Chances are, you haven't heard of
half the stuff in this juice – let alone smelled them.
Malayaku means 'My Malaysia' with connotations of
adoration and possessive love. It is an homage to the land I
love, the country I have called home for the past 7 years.
Just as Java
was inspired by my first trip to Java island, Malayaku
follows the same theme but this time it encompasses my
exponentially vaster experiences in Malaysia – from jungle
treks to local cuisines and rare aromatics.
At the core is wild Malaysian oud from Kedah State,
north-west Malaysia, where our distillation factory is
located.
Lifting up this core is an exotic base comprising of
aromatics including Pandan leaf extract, tinctured black tea
from Cameron Highlands (Pahang, Malaysia), and bitey Betel
leaf extract. Hints of lemongrass and ginger lily ensures
the scent profile remains unmistakably tropical Asian.
The first-ever Malaysian vetiver distillation; our
own in-house brew that is devoid of all the oddities of the
bulk of market-grade vetiver distillations out there
(ranging from motor oil to burning VHS tape), was carefully
designed to preserve the fantastic aroma of actual vetiver
roots. There's also dry-distilled frankincense which,
together with the vetiver, imparts a rich
dark-leathery-smoky flavor.
Kayu Kemenyan and Raja Kayu add a
wonderfully rich balsamic woody resinous flare to the
cola-peppery-jungly oud, while our Champaca flower, mimosa
flower (yes, actual Mimosa!), and Bunga Raya
extracts prettify the otherwise-ultra-masculine aromatic
palette.
If you enjoyed Java, you will absolutely love Malayaku. If
you've yearned to travel across South East Asia but
couldn't, don't fret. Malayaku is a journey in a bottle, no
visa required.
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