Chinese Agarwood -The History of Oud

Strings Of Errors14 Jul, 2023Fashion

As it is known in the perfume industry, natural Agarwood is proven to be one of the most rarest ingredient used in perfumes today. It comes in all forms, floral, woody, citrusy, animalistic, the aroma is different from one to another region. The trees are grown in specific locations, mostly in high elevated areas in Central and Eastern Asia. It takes at least 5 years for an aquilaria tree to produce agarwood oil. Historically, however, Agarwood has strong ties to China and the Buddhist religion in particular and has cropped up in the literature as far back as the 3rd century, when it was first discovered in modern-day Vietnam...