Why Agarwood Is So Expensive | So Expensive

For thousands of years, agarwood has been known as "The Wood of the Gods." First-grade agarwood can cost as much as $100,000 per kilogram, making it one of the most expensive raw materials in the world. Aquilaria malaccensis is a tree native to the rainforests of southeast Asia. The healthy heartwood inside Aquilaria trees is pale, odorless, and worthless. In order for this tree to produce any agarwood, it must first become infected with mold. So how does this infection process work? What is agarwood used for? And what makes it so valuable?
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Why Agarwood Is So Expensive | So Expensive

[@ZOCCOK]

I have never seen someone so excited when talking about injuries and infections

[@stevencooper4422]

THEN. THE ANTS BORE INTO IT

[@FathoniSaktiaTaqwawan]

What doesn't kill you, makes you more valuable...

[@gef2]

Well he can sell more of it mans through this video to white people

[@minhhoang4612]

He is just so passionate bro

[@sushivision]

You probably haven't talk to any infectious disease immunologist yet. You're welcome to talk to me. That's what I'm studying. :P

[@chelseacco7567]

"Prior to infection, the healthy heartwood inside the Aquilaria tree is pale, odorless and worthless." Well dang 😂

[@GoinGreninja]

So harsh to that tree. I felt bad for it.

[@chrissycasualty]

I feel attacked...

[@chrissycasualty]

@Tac0sales Man bit dickish, aren't you?

[@glipk]

Lol

[@kianmarcial8884]

Just like me. Except I have odor, I'm not pale, I am worthless though.

[@Mark-ci6ln]

2000 years ago “I’m so cold imma light a fire” “Yo this tree got some good shit”

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

@Dante Trice pretty universal

[@larsstougaard7097]

Yeah let's try eat these mushrooms 🍄 too they look yummy 😋😜🤪🤯😵

[@darthhideous8]

"These stinging things with wings hurt like hell but dis yellow thing is tasty."

[@sohanprasad8989]

Vedas written around 3500yrs ago mentioned agar wood. So technically u r wrong. But anything goes in with sarcasm.

[@larsstougaard7097]

@@sohanprasad8989 Yes true loved for many years now, hopefully it will not die out, you know knock on woods 🌴🤛. Agarwood is highly revered in the seminal texts of Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam. As early as 1400 B.C.E., agarwood was described as a fragrant product in Sanskrit texts, and in 65 B.C.E., Dioscorides detailed several medical applications for agarwood. Knowledge of human-induced agarwood formation was recorded in China as early as 300 C.E..It is also said that in Ancient Egyptian civilization followed prehistoric Egypt and coalesced around 3100 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under Menes they smoked some beautiful Agarwood in pipes known as Moses tobacco. Those were great and wonderful times 😊❤🌟.

[@loryasis7837]

A lot of foreigners came to the Philippines to buy agarwood. They bought it for $6,000/kg at the highest. People in the mountain side went crazy and chopped these woods. We have no idea it was that expensive. We didn't even know that tree exists. People thought they're lucky not knowing it was actually around $100,000/kg. And those were really high quality agarwood, not like the wood in this video. The trees were huge and completely blackened. Really old trees found in the deep forest. Now the government banned people from cutting them.

[@jackchurchill3777]

Yea it's become a huge perfume industry, when you can sell an ounce of oud perfume for 300$ you can get away with paying out the ass for it

[@minhphan2326]

Agarwood resin color is different in many country. it can be gray, yellow, brown, black! abd youre right that agarwood in Philippine and Indo are black! But, the best agarwood come for central of Vietnam

[@DanTraa]

@@minhphan2326 Debatable on where the best agarwood is from. For me, Malaysian and Cambodian agarwood is best

[@minhphan2326]

@@DanTraa have you ever try the real agarwood come from Khánh Hòa procvince? It smell like flowers, sweet and a bit like fat note!

