Asturi

The ancient Arabic term “Asturi” suggests the spinning of tales, the recollection of legends and the invention of fantasies.  This superior fragrance narrates a story of light and shade, beginning with a soft and gently seductive scene of pleasant events and smiling beings.  Then hints of passion arise with lilting ripeness, and those passions seem to mingle amid the potent strains of succulent, irresistible fruits.  Obsession may have entered the scenario, making it deeper and more intricate, while apricots yet to ripen and slivers of incense drift into our consciousness.  As the chapters of the story unfold, we sense the eventual return of serenity.  The carefree tranquillity of lightly moistened earth remains, as we surrender to aromas of the softest, kindest woodland.

Drawn from the Aquilaria Crassna trees and then distilled by the time-honoured methods passed down through the ages, this fragrance is our “mythical Cambodian Oud”. As these skills have been honoured and kept alive among the people of Cambodia, so has the mythology of the region.  Generation after generation has learned of the scented wood with the power to enrapture minds and souls.  And that is the essential story of Asturi.  Rapture is desired, then sought and – finally – enjoyed to the full.