Confessions of a Fragrant Villain

Ensar Oud tackles a controversial topic: himself.
In this provocative interview with Josh (IG: @smellyvision), Ensar discusses plagiarism in the oud world, the agenda to undermine him, and why he won't be bullied by his bootleggers.
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[@Espada11777]

I really respect your uprightness, sir! A few weeks ago you exposed the fakeness of the perfume industry, now you exposed the fakeness of the oud community. It was about time that someone spilled the beans and called things by their name! If you have so much frustrated haters, that means that you must have done something great. Keep up the good work, Ensar!

[@EnsarOud]

MDD ✊🏻

[@Lotions.Direct]

Thank you for the opportunity brother, it’s nice to see you set the record straight. People throw insults and expect no response back, it’s good to see a response! BarakAllah feek ...

[@EnsarOud]

Smelly Vision always a pleasure brother 🙏🏻☺️

[@sergioteixeira]

Wow. Came to learn a little more about Oud and Ensar's work and got server with one of the best description of the PC culture and the cultural and intellectual void society in which we live. Thanks for that.

[@EnsarOud]

🙏🏻😊

[@IODell]

Thank you for posting Ensar. I have great admiration for your craft and recently ordered my first EO parfum. I'm looking forward to it.

[@scentexplorer]

Most People think that deceiving is the key ingredient in a successful business. But they forget that BARAKA (Barkat) is removed from that money. And if you have tasted true Baraka then you will never lie in your business. Anything based on a lie will parish

[@EnsarOud]

My conviction exactly 👌🏻☺️

[@o2xb]

100%

[@superfuzzymomma]

I have nothing but respect and gratitude for Ensar and his fine company.

[@WackSmackAttack]

wow, just when i thought Ensar Oud was the coolest dude out there he name drops Hegel and cements himself as a truly eclectic man

[@trader2281]

Thanks for paving the way, def makes the journey a bit easier and way more pleasant, jazak Allah kyran broskis

[@EnsarOud]

واياكم 🙏🏻🌹

[@michaelharness3258]

Ruffle away my good man, ruffle away.

[@EnsarOud]

Michael Harness 😎🙏🏻

[@aromafromheaven]

So great.Ensar is a true master

[@nicholassharma798]

This is one of the best videos I've seen

[@Meta3344]

Excellent content! Integrity is becoming more scarce than the finest oud.

[@islandspicehawaii]

Right on Ensar...couldn't have been said any better. Spiritual quality and culture has been lost to baseball, hot dog, apple pie and Chevrolet soulless mass production. Thanks for being you.

[@HandsomeSmells]

wow eye opening, thanks for sharing such a frank answer. Really shocked regarding the oudfest incident, very shameful behaviour by that individual. I can understand your disappointment and frustration regarding people plagiarizing you and trying to undermine you, sadly these people have such narcissistic personalities they can't stand seeing others being successful, ignore them brother and continue doing the great work you've been doing. May Allah swt continue to bless you with your work.

[@EnsarOud]

Handsome Smells Ameen! May Allah bless you, dear brother 🤲🏻☺️🌹

[@michaelmuller2017]

Ensar you are as beautiful as your creations. I think oud makes you shine so bright. Very good videos too. I make my first steps into agarwood terrains and what I can say so far is that something has changed or broken trough inside me because when I ordered a few oils that where not only agarwood based but natural based, I gave away 80%of my synthetic perfume collection(60 bottles) because I couldn't find what I once saw in them. I'm honest-I don't have much money and when you are scent addicted AND you earn 1100€ per month it's really hard. But I know that I will own your agarwood sample kit one day. I started to save money for buying it. I would never give attention to the oudh perfumes that are sold by big houses and made for the masses because I want the real thing. I am very, very excited for the sample kit from you and I will use it with caution, respect and all my senses. And will store them in a special Vitrine in my living room. I bought once oudh kalimanthan and oudh cambodi for very cheap price(40€ for 3ml) and even these 2 scents blew me away because of the complexity and scent changing abilities. So I'm very curious about what your holy scents are like. Thank you for walking this world. You are very important for many people. A healer, because I believe that the holy agarwood is not just a scent. It can heal if you feel gray inside. It colors your world and make you shine from inside out. Be blessed and stay healthy🙏☀️🌞💐👌✨✨😉😘

[@gdlnetpot]

a craftsman, artist and philosopher, you are a master, I am a novice perfumer but I hope to meet you one day, your work seems the best to me, you are the best perfumer in the world

[@EnsarOud]

🤗🙏🏻❤

[@ultrawidegaming7894]

exellent content br ensar , I have learned a lot from you

[@EnsarOud]

Ultrawide Gaming thank you brother 😊

[@drinkableflowers1432]

Thank you love this- well said. It seems to me that anyone with an original or truly creative mind makes people uneasy and often controversy follows- the fault is not the artist but the social construct that holds mediocrity in the highest esteem. Critical thinking is the first step toward art or freethinking of any kind. Sadly our focus on money and conforming to norms have many (particularly in the West) unable to appreciate great art or to think freely. There is a sort of anti intellectualism that is poisoning the wells. Only the person safely creating unoriginal work that is solely focused on profit can be without controversy. Great art disturbs people. It should. It always has. Thanks for creating beautiful things and speaking the truth.

