Back again with agarwoodindonesia. It’s being a while I don’t write again. Well let’s discuss about Indonesian Agarwood Scent.
We start from the most west of Indonesia Which is Sumatra. Why there? since Indonesia is a large archipelago country that each and one of it’s Islands are having special features of micro climate and surely it will effect agarwood produced in several area. As for Sumatra their smell is floral, sweet, sometimes fecal, and in some part had urine smell on the wood. But on Bangka Island the urine stuff disappear only sweet and nice smell you will found there. Next Kalimantan, this island is the one of the largest Island on earth it has several geographical features which is dense rain forest, large rivers also mountains. What make it related to Oudh smell? Well the oud from A. Malaccensis grown in East Kalimantan and South and other parts of Kalimantan are having different smell, Since the east and western are mostly rian forest their oud mostly smell sweet floral with lesser or no spicy note , on the contray the central and the saouth that is predominantly filled with swamps and bogs also mangrove had that spicy note when you burn the wood or distilling the oil. Now jump the Wallacean line we landed in Sulawesi, why Sulawesi is distinctive ? according to Wallace Indonesian Bio Diversity can be divided into 3 regions, The west region that include Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan also Bali. This is important since Sulawesi had in between life form between the Asian and Australian region. Here the agarwood predominantly are malaccensis mix with grynops, which having a mix smell between western and eastern part of Indonesia, Sweet yet with herbal and spice note. Now let’s discuss the Papuan or the eastern part of Indonesia, they have very distinctive scent, which are herbal and spicy sometimes with dirt smell, since on this region the agarwood species that produce agarwood came from A. Fillaria and Grynops. And about the dirt smell this because it is taken from a buried dead tree under the swamp area, so by time it will leave that dirt note on the wood when you burn it.
I think that’s all I can share you for now.
Recently we have guest from arabianoud company. One of the biggest and the largest Oud company ever exist on earth. It was very pleasing and exciting visit since we are a new born baby and being visit by such giant.
It was the toughest day of my life. Well I never work out with heavy loads before like 150 Kg of Oud woods. Grading them in the sun, picking each one of the them from a several huge pile of woods.
Wood business isn’t glamor like it may seem, it’s exhausting, complex and sometimes it can make you loosing friends or even your life.
Hunting agarwood in the wild isn’t as easy as people buy them in the mall. Malaria, wild animal sometimes your own teammate is your enemy or other guys that having bad intention. Why? Since agarwood is precious things when you get it, it worth something so it can bring greed to your minds and who knows. There are alot of stories about people missing in the jungle in their seek for oud or agarwood especially in Kalimantan (Borneo) also in Papua.
This explain why agarwood price is very high. Because of it’s extensive labor and harshness in obtaining it.
Also the papers that make you go here and there if you dont have the correct lines. It’s a lesson to me. I think in the future if I got enough doze of capital I will stick with the oil.
Thank You for reading
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