No problem. Glad to be of help.

@tazio One thing about me, I have little to no experience with high end perfumes. Really amazed at the stuff you guys are discussing about! I can't keep up at all.haha.

Yes kandang lembu is very accurate.i've even smelled one that smells like TAIK lembu, sorry for the crude language. Tastefully done barn aroma eventually grows on a lot of people. Looks like you've experienced the 'pull' !

I'm really curious now about the scents you guys are discussing. Oud or non oud aromas..perfumes always fascinate my senses. A lot of reading material for many hours to come it seems. Heh.

If you guys know of any high end oil based perfumes/attars by reputable perfume houses do let me know.

I have tried one so far. One of his Chinese oils, I think it was Hainan 2005, even then it was a sample that Taha from Agar Aura owns.

The memories of it are quite vague, but it had an animalic, barnyard opening. Don't know if it makes sense, but the "barn" or "fecal" note, also has different types. The kinds that are present in his Hainan oil, and I assume some other oils, are of the refined, or "good" type. It surprises you at first, but it draws one to like it more and more, atleast for thsoe who can accept this type and are adventurous to explore. Most old school, classic, vintage oils of old have this kind of note. It's definitely different from the "barn" that many cheaper ,mass produced oils emanate.

A good explanation on how this "barn"/ "fecal" note appears in oud, is this blog post from Agar Aura :

http://blog.agaraura.com/?p=1094

In short, MOST barn notes in oud is a result of soaking the wood dust prior to distillation. In most cases, it is prolonged soaking. Plus, in cheap low quality oils, it is due to unhygienic, prolonged soaking.

According to a number of feedbacks from Ensar Oud customers, quite a lot of Ensar's oils have this barnyard note, which is a signature of old school classic ouds in the past. And as I mentioned before, the customers enjoy the barn notes in Ensar's oils.

Back to the Hainan, it also has a bitter,green,medicinal kind of note lingering within, which is a signature trait in chinese agarwood (aquilaria sinensis).

However, this is not to say that ALL of Ensar's oils are barn yard type. I've read of some which are breezy, ethereal, floral, etc.

In general, Ensar's oils are definitely among the best of what's available today IMO. Only thing is, his style, and Agar Aura's style, and Feel Oud's style, etc, are different in the general theme, but may overlap in some aspects.

In terms of purity and guarantee of quality, the three vendors above I can vouch for, since I've tried their oils, and made some comparisons. Not saying other oud suppliers are sketchy, but it's just that I haven't had extensive exposure to them and their oils , not enough to give my word about them.

Another vendor worth trying would be Imperial Oud, based in the UK.

Confirm fake.

Don't need to waste time with those kinda pricing.