Oud/ Oudh
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| Agarwood (Source - wikipedia) |
Also known as liquid gold in perfume industry, it is one of the most expensive perfume ingredient in the world. Oud find its mention in oldest written texts of India - Vedas.
Evergreen trees of species, Aquilaria and Gyrinops are native to Assam in India, from where it supposedly spread throughout south Asia. On mould infection, these trees produce a resin inside heartwood called aloes or agar, as an immune response towards the infection. The resin makes an odourless heartwood into a valuable dark dense resin embedded wood, called Agarwood.
The exact composition of agar wood oil is unknown due to its extremely complex nature. So far, ~150 compounds have been identified. The ratio of these compounds vary depending upon the age and species of tree as well as on oil extraction method. This is the reason why a good quality oud is a prized possession.
~ Why so expensive ~
- No analogues
- Complex yet pleasing, very soft fruity floral but woody scent
- Very gentle on skin , a Non-irritant
- Element of forest, rare due to depleting wild forest and indiscriminate cutting for agarwood
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