AGARWOOD – OVERVIEW

Agarwood Definition?

Agarwood is not a plant but a part – the injured area of a tree of the Aquilaria family. Wounds can be created naturally: tree trunks fall; insect or ant borer. Wounds can also be caused by human impact on the tree: drilling, chiseling, active drilling or pumping chemicals and microorganisms to destroy the trunk of trees.

At the wound, a pus substance will be secreted along with the influencing factors: climate, soil … for a long time forming a layer of Agarwood oil wrapped around. The amount of oil around the wood created over time has special values and is very fragrant called Agarwood. Agarwood, when smelling originally outside, has a non-aromatic type, and a slightly aromatic type. When burning, the incense gives off a fragrant aroma due to the burning of the essential oil contained inside. Agarwood fragrance is gentle, light but deep, luxurious, difficult to describe in words. This fragrance is rarely with any other natural flavoring or fragrance.

The quality of Agarwood produced depends on factors: Do Bau tree variety, soil, climate, technique and time of creating Agarwood…

When you have a demand to Buy Agarwood, you should not ignore the useful knowledge in the content below.

Agarwood Tree Location?

The Agarwood tree that produces Agarwood lives in Asia in the rainforest areas of Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, northern India, China, the Philippines, Borneo and New Guinea. Do tree has a height of 6–20m.

In Vietnam, there are 3 common species of Do tree that produce agarwood: A. crassna, A. banaense and A. baillonii. These varieties are besprent distributed in tropical forests, primeval moist areas in the provinces of Tuyen Quang, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, Ha Tinh… Especially in the central provinces of Vietnam from Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue to Quang Nam, Da Nang, Central Highlands are placed with climate and soil conditions that create high-value agarwood.

Which country have the best quality Agarwood?

Evaluation criteria of Agarwood wood?

Evaluation of the quality of Agarwood is based on the physicochemical indexes contained in the Agarwood essential oil. However, this method must be performed with specialized equipment in laboratories that are licensed by the State. Indicators: density, refraction, polar rotation angle and chemical composition…determine the quality of Agarwood.

So, in normal conditions how to determine the quality of agarwood? In fact, professional Agarwood traders often rely on long-term professional experience. The criteria for classifying Agarwood are: origin, type and level of agarwood. In addition, shape, color and especially scent are the three basic factors that people in the profession rely on to classify agarwood. Through that to determine the low price in the trading market. Therefore, it is difficult for new or less knowledgeable to determine the quality of each type of Agarwood.

Evaluating Agarwood Oud based on area:

According to experts, if considering the same level, Agarwood is ranked from high to low in terms of origin as follows: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia…

Vietnam, fortunately, has many rich varieties of Do trees to create agarwood, which is: Do Bau, Do Me, Do Liet… In addition, the climate and soil conditions of the region are also fundamental factors to determine the quality of Agarwood is great or not. Vietnam is a country with many conditions to create the best-rated Agarwood in the world. In Vietnam Agarwood is created from the central region in the provinces: Nha Trang, Phu Yen, Quang Nam, Da Nang, Hue, Quang Binh… has the best Agarwood in Vietnam.

In Malaysia, the quality of Agarwood is sorted by region. The Brunei island region has the best Agarwood. The second is Agarwood in the islands of Sapah and Miri…

Indonesia is a country with many islands, each island produces agarwood of different quality. Quality is ranked in the following order: Malinau, Tarakan, Kalimantan, Aceh, Papua…. Agarwood with the lowest value is in the Ambum, Maruk regions. Agarwood in this area is good-looking, but the fragrance is weak.

Features of Agarwood Oud?

What are the valuations of Oud Agarwood:

Agarwood is a type of wood that is classified as the most expensive wood in the world because of its many benefits. Agarwood is used in: fengshui, spiritual life, health, beauty, scent.

Getting more information about the value of Agarwood, please see the article The Agarwood Benefits

How did the Agarwood was created?

Natural Agarwood:

Agarwood of this type is created in a natural way, without any human intervention. Do tree grows in the forests. Wounds and depressions on the trunk are created, and formed by a completely natural mechanism. Junglers can discover and exploit through experience

Artificial Agarwood:

This type of Agarwood is created by people cultivating it for economic purposes. Intentional Agarwood cultivation and human impact. Agarwood of this type is called Agarwood plantation. The creation of planted agarwood also takes a long time, elaborates and depends on many conditions. Most natural Agarwood has a higher quality and value than cultivated Agarwood, but how far should the quality of that type of Agarwood be achieved?

