Kemewahan
Agar Aura (2011)

I'm absolutely loving Kemewahan. I didn't know what to expect from the 'liquid wood' descriptions, but I think something like this is what I was looking for right from the start of my oud journey. The dark, rich, yet smooth woody smell that has a very nice undertone of sweetness, and almost reminds me of dark chocolate.

There is also some slight overlap from Agar Attar which I also really enjoy. I'd love to douse myself in this stuff and smell like this for a week.

Starts with very ripe apple scent over some woody smoke. Then the smoky note softens, and I understand what Taha from AgarAura called "liquid oud wood" - it really smells like a handful of densely resinated agarwood chips, unburned, right under my nose.
Soon, the scent carries also some smokiness like that of `Agar Supreme´(another AA distillation) and a slight note of violet leaf alongside a peppery undercurrent - like that of freshly sliced chillies.
About half an hour later, a sweet orange scent emerges; as if some good quality frankincense has just started melting on your burner. Then the scent returns to the agarwood smell familiar from oils like Cantik Candan, but now with a saffron undertone.
And again, more wood smoke, a dark agarwoody smoke…and a slight leather-y note. After ten minutes or so it turns sweet(er) again, now playing between the different notes.
As a whole, it is the mid-section between Agar Supreme (already sold out) and Kemegahan (also sold out) . Truly, this oil carries with it the most masculine scent, and its sweet smokiness reminds me of good leaf tobacco, like that which is used for Cuban cigars, drying in the sun.
What I find amazing is how the scent changes once I stepped outside into the sun. Then all notes are greatly amplified, and the scent is a bit sweeter, more like that of Kemegahan. Truly, these two oils share more that just a similar name.