[@p33t3rpark3r]

@@DanTraa i would disagree on that claim

[@ashwinkolhatkar9126]

In India, sandalwood is similiar, but unlike agarwood, the wood inherently has a fragrance. It's wood is used as incense and soap fragrance. I had a sandalwood tree in my garden. The fragrance of the wood can be smelled even metres away from the tree! One night, when we were out, somebody chopped it and stole it. That's how prized they are. I miss that tree it smelled so nice :(

[@Xetlo123]

Go to assam oud is there and indian agarwood is costliest than all other coz its natural

[@anitachandra2030]

Yes,sandalwood is really expensive.

[@ojustasmr1705]

Best agarwood also have known from india and myanmar....

[@shauryakapoor3862]

Indian incense sticks are called Agarbatti which literally mean buds of agar. Not just sandalwood, agar has also been used for incense sinces ages and hence the name agarbatti.

[@alvinwu2436]

That’s sad

[@nishanbhowal5016]

Year 2070 - " Why pure water is so expensive "

[@experiment506]

Nishan Bhowal "Why one (1) kilogram of natural plant carbohydrate is so expensive"

[@seagitwibo7967]

Start recycle and purified urine and sweat.

[@wood_barrel]

This tree is expensive only because it's banned in most countries.

[@spiderman-oe8kw]

lol..no it was not expesive in 2070..its been 7yrs.🤔🤔..we r in 2077 in nepal😆😆😆😆

[@mohammadzaman4039]

in some parts of pakistan, gangs sell water instead of drugs because the profits are higher

[@Lovethrust]

There's a certain poetry to wood made from infected injuries being called heavenly, especially when it's exploited this hard.

[@LottoWavy]

I love the enthusiasm that Truong(?) has when he tells us about to harvesting of the Agarwood, he seems like such a sweet man!

[@meltingatom]

Nothing like driving a tree to near extinction becuase it smells nice when you burn it.

[@ampingtetenator1468]

whew, humanity in a nutshell

[@jorgeserna8411]

It's sad how my first reaction was to comment something about humanity but some people said it first. We all know it's true

[@waynedas873]

Also have to wonder why they don't just plant the damn trees. If you can already produce the agar by inoculating it, then you should be able to just make a plantation of the trees and then inoculate them, no?

[@JorgeLuisDavis]

Did you see the video? The tree itself is not even close to extinction, naturally infected trees are the rare ones.

[@waynedas873]

@@JorgeLuisDavis at 2:58 he says that "all varieties of [the tree species] are critically endangered..." Did *you* even watch the video?

[@ceeril]

Vietnamese here, agarwood incense is mostly used in Buhhidst pagodas and family shrines, so I formally call them "the religious weed to communicate with your ancestor".

[@rickv9180]

Holy kush

[@johnmang2659]

The Holy Weed.

[@AnthonyFarrer_TPG]

DU MA

[@an1ketsharma]

Known as "AgarBatti" ? Similar to hinduism. Mostly because Buddhism came out of Hinduism, we share a lot of traditions and this is just one of them.

[@pritsingh9766]

@@an1ketsharma Every dharma in the subcontinent comes from the vedas only .Humans gave it some different names but basic philosophy is still the same .It's vedas which are the oldest and told our ancestors about concept of karma, dharma, reincarnation or mediation etc.....out of their pride ,some may say that they are different while still using vedic concepts but ignoring that will not change the fact ....

[@DillDough42069]

something i learned from this channel is either a item is labor intensive, hard to fined or takes a long time and it is a mix of all 3 when it comes to the "expensive" videos

[@gljames24]

I want to see someone develop bacteria that produce the resin and flood the market so it's impossible for them to make it extinct.

[@robbieaulia6462]

Think of it this way, someone made a cheap knockoff of lamborgini and the quality is right around the same. The original lamborgini, though expensive, would still have a higher demand due to it's prestige and being the original. And besides just because you can make the resin of agarwood doesn't mean you made the actual tree, and concequently it's only going to slow it down. Just because a lot if phones are better and cheaper, doesn't mean the demand for Iphones would be lower, heck if anything the demand is higher than ever.

