Dhuma II

What can I say in praise of this Oud? It is possibly the strangest one I have experienced in the range of PureOudh's cabinet. I lay in the cool back room with its subdued light and the archaic silhouettes of chlorophyta plants reaching out and over the stillness... I took a clean swipe of Dhuma II - from hand ridge direct to my nostrils whence I proceeded to rub it into my hollows like some addict. Yes,I had to have it - direct and dirty you aficionados may utter...and no sooner had I done so then the oud took over. This oil immediately shouted out - loud and clear. A burnt apricot approach with a rubbery tingle backwash and a Roquefort nuance that begins the dance of Dhuma II. Make no mistake - its footsteps are direct and bold, surity and firmness the lay of the pattern like a Flamenco heel 'fullstop' stamp... "Attention!" It draws a close to everything else before it wants to let you in on the game. Then - there it is, it wafts and provokes in leaps and bounds until twenty minutes or so thereafter the beastly side of its nature tires somewhat and a tamer version of apricot and hay-wash slithers ring out. An unusual journey.