Oud Bo-Rai E.O Trat Province 2022

Adam Michael has this to say “The opening here is steroid heavy, floral-fruity sweet, think – ripe mangoes, lychee, jackfruits, star-apples (yum), frangipani flowers, white lotus flowers, papaya juice, white grape juice and you are on the right track. This opening develops in strength on the skin and strip across the first few hours.

The heart notes are all incense themed – comparable to the very best batches of South American sourced White Copal tinged with true Turkish Black storax flakes. The way these incense qualities play with the fruit and floral components is pure bliss. This is truly a perfume in its own right albeit one of which can be developed further with the addition of other Oriental florals – blue lotus, more frangipani, Champaca, mimosa, Sambac Jasmines – especially Chinese, roses – from the usual to the unusual, pairing like a marriage made in heaven for example with our Cymosa Tratt Rose for example. Fellow woody aromatics such as sandalwoods, jade woods, Siam woods, cabreuva woods, oakwoods all adding value and helping build this Bo-Rai Oud into a work of art.

Simply this is a crowd pleasing oud – the notes here are ones that are non-offensive and equally a scent spectrum everyone can love. But this oud lends itself so well to being that building block whereby with a few tweaks here and there, you can create an utter masterpiece perfume. This oud is best friends with everyone in the fragrance wheel and as we leave the heart notes and go into the long-drydown, the notes here are all woody themed – and all clean oud woody themed noles, following in a similar vain to that of smelling clean wild Naga ouds that can easily cost 10x more.

All the top oud names online have dabbled in these Bo-rai offerings and understandably so. 100 hours plus on the strip and still counting, 6 hours in top form on my skin type, jewel red to brown-red in colour subject to volume/weight and of a pourable viscosity. Wonderful oud and recommended to everyone.”

Botanical Name: Aquilaria crassna

Origin: Thailand

Plantation Material (2 Year Aged as of 02.02.24)