[@sandrazanfra7302]

Ensar, thank you for the enlightment. Most people can’t have truth in front of them because they are so afraid that they will crumble and die...

[@EnsarOud]

Exactly 🙏🏻🌷☺

[@ak7029soni]

Respect you sir... Being vocal about diplomacy and hypocrisy in our society. But now a days people don't follow blindly... Atleast few can see that you are a righteous person.. Wish you well and lots of regard from India.

[@o2xb]

Alhamdulillah, the cream always rises to the top!

[@EnsarOud]

FloatingMan ☺️🙏🏻♥️

[@WithFaizanKhan]

Mashallah Ensar Is A Very Educated Man, May Allah Bless Him.

[@wisherwatch]

Love you and those like you! A much needed attitude adjustment.

[@EnsarOud]

🙏🏻♥️

[@aaronriddle9278]

Great video brother. I too feel that with great talent comes even greater personalities and it’s these larger than life personas that drive innovation and infamy. The world doesn’t need to placed within artificial frameworks of what’s socially acceptable to one individuals sensibilities. I love the fire and passion and even the controversy of true artistry. Imagine if Caravaggio was alive today...he would be ostracized now as he was back then.

[@EnsarOud]

Thank you brother Aaron 🙏💙

[@fahimsuriya5259]

That's Cruel(the picture part); feeling depressed but glad you gave them a response. Thanks @smellyvision for this question

[@EnsarOud]

Fahim Suriya إن مع العسر يسرا 😌

[@fahimsuriya5259]

@@EnsarOud Allama Iqbal RA said Tundi-e- Baad-E-Mukhalif se na ghabra, ae Uqaab; Yeh to chalti hai tujhe uncha uraane ke liye. Translation: “You don’t get frightened of these furious, violent winds, Oh Eagle! These blow only to make you fly higher.”

[@rezzzasmr]

God bless you brother Ensar.

[@fahadalraisi6649]

Mashallha my love for you oils never ends❤️

[@EnsarOud]

بارك الله فيكم يا حبيبي 🤗

[@fahadalraisi6649]

@@EnsarOud الله يبارك فيك 🌹

[@adms8169]

Assalamualaikum sayydi. Question. Did the Prophet Muhammad sallaahualayhiwasallam burn oud,? I know they burned incense but I don't know what kind. Barakallaahufeekum

[@EnsarOud]

وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته سيدي. Yes he did صل الله عليه وسلم. There is a hadith where a sahabi takes wafts of smoke from burning incense, and says "This is how the Prophet fumigated." I would check with the hadith authorities and scholars in any case, as I am far from qualified to speak on such matters. 🤲🏻🌷🤗

[@WithFaizanKhan]

So Many Amazing References To Biographies And Books, Mashallah Wealth Of Knowledge.

[@StanWatt.]

My dear sir, you gotta gimme the name of the intro tune lol. Please.

[@sojourningaspirant23]

22:58 they did it with the prophets and messangers for God's sake 😂, may God's peace and blessings be on them all

[@danielj.9857]

I really hope to one day meet Ensar.

[@annievanlaer4472]

Well if you are the devil in disguise I can say from the bottom of my heart 💜 that I love this Devil! Honest, kind, genius...! I will Keep following you, if you keep following your mission....! You not only bring Oud to us, but also a lot of intelligence and amazing interesting stories!! Send you love and blessings!! 🙏🕊🕊

[@EnsarOud]

Annie Vanlaer thank you dear Annie! Wishing you perfect health and well-being from the bottom of my heart 💜🙏🏻🌹

[@annievanlaer4472]

I hope I haven't written anything that is too stupid because my English is not that good! Although I think I have understood the most important things !! 😜🌸🌺

[@evilprada101]

Do a video on concept frederik nietzsche ubermensch... I am more interested in listening to that and your take on it

[@SAGjutt]

I know someone hurt you a lot , read your great comment.. we're with you brother, only hard work pays

[@EnsarOud]

Thank you brother, appreciate your being there for me 🙏🏻🤗

[@The_Babbling_Brooks]

Hi Ensar. Do you have a suggestion for incense sticks? Any that you would recommend?

[@EnsarOud]

www.zazahaus.com/product/chen-xiang-superior/

[@The_Babbling_Brooks]

@@EnsarOud Thank you sir! I love your videos and your art.

[@mbraisul9995]

Your a very honest person love you sir ❤️ from Assam India

[@trader2281]

More videos like this with a sense of urgency please,lol

[@EnsarOud]

More coming very soon 👌🏻😊

[@trader2281]

Ensar Oud inshAllah, love it

[@fragrancejourney01]

Enjoy your work brother.

