Agarwood, aloeswood, oud, denh al oudh, eaglewood, jinkoh, gaharu are names for the world’s most valuable incense. 

This resinous material is CO2 extracted or water distilled from fungus-infected wood of the tree aquilaria agallocha, growing in the rainforest of northem india, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. 

The Aquilaria tree is a rainforest tree up to 50 meter tall, and is frequently infected with a fungus parasite named phialophora parasitica,  the tree begins to issue the resin how a reaction of this infection.

The resinous wood or oil extracted from the inside of Agallocha trees is extremely valuable since it is highly regarded for use during Buddhist and Islamic cultural activities as well as an important ingredient in many traditional medicines. It is also an extremely important component in traditional Japanese incense ceremonies.                                    

Agarwood oil is brownish yellow to dark amber colour, is a viscous liquid of rich very complex deep woody odor almost balsamic with a sweetness like sandalwood oil.

Prized by the Arab world as Oud, Agarwood chips are burnt in mosques, and Agarwood oil is used in oriental perfumery mixed with a fougere, chypre, amber and woody notes.

Aquilaria tree  develops very slowly over time, typically several hundred years to form, this is why it is so rare and valued as the most sacred oil on the planet in addition to the lasting and amazing fragrance.