Good luck trying to find information about this one. 😂 This 1/4 tola was made around 2008 and I purchased it in 2009 from Taha when he was first starting out in the Oud industry and building Agar Aura. I remember talking with him and wanting a Borneo/Malaysian style Oud. He had just distilled this and I remember when it first came I was thinking this needs a bit to mature. Well it’s grown boys. I’ve not worn this much other then to check on it. Wow. Minty, woody, mild fruit. Mild incense and spice. Zero funk. This is parfum hiding in oud clothing. Longevity sillage and projection????? Yup. Beast mode? No. But always present. You would swear there is saffron in this with a leather accord but nope. That’s the beauty of real artisanal oud boys.

Mission Fragrance Courage for tonight. Took my family to play Singo tonight. Aunt and Uncle in town as well as my sister. Mom and Grandma and brother came too.

Found a mystery decant on my shelf, no label. I know I have had a couple labels fall off or print get smudged from a small leak. I sad screw it, I will wear without investigation. Immediately came to mind was Triumph of Bacchus, but I didn't recall getting or trading for the OG. Had to do some investigative sleuthing. First narrowed it down to a group based on the actually atomizer, which led me to 2. one had hand written and the other was done with label maker. Then I recal one of the labels coming off, from the trade with @Jeffrey Conyers, I forgot what we traded, went back to our chat and boom, there it was Dionysus, Dua's version of the Triumph and Bacchus! Slayed the rest of my decant as I really enjoyed it. I did put on some Montagne Victory of Bacchus on my forearm to see how it compares. Just for context Montagne has been said to be so good, there is no need for the OG. Although Dua is really good and very close, it was not quite as good as the Montagne version. Montagne had just a little bit more oomph and longevity. There were subtle differences between the 2, but you had to have them both on to tell the difference.

“You don’t need the biggest collection, just intention behind every choice.”— Joe A., Original Progress isn’t about excess. It’s about knowing why you’re doing what you’re doing. More bottles never fixed bad direction. One day at a time guys, Enjoy the #Journey

Getting low on my decant from @Frank Barnett I need to put this on want list on Fragrantica.