[@theofficialczex1708]

@@robbieaulia6462 If it's chemically identical, there's no difference.

[@pumkin610]

But that might make the trees extinct so people would have to farm or plant trees after they chop em down.

[@FlyLeah]

@@robbieaulia6462 usually not how it works. A cheaper identical looking equal good lambo is still a cheaper identical looking good lambo

[@EliteBeast]

@@theofficialczex1708 tell that to the diamond industry

[@GarageHaruo]

Only humans would make a tree filled with mold that expensive.

[@trying3841]

Yo Lost Child whale vomit found on beaches can go for $10k a kilo. It’s a sweet smelling ingredient in many perfumes and such. Also an oil coming from the anal da of a cat in Tibet is used in perfume and really expensive. Because of this people killed whales not understanding the whale vomit had to ferment on the ocean for weeks. The cat was hunted too

[@imSUPPRESED]

Ambergris smells like hell. It isn't sweet at all. If it was then they wouldn't need other ingredients now would they

[@avatar1867]

Yes. Humans are generally the only ones who do ANYTHING that isnt instinct. Literally. Humans may be dumb but we are the most intelligent animal on the earth. Smarter than every single living organism on this planet. More intelligent than any organism we know exists.

[@noambracha2495]

Not filled with mold, but filled with the anti mold measure. Thats why it NEEDS the mold. Its costy because its not common

[@vatoloco1528]

Right! I'm like......Really?! Thats it? Aroma. GTFOH LOL!

[@mlem8671]

Tree: *secretes saps to cover wounds with aroma possibly to deter pests or other danger" Humans: haha chainsaw go vroom vroom

[@BeardedDragonMan1997]

Be quiet

[@wuestion9473]

Bearded Dragon Man 1997 no

[@davrocket5304]

💰 time

[@mrboombastic6076]

@@BeardedDragonMan1997 Humor is not your thing i guess.

[@rickvandam3238]

This is third comment for me

[@aliabdussalaam2260]

One of the main reasons Agarwood has become so expensive is it's recent "discovery" by the Western perfume companies, and the hipster douchebag crowd with more money than they know what to do with.

[@pumkin610]

I dont blame rich hipsters, its hard to make and easy to sell for a marked up price

[@heyhoe168]

Hipster douchebag are guilty in majority of humankinds crimes. One of the reasons why I so much in love with capitalism -- it apparently gives power to not very wise people.

[@michaelmccoy1794]

@@petermurdoch7540 kinda sounds like it has--besides pleasant aroma--properties that bind the fragrance to skin when applied; like ambergris... Ambergris [like 'oud' or agarwood] is also a rare and expensive commodity produced by strange natural processes. [EDIT: after reading your next comment and learning that oud's aroma profile includes notes of feces, I should clarify my own comment..."ambergris and oud have a strong (not necessarily pleasant) fragrance that appeals to many people (not necessarilly myself) and as such is HIGHLY sought after.]

[@holland9199]

Send me a Sample 😏

[@justso1823]

I would not worry about that .western perfume company's only use the word oud meaning (wood) they don't actually use real oud they can't each batch of oil smells different.

[@taetae_toffee]

This channel helps me get the answers to questions I never asked lol

[@Crakrjac1]

Me: tries to sleep KZbin: why is agarwood so expensive Me: good question

[@jadehernandez123]

Same.

[@dru4670]

Here 😂

[@sianais]

Same.

[@RIZFERD]

If you have to clean it and not using the rest of the wood then it's too young or inoculated and both = Fake Oud The Arabs/Middle East and European/West know nothing about #Oud #Agarwood know nothing of real wild old Oud like mine then they claim themselves as expert. LOL they're not good in their brains for ages already. Not only about this matter but every aspect of life, since drawing this richest natural resources, world's largest archipelago and exactly on Equator line too small on present world map since 1569 while should be as big as Russia. #Indonesia

[@blacksunshine9995]

My next recommendation that popped up after this vid is "Why whale poop is so expensive" and I'm like damn, why is it??

