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In places of worship and places for gathering of friends and family. For the celebration of a newborn and for the mourning of a dead one.
It has transcended virtually every aspect of their lives. Picture above: Such huge pieces of agarwood are very very rare and are considered collector's item. Oud oil, distilled from oud, has been used as perfume, in its pure raw form as well blended with other natural perfume ingredients like sandalwood, musk, saffron, amber. It is one of the oldest materials used in perfumery and is considered to be one of the costliest perfumery raw materials.
Oud oil has also been used as medicine and for therapeutic benefits by Chinese, Indians and Arabs for centuries. Oud oil is mystical, tantalising, alluring and intoxicating, so diverse and complex that words fail to capture its continuously evolving aroma.
It can be sweet floral and vanillic and yet as the same time bitter, spicy, leathery. It is mysteriously everything that you wish to interpret it with and nothing that you do not interpret it with! As for the very rare and most valuable oud oil distilled from wild trees in the jungles of Assam, it is soft and warm and stands out with its tangy, animalic odour to start with and later unfolds and matures with the smell of woods, trees, grass, rain forests, earth, fruits and flowers, resins, herbs and spices each deeply intertwined into each other and takes you to a different, ancient world.
Meghalaya also has another type of agar tree, Aquilaria Khasiana but it is almost extinct in the wild. In Assam, the agar tree is also known as Xasi and Sanchi. It is the Jati Sanchi that is preferred for commercial cultivation.
Agar trees are also being organically cultivated in the region along the western coast of India like the states of Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat where the soil and climate are quite conducive for its growth. The agar tree grows to an average height of 21 meters and girth of about 1. The stem is almost straight and fluted. The traditional agar growing areas show that it prefers acidic soil reaction. The mycorrhiza and other beneficial fungi which seems to be responsible for oil formation in the agar tree being soil borne requires acid soil for their population build up.
The trade of agarwood products like oud wood and oud oil in Northeast India is prehistoric. Evidences also indicate that the distillation of oud oil was done in ancient Assam during thirteenth century. From ancient Assam, oud had been exported to the Middle East through Kamarupa via silk route. There are mentions of most excellent aloes oud wood of Kamarupa being carried all the way to the then western Indian city of Multan now in present day Pakistan to pay as tribute in a temple.
During those days in Kamarupa, oud was one of the main items of cosmetics as there is mention of this article in different old scriptures of Kamrupa. Since , plentiful extraction of agar has been going on in various part of Upper Assam. The water portion obtained as distillate after separating the oud oil during distillation process is used at present in Assam as an efficient stimulant and tonic for the treatment of mental disorder and malnutrition.
The agar oil is also used as an aphrodisiac and reported to be very popular among people in the Middle East. You can learn in detail the health benefits and other uses of agarwood in the detailed blog here. This is the most interesting part of the whole story when the death of an ordinary tree gives life to an extraordinary wood.
A deadly, fatal attack by microorganisms on a giant tree transforms the attacked part into a priceless wood oozing with resin; odoriferous, dark and heavy. The infection of fungi occurs when stem is injured or is bored by a larvae of a stem borer mainly Zeuzera conferta Walker which bores into the trunk of a standing tree and make tunnels inside the tree trunks.
It also happens that some people perfume their clothes exposing them to the smoke of burning wood. Moreover, it is used during meditation to make it deeper and more spiritual with its heady and mysterious fragrance. In Japan they use the Oud in the Ko-Do ceremony , during which resin and other aromatic woods are burned in braziers. This ceremony represents the beginning of a lifelong journey. In fact, through different enveloping fragrances, it is possible to undertake a spiritual journey.
Also Indians, Indonesians and Chinese use the Oud. Its noble and ancient origins have made it one of the most expensive fragrances, whose nickname is in fact " liquid gold ". The olfactory profile of the Oud seduces immediately. Its woody smell is rich in nuances, ranging from sweet to earthy, with some notes of leather and spices. It depends on the species of the tree that produces the resin and on the technique used for extraction.
Its scent is rich in charm, and remains imprinted in your mind as unmistakable and mysterious. The smell of Oud wood is full of character and is often combined with floral notes.
It is undoubtedly a fragrance that evokes pure luxury and exclusivity. In fact, it is also known as the perfume of the Thousand and One Nights. The Oud and its essential oil are extremely precious and rare and have a considerable success in perfumery sector. One of its qualities is the long-lasting persistence on the skin.
Today many people use Oud to create particular fragrances, as it is considered the most precious ingredient of artisan perfumery. It is Oud Aroma, a particularly virile fragrance with an elegant and mystical character at the same time. In addition, you can design your pack by choosing bottle, pump and capsule, and then moving on to the creation of the graphics for box and label, thus creating your custom perfume line according to the latest market trends.
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