Tuli 2024

Jungle: Tuli, Nagaland - India

Class: Wild - a single, ancient tree - Approximately 105 years old

Distillation: A very clean Traditional, Wood-fired Stainless Deg and Bapkah - Collection of First 3 Days - September, 2024

A friend was able to make a nice little batch of high grade oil exclusively from shavings and chips of prime wild wood. The shavings and chips came from a single tree, aged roughly 105 years old.

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If you've been following my work or writing, you know I'm a big fan of Tea notes in Oud oils. I find a LOT of terroir crossover in teas and agarwoods, and the oils produced from them. When one manages to tease out tea notes from the woods... it makes for one happy JK!

This batch of oil came out quite floral and tea-like. Tuli 2024 is very clean smelling - like wafts of jungle flowers on the air as you drink a cup of high altitude tea, kicking back laying against your saddle. It's not really horsey or haylike - more of a gentle, worn in saddle leather, with those delicate floral notes tickling the corners of your smiling lips.

This is a real easy wear for an Indian oil - and just a hint of additional florals added to it or layered with it is exceptional. I've been wearing this in the Georgia heat and humidity of May and June, and going back and forth between the brutal heat outside and the air conditioned inside makes for a lot of fun, deep inhales. So don't be afraid of a warm weather Hindi... as good as they are to wear in Winter, the Summer Heat brings out an entirely different dimension to enjoy!

If you love Hindis - Tuli 2024 needs to be on your hit list!