In the world, Vietnam is currently the first country to successfully research, apply and cultivate Agarwood. This is also the agricultural sector that contributes economic value to the country. The quality of Vietnamese Agarwood is also very good, beloved and appreciated by many countries.

The classes of Agarwood:

Agarwood has many different grades depending largely on the time it was cultivated. The longer the wound is created until the agarwood is formed, the darker and more intense the agarwood oil inside. Depending on the quality of agarwood oil and the achieved agarwood block, it is divided into different grades.

The innermost layer contains the most oil that can reach the quality of Agarwood. Next, the layer with less oil is called Toc Tram and the outermost layer with the least oil is called Giac Tram.

Agarwood is also classified according to the level of agarwood: type 1, type 2, type 3 … to type 7. In addition, depending on the amount of oil accumulated in it to form Agarwood or Floating Agarwood.

Understanding the nature of different types of Agarwood is not easy because it requires a lot of specialized knowledge. Sometimes it is the business and salespeople in the industry who do not have much experience and seniority who are wrong. We have shared the above factors that determine the price of Agarwood. If you are an inexperienced person and do not understand much about Agarwood, you need to go to a reputable and professional establishment in the industry for proper advice and purchase.

And to distinguish these grades of Agarwood, please learn through the article Types of Agarwood and How to distinguish different types of Agarwood.

Vietnamese Agarwood Vietnam was ranked highest all over the world:

Vietnam is a country with fertile soil, the climate is very suitable for Do Bau tree to grow and develop. The quality of Agarwood oil contained in the Do Bau tree has made Agarwood very good and has a characteristic scent when burned.

Agarwood incense of Vietnam Agarwood, when burned, has a pleasant taste and lasts a long time. One from another nation burning has a slightly pungent odor.

Vietnam Agarwood Oil is favored and exported to many countries around the world. Because of the good quality of Vietnamese Agarwood Oil, it is applied in the perfumery and cosmetic industries.

In Vietnam and some Southeast Asian countries, Vietnamese Mountain Agarwood is hunted for medicinal use.

It is also because of suitable favorable conditions that Vietnam is also the first country to develop a good quality and cultivated Agarwood industry.

Types of Agarwood Vietnam:

On the market today, the classification of Agarwood is based on many factors: The origin of Agarwood, Grade of Agarwood, How to create Agarwood… The following content we analyze more closely about the quality of Agarwood:

The Ky Nam:

Ky Nam is a kind of Agarwood with the highest quality and most precious among all types of Agarwood. At present, the number of Ky Nam is almost exhausted after all these years since agroforestry started to go low. It is very rare and difficult to find Do Bau trees that have Ky Nam. It is these things that cost from a few hundred to tens of billions of dong in the market.

If in the market you are offered a Ky Nam by some people, you need to be careful because it is easy to make a mistake and there is not much in Vietnam anymore. Traders of China, Taiwan… hunt carefully, when they hear that there is a Ky Nam, they all take it back home. People with knowledge and understanding of what is Ky Nam and where to find it is not many, so buying and selling also need to be careful. From Ky Nam to Agarwood are formed from natural Do trees, the formation process is quite similar, but depending on the level, the rarity and preciousness are different.

Ky Nam is divided into many types: Hac Ky, Thanh Ky, Bach Ky, Huynh Ky, in there, Hac Ky Nam is very rare on the market today.

Natural Agarwood:

Natural Agarwood is a type of quality Agarwood ranked after Ky Nam but still quite expensive and has a lot of value. As mentioned above, Natural Agarwood is created by natural mechanisms without human intervention. Natural Agarwood (Oud) is also rare nowadays, hard to find a large form. Natural Agarwood is agarwood from type 1 to type 4; Agarwood level from 5 to 7 does not have enough oil to sink.

Therefore, fine art products, monolithic bracelets with natural Agarwood reaching high levels are rare and highly priced.

Agarwood Technology:

When the Agarwood industry develops, fine art products: Agarwood statues, Agarwood jewelry… are produced and sold a lot, natural Agarwood is difficult to meet the quantity. Agarwood has more technical processing to meet market demand. Types of Technological Agarwood are:

Compound agarwood:

Agarwood Chip is a type of Agarwood that is created by thin layers of acid or microbiological culture on a large scale of the bark of the Do tree. The pieces of agarwood are stacked and pressed together with glue. Because it is made up of many heavy layers and sinks below, it is called a submersible. The type of Agarwood is also natural Agarwood, but not 100% pure. However, this type of agarwood has a living aroma and can produce a large block of agarwood that is suitable as an embryo to create agarwood handicrafts.

