KAMPOT OCEAN GROVE 2025 • Limited Edition 100% wild Oud • Kampot Cambodia
(100% wild artisanal Oud oil, authentic wild-harvested natural agarwood essential oil)
• production details: Distilled February 2025. Selected wood from only 5 wild trees on a high mountainous tract overlooking the beach in Kampot province Cambodia. Distilled in copper with a glass collector. Sourced from a trusted artisanal partner-distiller. Lab-tested for purity and authenticity. Only 85ml produced. (no fermentation, no soaking.)
• scent highlights: apple, passionfruit, spearmint, neroli, muscat, settling into a complex apple and dried fruit medley, on a foundation of demerara sugar, and the lightest fresh blonde tobacco.
• scent description: Kampot Ocean Grove 2025 is an accessible, soothing, and joyful Oud, without being simple or flat. It a delicious, moderately dynamic Oud, with myriad micro-notes offering a beautifully intricate profile for the attentive nose. It’s sialogogic in its bright fruit entree, with surprising opening notes including passionfruit, fallen apples, and an uplifting bright green mentholic note, semblant to spearmint. Scintillating neroli and lemon blossom emerge intermittently, dancing on a lush body of overripe apple, apple cider, muscat, smooth orange marmalade, dried apricot, juicy golden raisin… the spearmint note lingers pleasantly well into this Ouds’ frolicking heart. As this Oud settles and opens it reveals a base structure of sweet new lumber, demerara sugar, and the lightest of fresh blonde tobacco. Theres an afterglow of stewed apple and pear, more dried apricot and sumptuous yellow raisin, butter tart, a smear of marmalade on a fresh scone, sunshine on new lumber, and threads of fine golden tobacco.
• notes of controversy: none
(NO fermented notes, and no sharp edges, no smoke. For full transparency we would note that early apple cider and fallen apple notes might present to some noses as borderline-fermented, but we think it's delightful, clean, and succulent. )
• species: Aquilaria crassna.
Additional notes on Oud from Aroma Sublime:
Give it to me straight… from the bottle?
A note on how we describe and assess Oud.
Our Oud oil descriptions never include aromatic impressions when the oil is sniffed straight from the bottle, or for the first 60 seconds after it is applied to your skin, since most Oud will initially present itself so intensely and overwhelmingly in those moments, that a scent analysis would be irrelevant and misleading. The scent descriptions we offer typically begin about 60 seconds after application to skin or other test substrate. Read more on this topic in our Learning Center.
Beginner level article: The Ritual of Oud for Beginners: How to Best Enjoy Oud.
Intermediate level article: Hype, Poetry, or Precision? On the Art of Describing Oud and other complex aromatics.
• Absolutely wild. When we say wild, we mean wild! All our “wild” designated agarwood and oil is from genuine 100% naturally occurring wild forest agarwood trees with no human interventions prior to harvest. Occasionally we might offer other options, but they will be clearly indicated as either “cultivated” (farmed) or “semi-wild” (agarwood growth influenced by human intervention in a natural setting). When we say wild, we mean wild! Learn more on this topic in our Learning Center article: Sustainability in Sourcing Wild Agarwood: How Aroma Sublime is Meeting The Challenge
• "Oud" versus "agarwood" disambiguation: For our purposes, here on the Aroma Sublime website, "Oud" will usually refer to the essential oil of agarwood, and "agarwood" to the raw wood itself. This website's terminology seeks to reflect the most common English usage for each form of the materials. It should be noted that for many English speakers, "Oud" might also refer to the raw wood, particularly among connoisseurs. Read more on this here.
• One-tree wonders. We strongly prefer single-tree agarwood harvests and single-tree Oud oil distillations. This has both environmental and aesthetic benefits, capturing the unique essence of a single, fully mature, agarwood tree. When this single-tree preference is not possible we strongly favor combining wood from only a few fully mature trees from the same geography, of known provenance, supplied by trusted and experienced harvesters. (the only exception would be in the case of carefully planned blends or co-distillations which we always describe with precision.) More and more you will see us moving toward single-tree productions. It’s part of our commitment to sustainability and our joy in honoring the individual aromatic “soul” of each tree we harvest. Learn more on this topic here.
• Beyond Words. We try to describe our Oud oils as accurately as possible using common vocabulary from a Western cultural perspective. There might also be some specialized technical or aromatic nomenclature as we seek also to educate and inform our customers. We hope to strike a balance; offering accessibility and straightforwardness while also providing some technical and specialized vocabulary when we think it is informative or necessary. Our Oud descriptions are subjective and may vary slightly over time due to the effects of aging on Oud's aromatic profile, however, Oud oils will generally only improve with age, and the key features of a particular oil will generally be quite stable over time. We try to repeat the assessment process and update the detailed aromatic description for every Oud oil in our catalog at least once every 12 months. We pride ourselves on detailed accurate descriptions of our Oud oils, and we are happy to receive your constructive feedback on this topic. Read more on this topic in our Learning Center article: Hype, Poetry, or Precision? On the Art of Describing Oud and other complex aromatics.
