For many, it doesn't get any better than Malaysian
oud. That deep and dark mysterious depth, that deeply satisfying
oudiness of high grade Malay oud oils is something that's hard
to match.
Kehebatan is our first ever Gen4 Malaysian oud. You may
have tried our earlier Gen1 deep and dark Malaysian ouds like Agar
Supreme and Kemewahan, and at the opposite end
of the spectrum, the shimmery bright Gen3's like Berkilau
and Sutera Ungu.
So what happens when you merge the two genres?
You get an OUD experience so satisfying, so
complete... you wonder if you really need any other oud in your
collection.
Although the aroma of this oil was identical to Kemewahan when
both oils were fresh out of the pot, Kehebatan retains all the
vibrant top notes like our shimmery Malaysian oud oils (Berkilau
et al.) whereas the former lost them and only retained the deep
base notes after it was aged.
And so, in Kehebatan you've got all the vibrant top notes and
all the deep base notes in one package.
In 2016, we offered some agarwood chips from the Taman Negara
jungle in Malaysia. Those of you who managed to score some are
in for a real treat now.
Get your favorite burner ready, pick a sliver of your Taman
Negara wood, and heat it by following our recommended
temperature curve.
Now apply a healthy swipe of Kehebatan to your wrist and smear
it onto your neck.
Amazing, right?
It smells i-d-e-n-t-i-c-a-l to the smoke from the
heated wood.
(note: the batch consisted of both Hirta as
well as Malaccensis wood. You'll want to compare this oil to
the Malaccensis pieces. If you would like to know which of the
pieces are Malaccensis, please send a photo of your wood via
email)
You see, no matter how proficient (or not) you are at the art of
heating agarwood, the beauty of Gen4 oud oils is that everyone
can instantly make the connection between the wood and the oil.
You could be a Monkoh connoisseur, an occasional
fumigator, or an absolute novice — no matter what your level of
proficiency is, Gen4 oud oils will conform to your personal
level of olfactory prowess (on the other hand, with Gen3 oils
like Berkilau, Sutera Ungu and others, you
have to have a fine-tuned nose that's well experienced in the
Monkoh style of heating wood).
So if you had previously obtained some of our Taman Negara wood,
by comparing the aroma of Kehebatan to it, you will realize just
how accurately this oil capture the heart and soul of the
agarwood it was extracted from.
Densely resinous notes, sprinkled with peppery spices, and
overflowing with bitter-sweet balsamic-woody flavors, the
classic Taman Negara notes of tamarind and citrus weave in and
out as the scent evolves on your skin.
As with all of our Gen4 oud oils, Kehebatan features two
dominant aroma profiles: the ambient aroma of raw agarwood
saturated with glistening resin (anyone who got our Taman Negara
BK Super grade wood can attest to this), coupled with the aroma
of bubbling wood, oozing out glorious resin and exuding copious
amounts of fragrant smoke.
Some like'em deep and dark, others like'em uplifting and full of
life.
I say, why not have both if you can?
I can smell my shirt from two days ago from my bed and I
love it!
C.S. (USA)
It smells amazing right from the cap!
C.S. (USA)
With a swipe, the experience begins:
A smooth waft...with little gasps of almost spicy, well aged
woodiness...peeking in and out of the floating breathiness
of rich resinous base notes.
The scent morphs in gentle steps into a multi-layered sigh
of well rounded contentment that lasts for a long while.
For me, it touched a memory of my grandmother's silk tree
fiber filled pillows stored in their aged orange wooden
boxes.
This IS Taman Negara.
Amazing!
L.K. (USA)
Kehebatan, cola-green, sweet yet woody sharp notes. I do
have a variety of Malaysian oud oil, it's green and shares
similiar notes, yet it's not as sharp as Kehebatan. Indeed
something different.
A.A. (Abu Dhabi)
I could smell the same peppery note that the wood has. Stay
tuned. I will do a proper session (Agar Aura style) and get
back to you. What I've found is that I tend to really like
the Malaysian profile, so naturally, I like Kehebatan
without doing the comparison.
S.G. (USA)
It's my first for agarwood from Taman Negara.
Wonderful stuff! Deep yet bright, I get dense rainforest
imagery and exotic blooms throughout :))
Still taking time to better dwell into this one!
L.L. (Singapore)
Très belle huile malaisienne ,grasse , humide , résineuse.
Impression de se trouver dans une forêt tropicale , une
certaine moiteur se dégage , après une note cirée de départ.
J'aime également beaucoup ce style !
J.S. (France)
my thought were that it is slap bang in between kemewahan
and berkilau very impressive
S.K. (Ireland)