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Zero to Fifty 2018 - ZTF - an Unusual Sri Lankan Oud - Pure Oud Oil
Zero to Fifty 2018 - ZTF - an Unusual Sri Lankan Oud - Pure Oud Oil
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Jungle : Sri Lanka, mixed region
Distilled : May - August 2018
Wood : Gyrinops
THE IDEA
This was an unusual project. It yielded an unusual oil.
We took a "compound soaking" approach.
Several lots of mixed region wood was divvied up into 6 evenly weighed portions.
We soaked 1 lot for 50 days. One for 40 days. One for 30. One for 20. One for 10. And a final lot with no soak.
All 6 of those lots were then combined and distilled as a single batch.
It took the better part of 4 months to gather the material, soak, and then distill the oil - and what the experiment yielded has confounded everyone that has smelled the oil...
THE SCENT
I launched this oil at the 2019 London Oud Fest, and it was a lot of fun seeing folks quirky faces and getting their feedback.
"It's a Hindi!" ...nope!
"It's a Laos!" ...double nope!
"It's a Burmese!" ...tripple nope!
You're getting colder and colder ;)
"It's a ... I give up, what the heck am I smelling!?"
(It's literally what everyone who smelled the oil said. haha)
And to their amazement - Sri Lanka!
This might be the most un-Sri Lankan Sri Lankan oil you've ever smelled.
Does it have a barnyard opening? Yes, but no.
Is it farm'y? Yes, but no.
Is it cheesy? Yes, but no.
Some tell me it’s a little fermentation - others tell me there is only a yogurty sweetness. It seems to reveal itself differently to different noses.
But is any of this negative or unpleasant - or even in the normal spectrum of "too much"? No. This is fermentation taken to a high art.
ZTF is all the best things you'll find in a Hindi or a Laos or a Burmese while being distinctively...different.
Its complex. It's unusual. It's unexpected.
It's nothing like what you'd expect from a Sri Lankan oil...which makes it everything you want from an artisan-distilled Sri Lankan Oud oil.
EDIT - APRIL 2021 :
Now that this oil has aged for several years, I feel the need to comment on how it’s been developing.
On the front end there is a soft, almost oceanic breeze over distant farmland. There’s a Berry note that has started to develop ... like a gentle chewiness underpinning the ocean breeze.
The complexity of this oil continues to amaze me as it continues to age and further develop. I can only imagine what a decade will do to it.
ZTF is truly one of the overlooked gems in our current arsenal of aromatic treasures.
Materials: Sri Lankan Oud Oil
Distilled : May - August 2018
Wood : Gyrinops
THE IDEA
This was an unusual project. It yielded an unusual oil.
We took a "compound soaking" approach.
Several lots of mixed region wood was divvied up into 6 evenly weighed portions.
We soaked 1 lot for 50 days. One for 40 days. One for 30. One for 20. One for 10. And a final lot with no soak.
All 6 of those lots were then combined and distilled as a single batch.
It took the better part of 4 months to gather the material, soak, and then distill the oil - and what the experiment yielded has confounded everyone that has smelled the oil...
THE SCENT
I launched this oil at the 2019 London Oud Fest, and it was a lot of fun seeing folks quirky faces and getting their feedback.
"It's a Hindi!" ...nope!
"It's a Laos!" ...double nope!
"It's a Burmese!" ...tripple nope!
You're getting colder and colder ;)
"It's a ... I give up, what the heck am I smelling!?"
(It's literally what everyone who smelled the oil said. haha)
And to their amazement - Sri Lanka!
This might be the most un-Sri Lankan Sri Lankan oil you've ever smelled.
Does it have a barnyard opening? Yes, but no.
Is it farm'y? Yes, but no.
Is it cheesy? Yes, but no.
Some tell me it’s a little fermentation - others tell me there is only a yogurty sweetness. It seems to reveal itself differently to different noses.
But is any of this negative or unpleasant - or even in the normal spectrum of "too much"? No. This is fermentation taken to a high art.
ZTF is all the best things you'll find in a Hindi or a Laos or a Burmese while being distinctively...different.
Its complex. It's unusual. It's unexpected.
It's nothing like what you'd expect from a Sri Lankan oil...which makes it everything you want from an artisan-distilled Sri Lankan Oud oil.
EDIT - APRIL 2021 :
Now that this oil has aged for several years, I feel the need to comment on how it’s been developing.
On the front end there is a soft, almost oceanic breeze over distant farmland. There’s a Berry note that has started to develop ... like a gentle chewiness underpinning the ocean breeze.
The complexity of this oil continues to amaze me as it continues to age and further develop. I can only imagine what a decade will do to it.
ZTF is truly one of the overlooked gems in our current arsenal of aromatic treasures.
Materials: Sri Lankan Oud Oil
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