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ELB - Extremely limited Batch
100% Natural Perfume Oil Created by Mr. Ali Attar, Sixth-Generation Master Perfumist
PEOPLE USUALLY ASK WHY. WE ASK, WHY NOT?
Why not take some of the finest wild agarwood oils in the world, materials that others offer for extraordinary amounts of money, and introduce them to something equally fascinating, yet wonderfully familiar, like genuine organic cacao?
Why not layer them with wild labdanum, the mother of perfumery, to create an almost otherworldly depth? Why not connect these contrasting worlds through a beautiful rose from Isparta, Turkey, where the Attar family mastered its craft and built a legacy spanning more than three centuries?
And finally, why not add a whisper of precious, aged wild Siberian deer musk as the finishing touch?
You might wonder why anyone would attempt such a complicated creation when each of these materials is already extraordinary on its own.
Well, the answer is rather simple.
Because why not?
That question has inspired some of our most precious creations. Not because combining expensive ingredients is difficult, but because bringing completely different natural personalities together, without destroying what makes each one special, is an art in itself.
And Cacao Oud is a beautiful example of what happens when curiosity meets generations of experience.
BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE PERFUME, LET'S TALK ABOUT VALUE.
Between mass-produced designer perfumes, niche perfumery or artisanal creations, and genuine high (haute) perfumery what we do! there is an ocean of differences that most people never see.
I could spend days explaining those differences. The sourcing, the quality, the processing, the selection, the time, the risks, and the tremendous amount of work required to produce something truly exceptional.
But I prefer to make things simple.
What exactly is inside your perfume? Where did it come from? Who made it? And how was it made?
These are the questions that matter to us.
So, here are the facts about Cacao Oud.
It is a 100% natural perfume oil, created entirely in-house at The House of The Perfumist by sixth-generation Master Perfumist Ali Attar.
Its composition includes wild agarwood oils from India, Brunei, and Cambodia; organic Peruvian cacao absolute; organic coffee absolute; wild labdanum; a natural micro-batch of Rosa damascena sourced from small fields in Isparta, Turkey; and a delicate touch of aged wild Siberian deer musk. That's it!
The materials were sourced across three continents. The entire creation took more than a year to complete, undergoing three stages of mixing and maturation.
And it belongs to our ELB classification: Extremely Limited Batch.
To put that into perspective, the entire quantity of Cacao Oud produced is smaller than what a single shelf in a single department store might hold of one mass-produced fragrance.
Does that automatically make it smell better than everything else?
Of course not.
But it tells you something about the scale, the materials, and the kind of work behind the scent.
And whether that difference matters to you is something you can only discover by experiencing it.
THE MATERIALS — SELECTED THREE TIMES, NOT JUST ONCE.
At The House of The Perfumist, acquiring a rare ingredient is only the beginning.
For Cacao Oud, we worked with materials selected from the top 10 percent of the wild micro-batches available to our house.
Then came another selection within those individual batches, where specific portions were hand-chosen for their aromatic character, quality, and compatibility with the composition.
Finally, the materials were evaluated in relation to one another, including the influence of their season, maturity, and natural aromatic development.
This is our triple-selection philosophy.
It is demanding, expensive, time-consuming, and occasionally frustrating. Nature does not manufacture materials according to a convenient commercial schedule.
A particular oud may be exceptional this year and unavailable the next. A cacao absolute may possess exactly the warmth we are searching for, while another perfectly good batch may simply not belong in this creation.
That is why we do not select ingredients merely because they carry an impressive name or price.
We select them because of what they can accomplish together.
And this is also why we are not particularly concerned about imitations.
We openly discuss our materials, their origins, and much of our philosophy. Sometimes we even teach others about our methods.
Knowing the ingredients, however, is not the same as knowing how to create the perfume.
After more than 300 years of family craftsmanship, that distinction remains at the heart of our work.
THREE WILD OUDS. THREE DIFFERENT WORLDS.
Imagine having three extraordinary musicians, each capable of performing beautifully alone.
Now imagine asking them to create one piece of music without allowing any of them to lose their individual voice or character.
That was the challenge with our agarwood.
The aged Assam Indian oud introduces a commanding character: dark earth, mature wood, leather, and deep resinous warmth. It is powerful, traditional, and wonderfully complex.
