# Bortnikoff — Oud Malinau

> Oud Malinau is Bortnikoff's 2024 extrait centered on wild Indonesian Bornean agarwood. Its actual style is a cinnamon-and-berry gourmand oriental, with rare oud providing a dry smoky support rather th

## Essence
Oud Malinau is Bortnikoff's 2024 extrait centered on wild Indonesian Bornean agarwood. Its actual style is a cinnamon-and-berry gourmand oriental, with rare oud providing a dry smoky support rather than dominating.
## Scent Profile
Raspberry or cherry candy, cardamom, and smoke lead into a cinnamon-heavy middle with a waxy beeswax texture. Benzoin and vanilla add resinous sweetness. Later, dry peppery Malinau oud, heated woods, and a white-smoke facet become clearer, though many wearers still find the oud secondary.
## Performance
Longevity is around eight hours with decent projection early, then it settles closer to skin. It benefits from skin warmth and patient wear.
## Wearing Context
Autumn and winter evenings are ideal. The warm gourmand profile is unisex, with a candy opening that may read softer before the smoky oud base restores balance.
## Comparisons & DNA
Within the 2024 trio, Oud Kinam is usually considered more oud-serious and Oud Hindi more animalic. Malinau shares a vanilla tincture with Kinam. The Bortnikoff house style is often placed near Areej Le Dore for natural oud work, though it is more approachable.
## Reception
Specific coverage remains thin. It is praised as a pleasant natural woody gourmand, but buyers expecting an oud showcase often find the cinnamon-candy opening and supporting oud disappointing. Sample first at its price.
## Versions & Reformulation
This is a single unreformulated composition. Natural wild material makes exact batch replication impossible.
## Acquisition Notes
It is sold as a $350 50 ml extrait and a $90 9 ml travel bottle. The official trio sample set is an efficient way to test it.
The composition is best understood through its full evolution on skin, rather than a note list alone.
## Notable Facts & Lore
- The oud comes from wild Malinau wood in Indonesian Borneo.
- The house ties supply to finite wild material.
- Dmitry Bortnikoff is an architect turned distiller and co-founder of Feel Oud.