KAMPOT OCEAN GROVE 2025 • Limited Edition 100% wild Oud • Kampot Cambodia
(100% wild artisanal Oud oil, authentic wild-harvested natural agarwood essential oil)
• production details: Distilled February 2025. Selected wood from only 5 wild trees on a high mountainous tract overlooking the beach in Kampot province Cambodia. Distilled in copper with a glass collector. Sourced from a trusted artisanal partner-distiller. Lab-tested for purity and authenticity. Only 85ml produced. (no fermentation, no soaking.)
• scent highlights: apple, passionfruit, spearmint, neroli, muscat, settling into a complex apple and dried fruit medley, on a foundation of demerara sugar, and the lightest fresh blonde tobacco.
• scent description: Kampot Ocean Grove 2025 is an accessible, soothing, and joyful Oud, without being simple or flat. It a delicious, moderately dynamic Oud, with myriad micro-notes offering a beautifully intricate profile for the attentive nose. It’s sialogogic in its bright fruit entree, with surprising opening notes including passionfruit, fallen apples, and an uplifting bright green mentholic note, semblant to spearmint. Scintillating neroli and lemon blossom emerge intermittently, dancing on a lush body of overripe apple, apple cider, muscat, smooth orange marmalade, dried apricot, juicy golden raisin… the spearmint note lingers pleasantly well into this Ouds’ frolicking heart. As this Oud settles and opens it reveals a base structure of sweet new lumber, demerara sugar, and the lightest of fresh blonde tobacco. Theres an afterglow of stewed apple and pear, more dried apricot and sumptuous yellow raisin, butter tart, a smear of marmalade on a fresh scone, sunshine on new lumber, and threads of fine golden tobacco.
• notes of controversy: none
(NO fermented notes, and no sharp edges, no smoke. For full transparency we would note that early apple cider and fallen apple notes might present to some noses as borderline-fermented, but we think it's delightful, clean, and succulent. )
• species: Aquilaria crassna.
Additional notes on Oud from Aroma Sublime:
Give it to me straight… from the bottle?
A note on how we describe and assess Oud.
Our Oud oil descriptions never include aromatic impressions when the oil is sniffed straight from the bottle, or for the first 60 seconds after it is applied to your skin, since most Oud will initially present itself so intensely and overwhelmingly in those moments, that a scent analysis would be irrelevant and misleading. The scent descriptions we offer typically begin about 60 seconds after application to skin or other test substrate. Read more on this topic in our Learning Center.
Beginner level article: The Ritual of Oud for Beginners: How to Best Enjoy Oud.
Intermediate level article: Hype, Poetry, or Precision? On the Art of Describing Oud and other complex aromatics.
• Absolutely wild. When we say wild, we mean wild! All our “wild” designated agarwood and oil is from genuine 100% naturally occurring wild forest agarwood trees with no human interventions prior to harvest. Occasionally we might offer other options, but they will be clearly indicated as either “cultivated” (farmed) or “semi-wild” (agarwood growth influenced by human intervention in a natural setting). When we say wild, we mean wild! Learn more on this topic in our Learning Center article: Sustainability in Sourcing Wild Agarwood: How Aroma Sublime is Meeting The Challenge
• "Oud" versus "agarwood" disambiguation: For our purposes, here on the Aroma Sublime website, "Oud" will usually refer to the essential oil of agarwood, and "agarwood" to the raw wood itself. This website's terminology seeks to reflect the most common English usage for each form of the materials. It should be noted that for many English speakers, "Oud" might also refer to the raw wood, particularly among connoisseurs. Read more on this here.
• One-tree wonders. We strongly prefer single-tree agarwood harvests and single-tree Oud oil distillations. This has both environmental and aesthetic benefits, capturing the unique essence of a single, fully mature, agarwood tree. When this single-tree preference is not possible we strongly favor combining wood from only a few fully mature trees from the same geography, of known provenance, supplied by trusted and experienced harvesters. (the only exception would be in the case of carefully planned blends or co-distillations which we always describe with precision.) More and more you will see us moving toward single-tree productions. It’s part of our commitment to sustainability and our joy in honoring the individual aromatic “soul” of each tree we harvest. Learn more on this topic here.
• Beyond Words. We try to describe our Oud oils as accurately as possible using common vocabulary from a Western cultural perspective. There might also be some specialized technical or aromatic nomenclature as we seek also to educate and inform our customers. We hope to strike a balance; offering accessibility and straightforwardness while also providing some technical and specialized vocabulary when we think it is informative or necessary. Our Oud descriptions are subjective and may vary slightly over time due to the effects of aging on Oud's aromatic profile, however, Oud oils will generally only improve with age, and the key features of a particular oil will generally be quite stable over time. We try to repeat the assessment process and update the detailed aromatic description for every Oud oil in our catalog at least once every 12 months. We pride ourselves on detailed accurate descriptions of our Oud oils, and we are happy to receive your constructive feedback on this topic. Read more on this topic in our Learning Center article: Hype, Poetry, or Precision? On the Art of Describing Oud and other complex aromatics.