The approximately 50-year-old Brunei Malaysian oud, sourced from an exceptionally small batch, introduces a different kind of darkness. Mysterious, smokyness, and deeply woody, it adds another dimension to the composition.
Then comes the Cambodian oud, with its naturally sweet, fruity, almost honeyed sweeet personality.
We did not want to mix these three materials into one anonymous woody fragrance.
We wanted you to experience their differences.
The Indian oud establishes the depth. The Brunei oud develops its mystery. The Cambodian oud eventually reveals a softer, sweeter side and throughout this transformation, genuine Peruvian cacao remains present, connecting these different expressions of agarwood in a way that is both unexpected and strangely natural.
CACAO, COFFEE, ROSE AND THE MOTHER OF PERFUMERY.
There is something beautiful about genuine cacao.
Most people associate chocolate with sweetness, but real cacao absolute is much more interesting than that.
It can be bitter, roasted, earthy, warm, dark, and deliciously comforting, with subtle vanilla-like nuances.
Our organic Peruvian cacao was selected for precisely this character.
Alongside it, organic coffee absolute introduces the unmistakable warmth of freshly roasted beans and carefully prepared espresso.
But cacao and coffee alone would have taken this creation in a predictable direction.
We needed a bridge between the familiar and the extraordinary.
That bridge came from Isparta, Turkey.
Our Rosa Damascena, sourced from a small natural micro-batch, introduces a beautiful floral warmth that connects the dark cacao with the resinous oud.
For my family, Turkish rose is not simply another perfume ingredient. It is part of the geography, craftsmanship, and history that shaped our house and family.
Wild labdanum then brings everything closer together, adding a deep amber-like richness, warm resin, and a subtle leathery character.
And finally, a carefully measured hint of aged wild Siberian deer musk provides an intimate finishing touch.
Not to dominate the creation, but to give it another dimension of warmth and sensuality.
The result is neither a conventional gourmand nor a traditional oud perfume.
It belongs somewhere between the two.
Or perhaps somewhere neither has been before.
THE ART OF LAYERING — OVER ONE YEAR IN THE MAKING.
There is a difference between mixing ingredients and allowing them to become a composition.
With natural materials of this complexity, the process cannot be reduced to simply pouring several precious oils into one vessel. like many experts claim!
Each material has its own strength, texture, development, and aromatic personality.
The three stages of mixing and maturation allowed us to work toward the relationship we wanted between the oud, cacao, coffee, rose, labdanum, and musk. making sure non is overwhelming the other.
The goal was not to make every ingredient smell the same.
Quite the opposite.
We wanted the cacao to remain recognizable, the coffee to retain its roasted warmth, the rose to connect the contrasting materials, and the three oud oils to reveal themselves as the composition evolved.
More than a year of work went into creating that balance.
Because the objective was never to make something merely complicated.
It was to make something complicated feel effortless.
THE THREE NOSES — A JOURNEY INTO THE IMPOSSIBLE
THE FIRST NOSE — THE COFFEE HOUSE HIDDEN IN THE JUNGLE
Imagine walking through an ancient tropical forest.
The ground is dark and slightly damp. Enormous trees rise above you, their aged trunks carrying the scent of wood, earth, and resin.
Then, somewhere in the distance, you notice something completely unexpected.
Coffee.
Not just any coffee, but the beautiful aroma of freshly prepared Italian espresso.
You follow it through the forest and discover a charming little coffee house, something between an old Parisian café and a traditional Italian espresso bar, hidden beneath the enormous trees.
Inside, freshly roasted coffee beans are being ground. A beautiful espresso is being prepared, filling the air with its rich, aromatic warmth.
Nearby, someone is opening freshly harvested cacao, releasing the wonderful fragrance of bitter chocolate, roasted cocoa, and a delicate vanilla-like sweetness.
You sit down, take your first breath, and wonder how something so familiar could feel so extraordinary in such an unusual place.
But you suddenly you smell something, something ancient unique and very precious. The unmistakable presence of aged wood. you turn around and behind you or the table a Japanese kodo master, with an Arabian prince arguing about who's oud is better bother lighting the best of the best on incense. This is Oud Cacao.
And the journey has only begun.
THE SECOND NOSE — TURKISH ROSES AND THE EVENING CEREMONY
As you enjoy your espresso, a gentle breeze enters the coffee house.
You look outside and discover something even more impossible.
