Blog / Agarwood
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Al Jazeera Documentary on Agarwood: Scent from Heaven Jun 27, 2016
A must see feature on agarwood. It explains the state of affairs in the agarwood world today and why is wild agarwood so highly priced and sought after in current market climate.
Sultanul Oud is delighted to reaffirm that its whole retail and wholesale product range are only stocked with wild and sustainably harvested agarwood wood and oil, that are harvested in line with regulatory requirements of source countries.
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Custom Oud for a visiting VIP Jun 18, 2013
Plenty of people have asked us about our Custom Oud service and what does it really entails.
This painstaking and tedious service to produce a true legend can take up to a few weeks to complete.
A Custom Hindi Oud exclusively distilled for a visiting high ranking dignitary and luminary
from the Middle East
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Agarwood classification in the 12th century May 03, 2013
There are three known agarwood sub-groups – the qāmurūbī, the samandūrī (also called rayḥān al- ūd), and the al-qamārī (34–5), thereby indicating regional origins within the vast area of “India.” Qāmurūbī may refer to Assam, qamārī to Cambodia.
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Visit to the Woods Apr 19, 2013
Producing your Oud oil and woods is not easy and definitely not a glamorous job. It takes great amount of ardent effort, knowledge, expertise and jungle skills to manifest the wild growing agarwood into the glossy products you see in our inventory. Have a look of what goes on inside the jungle.
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Smell our Oud with GoogleNose! Apr 02, 2013
This is it! This is the technological breakthrough that can change the way we buy and sell perfumes. No more walking to the stores, patiently walking through the aisles and sampling all the testers in order to find the perfect frag. With Google Nose you can do just that and at the comfort of your own home!
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Jesus and Agarwood Apr 01, 2013
The agarwood mentioned in the bible (Ps 45:8; Pr 7:17; Ca 4:14 ) was popularly attributed to the Hindi Agallocha species of agarwood plant that exist primarily in the northern state of Assam, India and its neighbouring region.
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3 things that set Wild Oud apart Mar 29, 2013
To us, the novice scent lover in the Oud OlFactory journey must be educated in the difference between the two types of Oud before committing to a purchase. Of couse there is no holding back if there is a preference for farmed Oud. Though we think, if the experience of traditional fumigation using raw wild Oud is presented to them, they will trash their cultivated farmed Oud collection and will not look back.
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Cultivated Agarwood Inducing Method Mar 26, 2013
The method that farmers employ, to induce the farmed tree are varying. From drilling chemical liquid inducer injections to bamboo sticks, they are intended to penetrate deeply into the heart of the tree in order to cause hurt and stress to it. Ironically today, some Oud sellers are ardently boasting of their chemical and synthetic free organic Ouds but their source of agarwood are these very same farms who use chemicals to produce the resinous heartwood.
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Know your Oud Mar 13, 2013
There are a few things you should consider when buying Oud, especially Oud woods and chips. A couple of important questions you should ask before purchasing are the following:
1) Is the Oud wild or cultivated (farm Oud)?
2) Is it treated superficially to enhance its grade?
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