Journal Notes:

Keeping with my hunt for aged Hindi ouds—do I have something for you.

Meghalaya Qadeem, believed to have been distilled some 30 years ago under the patronage of a well-regarded connoisseur of the highest oud quality.

It opens with soft lactic nuances, touched by the characteristic bitterness of Meghalaya, before unfolding into a velvet shroud of earthiness and leather, steeped in the quiet spell of time.

Finds like this are exactly why aged Hindi ouds remain among the most coveted treasures of perfumery.