Beyond the tropical trees, fields of beautiful Turkish roses stretch into the distance, their blossoms releasing a delicate, warm floral fragrance into the humid forest air. Thi is the accord that made some of the most successful designer perfumes in history, but this is the real thing no the synthing one they used!
It feels as though a little piece of Isparta has somehow found its way into the heart of the jungle.
Then someone approaches carrying a warm vessel filled with freshly prepared dark cacao.
The aroma of chocolate rises gently into the air, mingling with the coffee and roses.
Nearby, preparations are underway for the evening agarwood ceremony.
The two gentlemen behind you still arguing with precious pieces of aged agarwood gently warmed, releasing an extraordinary fragrance of dark forest soil, aged wood, sweet tobacco, honeyed molasses, and deep resin.
The powerful Indian oud begins to reveal itself, followed by the mysterious richness of rare Brunei agarwood.
Wild labdanum adds its beautiful amber-like warmth, as though the entire room has been wrapped in a soft veil of ancient resin. The chocolate is still there. So is the espresso.
But neither smells quite the same anymore.
The familiar has become exotic, and the exotic has become strangely comforting.
THE FINAL NOSE — THE LAST ESPRESSO BEFORE MIDNIGHT
The sun has disappeared behind the trees.
Lanterns illuminate the little coffee house, the roses outside have settled into the evening air, and the agarwood ceremony is nearing its end. still arguing non-convinced the other of the supperios wood of choice, they are both right!
The darker woods have softened, making room for the beautiful, sweet, fruity character of sweet resin.
The Arabian prince prepares one final espresso. The japanese man a 'kodo master" said "if you drink this you won't sleep" the arabic prince replied, "I'm afraid I might sleep whiling drinking it", everyone laughs.
Lighter roasted aroma rises alongside lingering dark chocolate, a gentle caramel-like sweetness, and the warm fragrance of aged wood.
The Turkish roses remain in the distance, while a delicate touch of Siberian deer musk gives the atmosphere an almost personal intimacy. Nothing feels excessive. or everything is based on your perception.
The chocolate is no longer simply chocolate. The coffee is no longer simply coffee. And the agarwood is no longer the mysterious strangers you encountered at the beginning. Now you are all friends!
You ask will you be here tomorrow, they say if you are here we will, always and all the time.
You turn around trying to find the direction of the location of this magical Cafe in the jungle. there is none.
as if it's a secret kept for a very few chosen ones, you ask them, how do I get here again, they look at each other and laugh replying with one sentence. "Cacao Oud".
Not simply an aroma you wear, but a place you carry with you.
WHAT DOES WEARING CACAO OUD SAY ABOUT YOU?
I have always found it interesting how people associate certain fragrances with certain personalities.
Chocolate and coffee are familiar, comforting, and universally recognizable.
Wild agarwood is almost the opposite. It is mysterious, complex, sometimes challenging, and often appreciated most deeply by those who have spent time understanding it.
Cacao Oud brings these personalities together.
It is for someone who enjoys comfort but is not afraid of complexity. Someone who appreciates tradition without feeling obligated to follow it. Someone who understands that the most interesting things in life are not always the most obvious.
You do not have to be an oud expert to appreciate its delicious cacao and coffee.
And you do not have to love conventional sweet perfumes to appreciate the extraordinary depth of its wild agarwood.
Perhaps that is what makes this creation so interesting.
It allows two very different worlds to meet without asking either one to compromise its identity.
A buddha and a zorba can equally and unequivocally enjoy this.
A FINAL WORD FROM THE HOUSE
We do not believe that the most expensive perfume must be the best-smelling perfume.
In fact, some of the rarest and most valuable natural materials are acquired tastes.
But we do believe that exceptional ingredients, thoughtful selection, generations of knowledge, and genuine craftsmanship can produce something that is extraordinarily difficult to reproduce, unique, special and beautiful.
Cacao Oud is our expression of that belief.
Three wild agarwood oils. Organic Peruvian cacao and coffee. Turkish rose. Wild labdanum. A touch of aged Siberian deer musk.
Materials sourced across three continents, selected with extraordinary care, and brought together through more than a year of creation, mixing, and maturation.
All within an Extremely Limited Batch. ELB
We could have made another traditional oud.
We could have made another chocolate perfume.
But where is the fun in that?
CACAO OUD — WHY NOT?
Where the familiar becomes extraordinary.
The House of The Perfumist
By Mr Ali Attar
6th generation
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