Borneo No 1

The crème brûlée of ouds. Vanillicious with a sprinkle of cinnamon veneered in a raspberry sweet glaze around an orris root ginseng-like dryness that makes this one of the most beautiful and sniff-your-head-off addictive ouds.

Eight years ago, the Smithsonian reported that “Borneo has lost 30% of its forest in the past 40 years, falling at twice the rate as the rest of the world’s rainforests…”

Add to that the plan to build Indonesia’s new capital in Borneo, and you might hear a lot more about Malinau – but for all the wrong reasons.

Malinau oud is already incredibly difficult to find and incredibly expensive to buy (prices quadrupled in a couple of years) and now they’re likely going to clear away large forest areas for future real estate… what do you think is going to happen to those jungles’ legendary agarwood trees?

And you already hardly ever hear about Malinau ouds!

You must have a fine Borneo oud in your collection, no question about it. And Malinau has always been the island’s crowned jewel. It’ll crack open a whole new dimension of your oud experience, will change the way you think about oud from every other jungle, will stymie you with its peerless beauty and will enhance your overall appreciation for this olfactory wonder tenfold.

Borneo No 1 on one hand and Naga Rouge on the other… it’s like each oud unlocks the other and you’ll smell notes you never encountered before. Tomorrow, make it Lao Qi and smell it happen all over again.

And next, just wear Borneo No 1 neat. This time it’s like you’ve leveled up and can now smell the Mysore-like creaminess you never picked up before. The ethereal bond of mint and honey with that raspberry spiced vanilla heart; all of it, you realize, different facets of a fat Borneo oud chip bubbling on the burner… and way more!