Quality West Malaysian oils are far and few between and you can expect to pay $550 – $790+ a bottle. Midnight Malaka gives you a glimpse into this sweet-resinous world for a fraction of what it would otherwise cost you to enter this arena.
I’m not talking Borneo here, but rather the scent profiles of West Malaysian agarwood… the “Land of Lightning” peninsula that includes the legendary jungles of Pahang, Kelantan, and Terengganu.
No wild Malay with a smell this bang-on would cost so little. A whiff of Midnight Malaka and a veteran oudhead’s nose would instantly jump to $550+ caliber wild ouds to compare this to. Anything less doesn’t match.
If you happen to have few Kelantan oud chips or any premium Malaysian oud chips, go on… light ‘em up and then take a fat swipe of Midnight Malaka…
That’s the lingering aroma you’d have wafting from your wrist, your forearm, your tie, your jacket or scarf, wherever you swipe Midnight Malaka, for hours on end.
This is an old-timer’s oud at a beginner’s price.
A riptide of oud smoke crashes on a shorebreak decked out with hirta agar strips. A whirlwind of steaming malaccensis incense blazes through a noir petrichor-like Kelantan chord dipped in indigo resin.
Midnight Malaka isn’t oud for a novice. These wild waves of incense and its dark indigo resinous base is an oud oozing spiral best left for experienced noses to get caught up in.
That, or it’s the best way to get proper oud drilled into a beginner’s head for life. So much so, the intro-ouds typically recommended for rookies will quickly start to smell too pretty!
