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Oud Thai Skank (6 YEAR AGED)
Adam Michael has this to say “This Thai plantation oud exudes a warmth in the top that is so intense, it is comparable to smelling chili oleoresin or that of eating an assortment of the hottest chilli peppers known to man. Beyond this, the opening has a similar DNA to what can be expected form a Thai Plantation of this price point, so cresole rich, a jungle of decaying woods, the smell of horse’s hair and those fruit notes that tease you due to being only a little visible in the top along with trace earth and trace tamarind nuances.
After about 25 minutes on the strip this material starts to morph in a sultry, moody dark woods affair, everything being so dry, a tad bitter and reminiscent to a Wild Cambodian oud I was looking at in 2020 from a respected producer and of which cost crazy money.
By the 40-minute mark this smell is comparable to a field full of dirty horses, a vat full of sweetened maple syrup and a sprinkling of orange rinds. As we enter the hour and ten-minute territory, I am picking up warm fruit notes mixed with leather and traces of crude amber and shoe polish. The woody notes at this point still dry but taking on earthy, mulch type qualities. Its important to add that this is an aromatic that doesn’t project like a fragranced bath-bomb or many of the yukky perfumes people buy of which leave a trail of suffocation behind them. This instead is a rather close to skin, one on one, intimate experience. The foody chili tonalities are present for the first few hours but eventually give way for varying sequences of all the other notes mentioned. The dry down, being all notes subdued with skanky animalic qualities is extremely pleasant to deeply inhale from the smelling strip. This said I am a Hindi Oud fan boy so maybe I am a tad biased when it comes to ouds displaying anything remotely skanky.
I would regard this material as a beginner’s oud, nothing too challenging to figure out, pleasant if you enjoy skanky animalic aromatics, a real work-horse, very price friendly as I have seen many ouds of this calibre fetch in the 18K to 20K ballpark per kilo, fair life span from a swipe and clear as day plantation Thai oud (once this material unravels properly) that will layer well with all the usual suspects, from sandalwoods, vetivers, deer musk, ambergris, castoreum, civet, tobacco, roses and so on and so forth. Highly recommended.”
Botanical Name: Aquilaria crassna
Origin: Thailand
Plantation Material (6 Year Aged as of February 2024)
2 reviews for Oud Thai Skank (6 YEAR AGED)
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Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
I can not help imagine this oud with a touch of rose absolute to create a total bliss perfume..Dark, black horses running wild in fields of blooming tobacco flowers and all the damage tone here is of exceptional fantasy. A dash of Labdanum in and out mixed with hot
chili pepper infused with an unexplained myrrh sweet fruitiness and ufcourse any aura of barn notes infused makes it a more interesting liquid of dark warm cola..if you are new to oud or oldie do enjoy this experience!!
Wilco Lensink (verified owner) –
I love it. I think it’s a great oil, just one drop in 5ml made for a great eau de parfum (or eau de toilette), basically cologne but it smells so strong it could be eau de parfum and two drops would make a perfume to my nose. I am saving up to buy more, I love to wear it both pure and diluted. It is possible to have a drop come out without heating it which is why it can be used as an attar. The thai-fruit spice hermitage oud is very thick and almost solid, but here is a more oily one with similar strength in all kinds of ways — it is also very relaxing to just sniff the bottle. Aromatherapeutic, I wonder about the medical literature of aquilaria crassna in relation to modern research into this, what are the consitituents that make it so relaxing. In any case it is reminiscent of the thai-fruity spice oud (which I love) but here I find a somewhat “dirtier” and less warm scent but in a good way, and as described like chilli – strong and spicy to the nose but not like spices such as clove, nutmeg, cinnamon. Kind of like smelling wasabi is the feeling I get when I inhale it though the scent is obviously different. It is less “fruity” I guess would be it, more spicy, yet not all the way into clean and incense territory such as the old Laos or Empress. It lasts well, comparing all the ouds I tried and describing them all as base, note or heart, I think it would be a heart note. I am imagining an all oud perfume with meghalayan jungle as top note, this one as heart and the thai-fruity spice as base. I like it because it’s still a perfume in its own right and yet won’t dominate a composition entirely. The price makes it affordable for the less wealthy, 1ml will go a long way 🙂 I am happy to have it in my collection