Jayapura Vintage (Super Premium)

This is a rare vintage hydro-distillation of wild Aquilaria filaria—collected from the untamed jungles around Jayapura, Papua, and distilled in the early 1980s. This species, now virtually impossible to find, yielded an oil that embodies the raw, untamed soul of New Guinea’s forgotten highland forests. Aged over four decades, this oil is less a perfume and more a relic—an olfactory fossil etched with time and reverence.

 

 

 

 

VINTAGE JAYAPURA OUD

 

 

Species: Aquilaria filaria

Region: Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia

Year of Distillation: Early 1980s

Status: Discontinued / Non-replicable

 

 

 

 

Appearance

 

 

A deep, reddish-brown oil with flashes of umber and black cherry under direct light. Exceptionally viscous—aged to a near resinous syrup. When swirled, it coats the glass like antique varnish.

 

 

 

 

Species Profile

 

 

• Aquilaria filaria (Jayapura type)
  
• Indigenous to Papua and parts of eastern Indonesia.
• Distinct from other aquilarias with a dry, raw, almost feral woodiness.
• Often described as “tribal,” smoky, and rich in primal depth.
• One of the few ouds where the scent feels carved from the jungle itself.

 

 

 

 

 

Aroma Profile

 

 

 

Opening

 

 

• Immediate surge of aged leather, crushed tobacco leaves, and roasted woods.
• There’s a dry smoke—like charred resin and embers from a sacred fire.
• No sweetness, no camphor—just bold, seasoned wood and ancestral smoke.

 

 

 

Heart

 

 

• The profile deepens into notes of antique furniture, sunbaked bark, and dried cacao husk.
• A mineralic edge appears—iron-rich soil, volcanic stone, almost metallic.
• A haunting hum of distant jungle rot: earthy, fungal, and fossilized.

 

 

 

Base

 

 

• Intensely grounding—decades-aged incense wood, dusted parchment, and spirit temples of a forgotten era.
• Warm animalic tones emerge late—old saddle leather, sun-dried skin, aged musk.
• Drydown is smoky and mineral-dense, leaving a scent that lingers like memory.

 

 

 

 

 

Overall Feel

 

 

• Raw, primal, and ceremonial.
• A scent that predates modern oud appreciation—feral yet wise.
• If Walla Patta is a temple in the mist, this is a torchlit cave etched with the history of the forest.

 

 

 

 

 

Scent Character Summary

 

 

1. Dry Woody-Leather: The spine of the oil—weathered, cracked, tribal.
2. Smoky Resin: Like burning agar dust and jungle vines.
3. Mineral Earth: Stone, soil, and old bones—deeply grounding.
4. Animalic Warmth: Musky, leathery undertones that whisper, never shout.
5. Bitter Herbal-Tobacco: Dried leaves, jungle roots, and scorched air.

 

 

 

 

 

Scent Progression

 

 

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5

 

• Woody & Leather ██████████ (Very High)
• Smoky Resinous █████████ (High)
• Mineral Earthy ███████ (Medium-High)
• Animalic █████ (Medium)
• Bitter Herbal-Tobacco ████ (Low-Medium)

 

 

Woody ██████████ 10

Smoky █████████░ 8

Mineral ███████░░ 7

Animalic █████░░░░ 5

Herbal/Tobacco ████░░░░ 4

Earthy ████░░░░░ 4

Sweet ░░░░░░░░░ 0

Fruity ░░░░░░░░░ 0