AGARWOOD
Agarwood Names
The names of the Agarwood differ from one culture to another. In Arabic region, it called Oud, in English (Acarwood), and Bahasa Malay is spoken in (Qahraw), and it also called in other languages as (Ginko) and (Weswood) and others.
Introduction on how to make Agarwood?
Agarwood is extracted from perennial forests trees that are more than 70 years old, and the Agarwood material is usually available in the stems and roots of trees so that it is the dead part or afflicted with a disease in the stem of the tree. And that new substance that results from this change is usually the oud known to us.
How to extract Agarwood
The Agarwood is searched for and extracted by specialists in the forests, where the stem of the tree is completely cut and then divided into small pieces. The Agarwood is searched for within the legs and roots.
The Agarwood is often mixed and intertwined with wood, and the Agarwood is carefully separated from the wood with special and precise tools, and then the Agarwood is cleaned and the wood is completely removed from it.
How do you know the amount of agarwood in the tree before cutting it?
Knowing the amount of Agarwood obtained in tree trunks and legs and its quality often depends on luck, not on experience.
What happens if the Agarwood remains in the stems for a longer period of time?
It is known that the more the period of Agarwood remains inside the stems and roots of its trees, the more solid the Agarwood will be, the more pleasant and fragrant in the smell, and the more it will contain the Agarwood fat.
Agarwood cultivation
How is the agarwood cultivated?
Recently, a cultivated Agarwood , whose tree originates according to human intervention, appeared, and Agarwood tree is planted until a certain age, and it is injected with special materials that are expensive, depending on modern techniques. Quite a bit smells good, but it never reaches the natural level of Agarwood extracted from forests.
How do you know the quality of the Agarwood ? Is it an original Agarwood or wood?
Burn a piece of Agarwood and you will notice the fat bubbles formed on the piece of Agarwood, which are on the embers, and those bubbles are the source of the good Agarwood smoke, and it becomes clear if you have a Agarwood or wood through these bubbles (if you do not see the bubbles, it means that it is wood and not a Agarwood, and whenever the bubbles are The more the Agarwood was better, the more it contained the agarwoodoil).
Other ways to know the quality of the Agarwood
The smoke or incense of the original agarwood does not harm when it is inhaled and does not cause tears to come out of the eyes completely, and smoke that harms the eyes is often caused by the addition of dye to the agarwood . This is considered adulterated agarwood.
For more on knowing the quality of the agarwood and distinguishing the original from the adulterated, we recommend that you visit the following link: How to know the quality of the agarwood
Cheat on the Agarwood
It is common in the quality of the agarwood that the higher the color of the roots tend to be dark brown or black, the higher the quality of the agarwood incense (this is emphasized), but there are other types of agarwood that tend to light brown and have excellent quality ....
To learn about the methods of cheating in the oud, you can visit the following link: Reasons and methods of cheating in Agarwood.
The origin and presence of the agarwood
The agarwood is found in many wet and rainy tropical regions and countries such as East Asia: (Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Brunei, and Burma). The agarwood is available in varying proportions between these countries.
Benefits of Agarwood
