{"product_id":"soul-of-my-soul","title":"Soul Of My Soul","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"109\" data-end=\"205\"\u003eIn the SQ oud world, you’ll encounter a handful of Oud Rose pairings—but rarely one like this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"691\"\u003eWhat we have here uses the familiar Taifi rose, a favored choice for oils prepared for the Sultanate’s Diwan. The oud, however, is something else entirely: dark, resinous, deep green. The collector I sourced this from and I both suspected Papua. In fact, we believe it is that famous Papua\/Merauke oud from the ’80s that made waves in the oud community, based on our personal experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1297\" data-end=\"1436\"\u003eThe first debut of this find was \u003ca href=\"\/products\/two-souls\/\"\u003eTwo Souls\u003c\/a\u003e. Its second, a subtle appearance in \u003ca href=\"\/products\/qinan-rose\/\"\u003eQinan Rose\u003c\/a\u003e. This is the third and last release of the oil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1438\" data-end=\"1693\"\u003eWorking with oud-heavy compositions is never straightforward. Raise the dose, and projection collapses; lower it, and the impact thins out. I leaned on a handful of materials to carry the profile at full weight—without interfering or getting in the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1695\" data-end=\"1745\"\u003eHere is the composition I ultimately settled on:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1747\" data-end=\"2134\"\u003eTwo Souls (vintage Papua and Taifi rose), Wild Papua oud (2019), \u003ca href=\"\/products\/mysore-legacy\/\"\u003evintage Mysore\u003c\/a\u003e, Tibetan musk, Azerbaijani rose, \u003ca href=\"\/products\/arakan-silk\/\"\u003eSilani and Myanmar\u003c\/a\u003e co-distilled oud, and wild Khaoyai oud produced from logs over forty years old and aged for more than five years post-distillation. I finished the blend with tonka bean, lending a lavish flourish—one only justified by an assembly of materials like this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2136\" data-end=\"2420\"\u003eA good six months later, I managed to source another Oud Rose from the Sultanate’s Diwan—this one firmly rooted in a vintage Burmese oud profile. After a few iterations, it finally felt complete. I believe I succeeded in translating the original Two Souls attar into a spray format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2422\" data-end=\"2537\"\u003eThen came the naming. I struggled to find a name that could honor the cornerstone of this blend—Two Souls itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2539\" data-end=\"2891\"\u003eEventually, I was reminded of the phrase Rūh ur-Rūh \/ روح الروح (“soul of my soul”). The words became globally etched in memory in 2023, after Khaled Nabhan was filmed holding his granddaughter, Reem, following her death in an Israeli airstrike on refugee camps in Gaza. The phrase stayed with me—until I realized the name had been with me all along.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2893\" data-end=\"2952\"\u003eOne that speaks to a bond that endures—unchanged by time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"2893\" data-end=\"2952\"\u003eA note about sourcing SQ Oils:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2893\" data-end=\"2952\"\u003eI put my absolute and utmost effort into ensuring that the chain through which SQ oils make it to your bottles is trusted. That is, sourced by members known in the oud space locally and internationally—trusted and connected to the circles where such rare materials exist. So far, there are only a few degrees of separation, just a few beads along the chain, between the oud in this bottle (you) and the original owners. I genuinely think it is easier to move mountains than to build credibility in this space. And it takes little to no effort to lose that credibility, possibly forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"elkhaldi studio","offers":[{"title":"Original \/ 15ml","offer_id":46917932941465,"sku":"SOS15","price":349.0,"currency_code":"OMR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Original \/ 30ml","offer_id":46917932974233,"sku":"SOS30","price":663.0,"currency_code":"OMR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Original \/ 50ml","offer_id":46917933007001,"sku":"SOS50","price":1050.0,"currency_code":"OMR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0720\/5866\/7161\/files\/SOUL15-A.png?v=1775999305","url":"https:\/\/www.elkhaldistudio.com\/products\/soul-of-my-soul","provider":"elkhaldi studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}