[@factsverse9957]

This guy definitely smells like a million bucks

[@leeminhoe8037]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/raXFlJSNo96VsNU

[@ph0nix899]

yeah bro he has his nail on the pinky grown for snorting coke

[@RIZFERD]

If you have to clean it and not using the rest of the wood then it's too young or inoculated and both = Fake Oud The Arabs/Middle East and European/West know nothing about #Oud #Agarwood know nothing of real wild old Oud like mine then they claim themselves as expert. LOL they're not good in their brains for ages already. Not only about this matter but every aspect of life, since drawing this richest natural resources, world's largest archipelago and exactly on Equator line too small on present world map since 1569 while should be as big as Russia. #Indonesia

[@doroparker1702]

@@ph0nix899 so his nose will soon stop smelling anything due to the use of coke.

[@RIZFERD]

Oil doesn't sink in water. Yet, all part of real old Oud is fragrant, no need to be separated as most of cultivated inoculated Oud farmers been doing is separating the resins with the rest of the trunk. When you have to clean it, separate the resin from the other parts of the trunk then it's very young tree and or both young and inoculated. Most Oud sellers don't have enough product knowledge, as none of you own very old wild Oud trees like me. All Agarwood Oud end sellers I met the past 3 years are just knowledge-less people, Jakarta don't even have real Agarwood / Oud, they know nothing about the real sources, they are all just 3rd parties treating us main sources like a fool while they're the real fool. #Jakarta #Indonesia but that's cities, capital cities worldwide are just poor nature concrete jungle concentration camps of the real poor. Since the past 3 years I am not into any city and tv anymore. I had wasted too much of my money in the past for nothing, lessons learned. #Aquilaria #AquilariaMalaccensis 私の家の後ろにある約300歳の沈香 #アガーウッド #沈香 #沈香の木 #キャラ #ヤクザ #極道 #任侠団体 #仁侠団体 우리의 아주 오래된 야생 Oud Agarwood 나무는 우리의 개인 상속 땅에서 300 년 된 나이입니다. #우드 #침향 #슈퍼_레어 #울트라_럭셔리 #슈퍼_럭셔리 عندنا اشيخ من ٢٠٠ سنة ، تقريبًا ٣٠٠ سنة هنا وراء بيتي في سومطرا اندونيسيا #عود #العود #شجر_عود #شجرة_عود #شجرة_العود #شجر_العود #محبي_العود #محبي_عود #ultraluxury #ultrarare #superluxury #billionaire #billionairesclub #christies #sothebys #masterpiece #archaeology #RarestOud #RarestAgarwood #Oud #Oudh #Agarwood #Kynam #Kyara #OudOil #BlueOud #BlueOudh #BlueAgarwood #Perfumes #nicheperfume #Gaharu #fancybrands #luxurybrands #producermichael #Jacobandco #fragrancedubois #kurkdijan #henryjacques #agarwoodconsulting #Aloeswood #Eaglewood #scentfromheaven #BoisDAgar #BoisDOud

[@umwelten988]

I am today years old when I learnt that the name "Agarbatti" which are scented sticks widely used in India come from this tree. I am sure we are using chemicals all this time.

[@hugh_jasso]

I hope youtube recommends this video again sometime in the future when i can smell the video.

[@jaycon3460]

Butt crack videos will be the rage at that time

[@rahmanhakim944]

Mom: be smart or you'll be cutting wood in the future The people cutting wood:

[@thai33oz]

Or sweeping floor

[@RJBond121]

A skilled timberfaller on the west cost can make something like 85 to 100k a year working 6 hours a day. Doesn't seem that terrible to me.

[@charlescourtwright2229]

Good chance of a tree falling on you

[@amritanshurai4428]

No ones mom ever say that 😂😂😂

[@arifbinmohdazmi8517]

@@amritanshurai4428 probably not your mom. but back then some 'peasant' at least in south east asia earn their living selling fire wood.

