Hainan 2010

Among the most legendary of oud regions is Hainan, today famed for its cultivation of some really fine Chinese agarwood and of course its spectacular landscape. The pinnacle for the mainland collectors is really old vintage Hainan, it eludes us continuously, fetching sums of money beyond heavy SQ sinking batches and sometimes even kinam itself. To distill an oil from truly wild vintage material is a dream of every artisan and distiller, to own such oils is indeed the pinnacle for every collector out there - but what if it could be Hainan. It would take not only money, but rather longstanding ties and an enormous amount of luck. It is no wonder then that the best of these kinam like oils hail from Taiwan, a special region with an agarwood tradition stretching back centuries with its own unique nuances - the collections here are perhaps the greatest in the world - it's no surprise that such a unique vintage wood distillation was concocted here. Your first sniff of this oil is unmistakably Hainan: a precious warmth of spice and medicine. It evolves carefully into a sweet and enthralling kinamic aura. You can truly feel that medicinal warmth, embedded deep into the oily fibres of the wood, emerge so elegantly. It smooths the mind and wraps you in a kinamic fuzz.