Oud oil
Distilled from resin-rich agarwood. A single drop on the skin lasts for hours.
Born of a wound
Oud begins when an Aquilaria tree is wounded. To heal itself, the tree slowly fills its wood with a dark, fragrant resin. Over the years, wood that was pale and almost scentless turns dense, dark and deeply aromatic. That resin-rich heartwood is agarwood. In Arabic, oud simply means wood.
The oud of India
In India, the Aquilaria tree grows in the northeast, and Assam is the heart of the oud trade. Around the town of Hojai, the wood is soaked and then distilled slowly over several days, and a great deal of wood gives only a little oil.
Its scent is deep and smoky, with a leathery warmth.
- Assam
- The heartland of Indian oud, in the far northeast of the country.
- Aguru
- Agarwood’s Sanskrit name. The Hindi word for an incense stick, agarbatti, comes from it.
- Hind
- The old Arabic name for India, which is why oud from here is called Hindi oud.
Coming soon
Our first two products, both from Indian agarwood.
Oud chips
Pieces of the resinous wood itself. Warmed on charcoal or an electric burner, they fill a room with fragrant smoke.