[@flytothemoon50]

This man is richer then you ever think. He have Hektar of agarwood artificial forest by his name alone.

[@sushivision]

Yup he is rich. But the price for artificial agarwood is lower than the "natural" one. What he is calling for is for government agencies and investors to pour more funding into small local farmers. This will drive the price down but hopefully this will contribute to the conservation effort and deter poaching (the trees are critically endangered).

[@ahmadhidayah1]

Artificial agarwood is still expensive bro. I know.

[@mcatherine36]

​@@sushivision It won't necessarily drive the price down, because current global demand seems to be much higher than supply available so far, although it might happen further in the future. It would also provide economic opportunities to many communities and help develop the industry in Southeast Asia.

[@ba-karaktrat]

I really respect that you mentioned the people who told the Hadith to each other it's called (Sanad of the Hadith) which is used to tell if the Hadith is authentic or not ... thanks for respecting that aspect in your video much love❤

[@barleskanball292]

Them : So expensive agarwood Filipinos: we have them backyard

[@zharakov]

huh?? where do u find it here?

[@barleskanball292]

There's alot of those trees especially in the Bicol Region, The Visayan region, And central Luzon.

[@humblewiz4953]

In northeast India too

[@FingeringThings]

When a tree is more expensive than you

[@sirsytham1588]

Thats not nearly enough to buy a human life

[@kingblue71]

@@sirsytham1588 How much is a human anyway?

[@sirsytham1588]

TheShowMan waaaaay more than 100000. I think it’s like 2M?

[@niggy.]

u r girlfriend

[@Kate.luvs.cookies]

I just saw you comment on the latest what if video🤔

[@bigpapa4048]

When I was a kid in the Middle East they used to have oud in mosques and it smelt heavenly

[@YourMajesty143]

I grew up with it too, and I hated it. Too musky. Smells like a grandma who bathes herself in perfume to cover up her B.O.

[@asifpkmohammed9451]

@@YourMajesty143 quality matters. There is a lot of variety of oudhs available in the market.

[@kulsumsheikh814]

@@asifpkmohammed9451 yup even artificial ones are also very expensive

[@anasibndawood6696]

In Makkah they spend millions of dollars a year on it just to perfume the mosque

[@blessingchanne1866]

We call عud in somalia .

[@katherineelmquist5670]

I love how happy this man looks talking about these trees

[@ik-ab2yz]

Once you get to smell the fume, you will be happy as well. It is definitely something special.

[@valiantheart8891]

Here in Bangladesh we've that tree too which grows hill tract of Sylhet and chittagong.

[@lachiegallagher2540]

Please keep making this series! It’s awesome!

[@Alex_-ob9go]

Yes it’s so fun to watch

[@niksadikovic5325]

I was just thinking of that, when I saw your comment:)

[@andrewwilson2396]

He's right

[@geoffreycharles6330]

I hope they're planting those trees they're harvesting and are not just destroying the wild trees.

[@chillchick9984]

That's exactly what they are doing. That's why the number of natural trees dropped by 80%.

[@ilhamsyamsul1067]

Here in Malaysia, the foreigners are the one that destroying our rainforest searching for agarwood.

[@azeljoyportugues2580]

@@ilhamsyamsul1067 so this tree is also prominent in Malaysia?

[@gachaman7158]

@@azeljoyportugues2580 it commonly grow in borneo island forest and usually harvested by local that sell it to the gatherer, honestly you need to count on your luck if you searching agarwood in the wild and if you really lucky and got the super grade one you can stay in home for few month.

[@damnman7226]

@@ilhamsyamsul1067 your country doesn't do anything about it

[@JovanDacic]

Kinda surprised this didn't cover the Japanese agarwood driftwood log called Ranjatai that's been preserved for centuries in a treasury. Just ran across that fact while researching Japanese incense ceremony.

