets me before coming down the slope hills into tribal Afghanistan. There, I am greeted by mint and bamboo winds from China and the lovely smell of traditional candy houses of central Asia..heated sugar not fully caramel but just shy of it with a slight pinch of hay envelopes me journeying past the shisha houses of Tehran where resinous smooth Tobacco with a tamarind flavouring blows across the night sky and then finally the burning Oudhy oomph of the Hindi begins to come through as we arrive to our destination in the Arabian Peninsula where the Oudh is to be off-loaded.‘ – Al Shareef Oudh