[@EnsarOud]

🙏🏻🌷

[@MisterCreative]

Keep your head high and don’t look down at the detritus at your feet. As usual your ability to verbalize such complex concepts is refreshing. We need people like you pushing culture forward with an eye to the past, to tradition. If you have t read the Silvester + Francis Bacon interviews I highly recommend it. Here are a few snippets of some of their valuable discourse captured on film. If you know it or are just discovering it I’m sure it will be quite obvious that there seems to be similarity between you and Bacon in your way of thinking and style of communication. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqCpfnuVeZurgs0

[@trader2281]

Salamo alykom, last year at the beginning of my oud journey, i went to website for oud lover , atleast thats what i thought and after 30 min of exploring it, my conclusion was alot of talk and talk and not the good kind, most long and pathetic attempt to sound knowledgeable with a lot of ego and insecurity , felt like alot of old men with lost libidos , its easy to talk and bash , i read alot of heat on ensar but nothing to show for, losers hate success and u cant be greater if u cant have some haters.

[@EnsarOud]

trader2281 وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته Couldn’t have said it better myself 😎

[@aromafh2486]

Wow

[@IDestiny26]

It's so interesting the hear by now multiple times that, the oud business is 100% same in almost every aspect than the tea (especially puerh tea) business in mainland China, Taiwan, and some other places. Very interesting....the complete lack of honesty is a common theme in Asia, again....except the Japanese.

[@claudiaisabellovesluxurypr8275]

👏👏👏

[@SevenRemedies]

Interesting .. These entities will assist you in expressing the better man ..

[@resulfuruncu1952]

Ensar abi, how do you feel about someone taking your merchandise, showing its heritage, openly saying this is crafted by ensar oud, but we have tweaked it to so and so. How do you feel about someone tweaking your product either claiming to better it or present their own Twist on it.?

[@resulfuruncu1952]

P.s not that i think anyone can better your product lol

[@Apex1337]

May Allah Bless you. I admire your integrity 💯👍the guy who took you for a ride will get his comeuppance!

[@rupalirodh9106]

❤️❤️❤️

[@sojourningaspirant23]

steve jobs is another one to add to your list. just watch the steve jobs movie with michael fassbender

[@jensmith1291]

You verbalized how I feel, and then some

[@EnsarOud]

Jen Smith 🙏🏻☺️🌹

[@jensmith1291]

Ensar Oud you’re kind of like the cassavettes of the fragrance world to me haha, always keeping it real

[@mrsniper9873]

Is that you Josh Samuel

[@ashiqulhoqueshourav3175]

My heart just got broken to hear such things happening in this spiritual community or at least which is supposed to be. How could a person do such evil act ignoring the least of feelings! I just don't understand! I just don't!

[@jdavid9268]

100%!!!!!!!!

[@missb8887]

I am a multi- trillionair and I own every single one of Ensar Oud large size attars!!!Inshallah!!! Ameen!!! XxX🤲🏼🥰

[@xochitlvilorio8085]

Cap

[@sydgia01]

Can you forward the link of the forum?

[@EnsarOud]

You would have to wish for your brother what you wish for yourself to be a true believer, and I haven't clicked on the page since 2017. It is haram to read what is written there of slander and lies, and your sin would fall on my head if I sent you there. Stay away, brother. It is an evil place.

[@sydgia01]

@@EnsarOud Assalam u Alaikum wa rah mat ullah wa barakatuhu. Thnx for the info. I own all your EO series including TigerLust and they all are top notch quality and very happy to own. The liars have no place here. Do what you are doing because WE love it🙏🙏

[@alexanderschestag3247]

An honest word: I love your show. But I hate your intro music. It's almost unbearable for me and my ears.

[@EnsarOud]

Alexander Schestag please send us some recommendations for an alternative 😊

[@alexanderschestag3247]

@@EnsarOud Sure. I've looked for songs with smell, scent or perfume as a theme. Here's what I found. The Perfume Medley by Pentatonix, if you get the rights. :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2qYc2Caj5hlq7M. Completely different style, but would fit. Or what about the Chorus of Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys? I'd kive that kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5XXYYaFprV9mck This one is called The Scent of Love, is an instrumental like yours and would fit as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2G8coelobCkr68

[@RanoPano1]

Well, I think the music is fine. He uses Jazz music - which is the best for his content but one alternative I can think of is Beethoven's music because he's referring him a lot. e.g. the Late Piano Sonatas, Missa Solemnis, Late String Quartets or even the Middle String Quartets, Early Piano Sonatas, Symphonies or Concertos whatever. It's Beethoven anyway, The man, The greatest.

[@green1880]

Hi, I just discovered your channel. Are you referring to oudhaddict forum? I tried to make an account but my phone wasn’t letting me. Maybe it was a sign from Allah hahaha