[@719Flowers]

Hmmm something else to research 🧐 thanks for the lead haha

[@iftekhar77]

i have so much respect for these people who are passionate about their skill..

[@TsetsiStoyanova]

I guess i better stock up on my agarwood

[@manuelserrano7711]

Could i also stock my wood whit you ? Mami

[@fireaspect1930]

@@manuelserrano7711 ew

[@rexyaxy4314]

@@manuelserrano7711 ay mami

[@FOFOKASHY]

Aged agarwood can be very lucrative

[@_sanmaul]

@@manuelserrano7711 disgusting lol

[@georgebalooga2461]

This series does a great job at answering questions I've never once asked in my life

[@hemasagarb7200]

Whenever someone say "Why is this so expensive.." I'll be like : Because people got money

[@ncustudydiary2721]

So happy to get an explanation in Vietnamese by the owner 😍

[@fawwazzaini115]

My father works for Indonesian Ministry of Forestry, he once said that a log of Agarwood often require Army supervision to transport.. Edit: Today I had a bit chat with my dad about Agarwood. He said many Indonesian still consider the smell of burning Agarwood as a sign of demonic presence.

[@VanDonMyWay]

Aah, the corrupt Indonesian Ministry of Forestry...

[@sriradityowahyudhono1675]

Aku baru denger agar Wood?.. kalau di Indonesia namanya apa ya?

[@gabrielganiyasa1864]

@@sriradityowahyudhono1675 gaharu klo di Indonesia

[@fh511]

VanDonMyWay If you know they are corrupt go arrest them

[@VanDonMyWay]

@@fh511 i wamt to eradicate all the terrorist, too. But, what power do I have. Corrupt government is shit.

[@truecanuck97]

I spot a beautiful business opportunity for a synthetic chemist and a microbiologist.

[@JohmathanBSwift]

That's what most designer fragrances are already . Most of them aren't all that great , and don't really smell like oud. There's plantations cropping up , and most do what you see in the beginning of this video.0:02 . They infect the tree with certain chemicals to speed up the process . It can have a blue cheese vibe to it , or smell like banana oil that was used in paint, or veneer . Doesn't smell that great. Not all new plantations are like this though. The older trees are still there, but not as many. Now real oud has a variety of wonderful smells that is attributed to it's origin. China is a huge importer of oud , which has caused many of the problems the oud hunters face today. There are ethical perfumers , attar makers who seek to sustain the lives of the trees instead of decimating the population and surroundings in which these trees live.

[@diamondthrust2019]

If people start accepting themself, many businesses would die.

[@USATheFallen]

This is a easily a top 100 quote of all-time. Thank you friend...

[@carrieamoreno]

I love learning about expensive things I'll never buy :)

[@akiishida9296]

Someone should invent a way to transmit smell through a device so we can smell it

[@robbykidman]

So far there is something called a scentee. You can search that on youtube. It's invented years ago to send scents

[@rockey5508]

On it.

[@athomenotavailable]

There is, it's called online shopping 🤣, but the delivery takes a while

[@and1shoes178]

Lmao

[@ima8533]

Just go find oud perfume

[@RayMak]

They smell really good

[@atharvabhokse]

How are you everywhere? Wtf?

[@daffaxvi]

@@atharvabhokse He is everywhere -_-

[@ravenofdeath3225]

Ur everyware

[@ravenofdeath3225]

I see u all the time

[@Lilcandys]

@ray mak stfu

[@aditya.tanniru]

He literally says "We're making fake but it's pretty much okay as natural is out of stock" Lmaoooo

[@sharkymark506]

Amazon charges a decade salary at some point 😆

[@SanheQinan]

Our technique for oud chips is physical instead of chemical as shown in this vedio. Our fragrance is really natural and authentic.

[@pdsckf]

very interesting stuff thank you

[@Aurelius408]

I bought a tiny vile of agarwood, around .5ml a couple of years ago in Malaysia. The vile was so tiny but the smell was sooooo strong and incredibly that it lasted about a year. I've bought other types online but nothing of the same quality. When you come across true quality oud oil you know you got something special in your hands.

