Kalimantan Oud

About Kalimantan Oud

Kalimantan Oud is an oud expression carrying the regional name Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. The House of Oud officially lists Kalimantan Oud in the bases of Dates Delight and Grape Pearls. CITES and TRAFFIC document agarwood trade in Kalimantan, while species, harvest source, grade, and distillation for these perfumes remain undisclosed. The available evidence does not disclose every botanical identity, regional detail, manufacturing method, or formula component, so those points are not inferred.

Scent Profile

Its sensory axis is dark resinous wood, humid earth, soft smoke, leather, bitterness, and rounded balsamic sweetness. It absorbs the richness of dates and honey, leaving a dry woody spine and dark shadow in the trail. This description is an editorial synthesis of the official label, the house’s description of the finished fragrance, the surrounding notes, and independent exact-product cross-checks. It is not an analytical measurement of an isolated raw material. Perception will vary with concentration, skin, temperature, and the other materials in the composition.

Use in Perfumery

In composition, it adds depth and persistence beneath gourmand or fruity structures. With dates, caramel, benzoin, amber, vanilla, and coffee, it gives sweetness a lower center of gravity. The regional label is official but does not certify a single species or verified chain of origin. The same label can be constructed differently by each perfumer and house. A natural-sounding name may be expressed with naturals, synthetics, reconstructions, or combinations of them; the name alone does not establish formula contents. It must not be used to infer undisclosed species, extraction conditions, geographic certification, regulatory status, or chemistry.