Red Cocoa
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Red Cocoa
Dark chocolate, red berries and the soul of Sylhet.
BANGLADESH (SYLHET) / INDIA (ASSAM) • ARTISANAL DISTILLATION
The Sylhet and Assam corridor produces a great deal of oud, and much of it is generic: oils with no character beyond an overbearing, overwhelming barn. Artisanal distillation is another matter. You can smell how an oil has been made, and the scent profile it was crafted to reach. Red Cocoa is a fine example.
From the dipstick, it is animalic and beautiful, almost medicinal. On the skin it shifts quickly: musky, animalic and dark with coffee, the hallmark of a true Sylheti oil.
Then, within two or three minutes of the dry down, the name explains itself. A fine, deep note of plain chocolate emerges, the smooth dark chocolate the Swiss are known for, touched with fruit and something close to red berries. Beneath it run a fruity tobacco and a soft leather, smooth and seamlessly integrated.
Proof that Sylheti oud, distilled with intent, can be as refined as it is characterful.