[@bink9113]

Have you come across ANYTHING on the internet that was true oud oil so far?

[@azmi8052]

no doubt. Malaysian oud is the best.

[@nhatphatly3587]

As a Vietnamese myself, my father told me a story about a group of men in desperate time went into the forest in search of this wood, they found one heck of a load. But one guy killed all the other and take that chunk of wood. Eventually he was killed several day later when trying to sell that. So you could die in the forest, but not because of wild animal, it because of your own greed

[@johnpetrakis379]

I forgot to add this. The wood Sandalwood can be so dense that it's called "sinking wood" from all of resin

[@lambeakeh1728]

The best of the best, Aquilaria Malaccensis. 👍👍👍

[@oznilla1180]

2:14 The “Oh shit, this is gonna make me a bunch of money” face.

[@mikidias]

Correct Exactly! You're right 👍 2:14 = The Speculation face 👈

[@irfanfauzi7082]

LOL, his face is way more hilarious when read your comment

[@adityapadhy4328]

All I saw was a devil 😈 face

[@genderfluidsneutral4591]

meme dat shit ngl sus loololloo susususususus lol ngl

[@matthewstaffordsburner1040]

Jesus is Lord

[@kmadofficial]

The narrator's voice is so soothing... I was having a stressful day but when I watched this video I felt much better

[@qtoelke6208]

That guy seems so excited about wood I love it

[@theworldwhosoldtheman9906]

Any Agalloch fans here? I got this in my recommended and remembered the band is named after this wood. My favorite band ever

[@dersu7417]

Same

[@digitalis909]

Worth correcting that the highest grades of agarwood now trade for the equivalent of $1,000,000 per Kg!

[@gothangotay6489]

That's wonderful!

[@RIZFERD]

If you have to clean it and not using the rest of the wood then it's too young or inoculated and both = Fake Oud The Arabs/Middle East and European/West know nothing about #Oud #Agarwood know nothing of real wild old Oud like mine then they claim themselves as expert. LOL they're not good in their brains for ages already. Not only about this matter but every aspect of life, since drawing this richest natural resources, world's largest archipelago and exactly on Equator line too small on present world map since 1569 while should be as big as Russia. #Indonesia

[@razgvozd]

You don't know Ensar right?

[@kietlai594]

Holy

[@roberttaneo7066]

How can find a buyer

[@huongthao8786]

If you understand Vietnamese, you will feel the unique and funny personality of the man in the video

[@RIZFERD]

If you have to clean it and not using the rest of the wood then it's too young or inoculated and both = Fake Oud The Arabs/Middle East and European/West know nothing about #Oud #Agarwood know nothing of real wild old Oud like mine then they claim themselves as expert. LOL they're not good in their brains for ages already. Not only about this matter but every aspect of life, since drawing this richest natural resources, world's largest archipelago and exactly on Equator line too small on present world map since 1569 while should be as big as Russia. #Indonesia

[@yjkader]

@@RIZFERD it is ironic that you say that a people are not good in their brains or at life, when you should not attempt to write in English as your post made absolutely no sense, your attempt at English was sad, and not understandable. Refrain from elaborating in English to prevent yourself from further embarrassment.

[@yjkader]

@@RIZFERD Yet your experiences appear to have rendered you racist, arrogant and far from humble. You are wrong about me being Western, and that's ok. Do not assume you are smart nor wise because of your experiences and travels, your insults and claim of superiority on the internet do not reflect a person of good character - rather the opposite. Padi makin berisi makin merunduk.

[@JoanPatriciaJ]

@@yjkader I don't even understand what's his point. Just ignore it and put a light face palm cause he put a really powerful hastag there

[@XnonXte]

​@@RIZFERD What are you talking about huh ?, You must be jocking, You doesn't need to stupidly talk about indonesia Everybody knows Merquator maps is not same as the reality, Also don't be stupidly saying "Hey Indonesia is the best f@@king countries i ever witnesses LOL HAHA LOL" Rasis lu Malu-maluin bangsa, ngomongnya gak jelas Hadeh.

