Quite simply, Royal Maluku
is the simultaneously highest-grade and highest-quality Agar
Aura oud oil ever distilled.
Now make that agarwood from Seram - an island in Maluku /
the Moluccas Straits - which is notorious for its bitterly
low distillation yield, and what you have here is an oil of
a caliber that no one (including myself) would be in a hurry
to cook again any time soon.
Royal Maluku is our fourth Maluku oil. Without going into
the details of what it took to get my hands on this batch of
wood, the only back-story worth noting is that the wood was
intended for the wholesale Gulf Arabian market to be burned
as incense – distillation of such a caliber of wood would be
too crazy due to the low yield of Seram's Beringin
agarwood. But the market demanded Cambodian and Indian, and
nothing but, so the wood ended up getting powdered
for distillation instead (notice the powdered coffee
appearance of the ground up wood, the inimitable
sign of a true high grade agarwood distillation – unlike the
beige powders of oil-grade wood which are typically used for
distillation).
Scent notes: steely marine blue, purple floral narcotic
fumes, effulgent bittersweet green incense, the warmth of
jungle earth, sizzling resin fumes frozen and captured in a
bottle, dollops of orris butter, and sensuality beyond
words.
But most importantly: this oil is the textbook definition of
Gen3 "Mind Medicine" oud. The sheer energy and narcotic buzz
will buckle your proverbial knees.
Are all oud oils equal? Does it matter what
grade of wood is used for distilling an oud oil,
so long as they're "distilled well"? You be the judge.
Below is a short video of the raw material that was used for
distilling Royal Maluku, which demonstrates the tremendous
quality of the resin-packed wood that this oil was distilled
from:
Can't describe how beautiful
this was 😍 officially top 3!
S.A. (USA)
Goodness gracious
All my fuses just blew
A.K. (USA)
AA Royal Maluku ... Mind buzz... yep!
F.A. (Dubai)
Royal Maluku is awesome!
A.A. (USA)
This is one truly remarkable oil. I can't stop sniffing my
wrists and analyzing the notes. They really do hit the
right spot. The purple and blue notes really stand out at
first and wash over me and give me warm fuzzies. I think
of blue lotus and even lilac and definitely orris butter.
I get beautiful incense and earth notes just beneath the
opening narcotic notes. Just heavenly. It's a metaphysical
buzz. What a feat.
A.S. (USA)
The brain buzz is unreal
N.C. (USA)
As I get ready to go out tonight it is royal maluku time.
Mike drop. Holly molly. Cat got my tongue. Words don’t do
this justice.
R.S. (Canada)
Malaya is progressing very nicely, great to watch but RM
just blows me away 😁
N.S. (Australia)
When I took the first whiff of the sample vial... I said
to myself it's the best Oud I have experienced till
date... though this was a month back... now this is
developing into something even more special
D.P. (India)
Speechless ... wow! Just wow! By far my best Oud Oil till
date
D.P. (India)
Man malaya is good… But RM is great
T.D. (USA)
Currently wearing AA's incredible Royal Maluku. Definitely
a GOAT [sic: Greatest Of All Time] tier oud oil.
A.S. (USA)
The scent is indescribable IMO prob because your brain
cells r fried by the sesquiterpenes. I did smell the same
note that was in Malaya and msk as part of the top note.
It’s almost like the heart note of Malaya is on the top.
There was this bitter medicinal note somewhere in the mix
also. I did feel the brain buzz that everyone talks about.
It really does make your brain buzz.
RM smells just like high grade seram wood on low heat.
Basically what I noticed is that there is this one green
note that is present some in msk... a lot in Malaya and
bam in your face in RM.
N.C. (USA)