By now, if you've smelled enough genuine
top shelf incense-grade ouds, you will have noticed they all
share a certain common note in the heart and base...
an unquenchably addictive
steely-bluish-purple-floral-zingy-cola-pepper note that
simply cannot be achieved using distillation tricks.
Myitkyina 4K has that in spades.
Myitkyina (pronounced
"Mee-chee-nah").
If you're a serious oud collector, just the name should be
enough to warrant your attention.
Like all of our oils with "4K" in the name, this is the
textbook-definition scent profile of agarwood from the
jungle it hails from. And Myitkyina 4K smells like old-world
Myitkyinese agarwood.
Take the scent profile of Myanma
Gold, and stretch out the peaks and valleys of
the aromatic spectrum. The top notes are more effulgent, the
heart is massively thick and round, and the base... oh
the base! Packed with that steely bluish-purple
narcotic incense chords which only wood above a certain
grade can bequeath to an oil.
Compared to v1, this v2 batch is 'chewier', heavier, and
rounder smelling. Whereas the v1 had more high-pitched
notes, v2 is several octaves lower in pitch.
That's not to say there's nothing interesting happening in
the upper-register notes. Au contraire, this was a
full-spectrum distillation as always. If v1 was like a serve
by Samuel Groth, v2 is like a bullet train.
Kham Lao and Myanma Gold were both high
grade distillations, and they were immensely popular and
widely acclaimed.
(quick refresher, I categorize oil grades as: intro,
medium, high, royal, and ultra royal)
If you're ready to push the envelope and ascend nose-first
into the world of topmost-shelf oud (full-blown royal
grade), M4K is your first-class ticket.
Yesterday, I've tried
Myitkyina 4K! Another beauty! It has some parallels to
Royal Myanma. Could it be that the wood is from the same
location? 😀
M4K has also some parallels with Lao Gold. It's a hot oil
(as opposed to Blue Malay)
Ethereal with orange zest after drying down. Spices,
roasted tea leaves, light smoke and medium-brown woods
M.M. (Spain)
The Myitkyina 4K just blows me away, though. This is a
personal oil — not to say its shy, not at all— it just
takes me to another place. This one is for space travel,
personal introspection. Love it. I still enjoy Myanma
Gold, what a lovely oil but Myitkyina 4K shows what it
means to level up
G.R. (USA)
Myitkyina 4K for my tastes is the best oil smelled until
now
awesome deepness
C.B. (Romania)
First impressions -
Opens with a familar note of Myanma Gold. Compared to
Myanma Gold, this opening is more radiant, and with a warm
glow.
Progressing further, it has a steel-like aroma to it, and
drydown reminds me of some facets of heating Green Kinam.
Creamy, milky, warm, slightly sweet, with a tinge of
green.
Wow, what a complex oil. Definitely need more time with
this one.
There's a note in the drydown.. I dunno what yet.. But
it's a note I am very fond of.. 🤯
Its the smell of very high end oils..
How should I put it.. Hmm.. I only find this note in oils
like Kyara LTD 2.0, Nha Trang LTD, and now in your
Myitkyina 4K...
This one deserves a mention. A unique scent to my nose. It
has a incensey mixed with a creamy scent. Very unique.
Personally, I haven't come across anything like this
before.
P.L. (Malaysia)
This one deserves a mention. A unique scent to my nose. It
has a incensey mixed with a creamy scent. Very unique.
Personally, I haven't come across anything like this
before.
M.M. (Australia)
Myitkyina is absolutely beautiful ! The profile is
atypical... the development is unbelievable
S.T. (France)
Myitkyina 🍵🪵🧠💦🥒🥶🍐🎆
S.T. (France)
Truly masterful distillation
I close my eyes and see images of unseen shapes and
feelings. Hard to describe the scents, but nothing short
of beauty
M.K. (USA)
These oils are unbelievable. So great. I was most
interested in Siam 4K since I have Kham Lao and Myanma
Gold... but Myitkyina 4K blew my mind.
G.R. (USA)
The Myitkyina 4K may well beat out <...>. A very
sincere thank you for including that sample. From the
description of the scent I thought it would be redundant
in my collection but it will be anything but. Enjoying
your educational info as well.
J.F. (Canada)
Yellow and later on green-metallic impression if that
makes sense 😳 also quite strong projecting,
it’s really spicy, like peppery, I also get vanilla and
tea and medicinal herbs.
B.S. (Germany)
This myitkyina is 🔥
M.K. (USA)
So far Myitkyina 4k is the standout. It really is amazing
how good that one is. I always thought my fav oud was
Malay and it’s very good for sure. But what is going on
with Burmese Oud. I rarely see it and have no info on the
region as it isn’t as popular.
R.S. (Canada)