Agarwood oil (or oil-pressed agarwood):

It is a type of Agarwood that is pressed with oil into the Agarwood material block. The Agarwood material inside, depending on the manufacturer, can be selected as Toc Tram or Giac Tram. The pressed Agarwood oil also has many different types and amounts of pressed oil. Although this type of Agarwood is not 100% pure, it also has many advantages: low price, strong aroma and large block.

In the current market, there are some people who consider Oil-Cooked Agarwood to be fake Agarwood. In our opinion, this is not entirely true. Oil-pressed agarwood is considered fake when the nature of the material inside is not agarwood or the quality of the pressed agarwood oil is poor, or the agarwood oil is counterfeit.

How much does Vietnamese Agarwood costs?

The price of Vietnamese Agarwood has many prices and is basically divided into 02 prices:

• Price of Natural Agarwood in the mountains of Vietnam: very high prices from a few hundred thousand to several million dollars per kilogram. This type of Agarwood is very rare and hard to find in large quantities
• Vietnamese Cultured Agarwood costs from a few thousand to more than tens of thousands of dollars. Vietnamese-grown agarwood is also of good quality and easier to find because the industry is growing in Vietnam

Getting more information in the article Agarwood Price

Usage of Agarwood in life?

• Burning
• Fengshui
• Extract Oil
• Gift for friends, relatives
• Food

History of Using Agarwood in Vietnam:

The art of enjoying incense has existed for a long time. In Vietnam, agarwood has been used since the time of kings and is considered a treasure of the court. In the history books of the Nguyen Dynasty, there was a description of the scent of incense. It is a scent that synthesizes up to 170 different scents and if you are observant, you can distinguish each of these notes. Burning agarwood continuously for 24 hours will feel 8 waves of incense. Each fragrance has its own main and characteristic scent.

Agarwood Vietnamese was used through the periods:

In the years BC, agarwood was considered a rare product. The King used to pay tribute to the Northern Countries. Agarwood is also bought and sold by China, India, and Mongolia very soon

By the time of An Duong Vuong, Agarwood was discovered as a remedy to cure diseases: cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, physiological. Due to its rarity and expensive nature, this medicinal herb was only used for royal lineages in the court.

In feudal times, Agarwood was used to brew incense for rare and expensive clothes. That’s why the saying “brocade incense burner” is to talk about this. The types of brocade velvet shirts only the people of high social classes have the opportunity to wear and dress.

The custom of burning incense to enjoy the scent gradually became popular in popular culture. In the story of Kieu in the 18th century, Nguyen Du wrote:

“In the future even if ever

Burn that incense stove compared to this key thread.”

Agarwood has been discovered and used since 200 BC. Agarwood is used as a trade item to buy and sell between countries

Vietnamese Agarwood used during The Feudal Times:

Using agarwood as luggage, the remedy to carry with you has been applied since the Nguyen Dynasty. At that time, thanks to the contribution of the public servant Nguyen Binh Khiem, he suggested to Lord Nguyen the Nam Tien war. Agarwood is always carried by Lord Nguyen to cure diseases and pray for good luck.

The Nguyen kings knew how to exploit Agarwood quite early. Agarwood is considered a commodity and was traded between countries. Lord Nguyen at that time once dominated the market of Agarwood. The purchase price in the country is 30 taels/kg and sold to Nagasaki, Japan for 30-40 times higher. The Nguyen kings created an exclusive royal and agarwood empire at that time.

To conserve rare resources, the Nguyen Dynasty ordered mining only once a year. The agarwood trees that have wilted and exhausted can only be taken for Agarwood. The King absolutely does not allow the exploitation of young Do trees, which are still green and the density of agarwood is still low. The kings of that time also had suitable domestic and foreign policies. Avoid overexploitation and protect the precious resources of the country.

Conclusion:

As a manufacturer and seller of Agarwood for over 40 years in the profession, sharing knowledge from documents and practical experience. Hopefully, with the above content, I will send readers the knowledge of What is Agarwood? Hope to help you understand the basic knowledge of Agarwood. When you need further advice, please contact us through the following information:

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