[@blindeagle6842]

Expensive means a lot of people want a portion of that money. So that causes more trees to be grown. In fact, there are farms now in my country Srilanka. Anything illegal including possession is severly punishable. Let's hope they may not become extinct any more.

[@sushiluttekar1905]

Sandalwood business -- It's very common when you have sandalwood trees.. while growing sandalwood farms one had to insured then and had to maintain security measures like cams, fences, guards and dogs..

[@nainabhasin7251]

I have never seen someone so excited, sincere and so happy for an infected tree.Also love the innocence this man has when he talks about the tree.

[@olorin1710]

Too bad the fews innocent trees left cannot earn your admiration.

[@prasannank4274]

0:10 Who else thought here, Imma plant this in backyard 😂

[@leehongjin6884]

Prepare to wait years to grow the tree to a valuable size, innoculate the tree with fungus from the native area, then harvest it by hand.

[@leehongjin6884]

@Eff yore Feelings =_=

[@ksomak7158]

@@leehongjin6884 i mean, if you actually get a kilogram or two It would bebworth it

[@leehongjin6884]

@@ksomak7158 Yea but who are you going to sell it to? Not like you can walk into a premium perfume company and sell straight to them.

[@ksomak7158]

@@leehongjin6884 yea, but when you have something so valuable (supposing its 100.000 dollar bucks per kilogram) you can probably sell It tho someone who willa sell It to a bigger company

[@dvoiceotruth]

in almost every Indian household and temple 'Agarbatti' is an essential component for insence. From time immemorial, it is prescribed along with Sandalwood for spiritual ceremonies.

[@prinz9635]

We have many agarwood trees in ou mountain. Smell so nice and beautiful ❤️. Love it so much 💓

[@ik-ab2yz]

But agarwood tree doesn't smell unless you burn it. You have something else in the mountains.

[@Talkinglife]

Agarwood is said to be more expensive than gold and to a greater extent, it is true. The demand for the product is high.

[@MrArthoz]

@Zyzz short answer: religion. Long answer the perfumed oil and wood use for religious ceremony like sprinkled perfume, incense and even carved into statue worth hundreds of thousands. Even the holy city of Mecca have yearly budget worth millions to buy this stuff. Almost every religion use them as perfumed incense or in any other form...Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Confucianism. That's a market of 90% of the human population. Also there are medicinal value...even the leaves are made into tea. It is like a living gold mine. People who grows them like us keep them in secret. Even selling them is difficult sometimes as many tried to become middle men to take a cut of the sale commission.

[@markanthony4546]

There’s a lot of things more expensive than gold. Gold isn’t worth nearly as much as it was when the phrase was coined

[@faithblack3851]

Don't know why people say this?...There are many rare earth items more expensive than gold...always has been. In ancient times...the silkworm was priceless

[@derricksamuelnwobodo316]

The guy being interviewed sounds so excited about Agarwood... lol

[@croppnica]

Cause hes a greedy glutton.

[@JVan-ic6ic]

Elena Mituchi how exactly?

[@JVan-ic6ic]

Oud is really prized by many people and becomes apart of there life so I can imagine.

[@astroboy4124]

Its called passion

[@fr3shSwag]

I was thinking the same thing

[@Sherirose1]

Used in many religious ceremonies , also called doop wood. Smells great.

[@millenialbroadcast]

Very informative

[@Nodimartinez]

Oud smells sooooooo good, it’s an essential in the middle east in every house. And usually we use oud in celebrations, such as weddings. Or in other special occasion.

[@eesaansari8713]

Some times my mom goes around the house every day in Ramadan while burning oud

[@alfistibrasiliani]

How can you afford? How much does it cost?

[@Nodimartinez]

@@alfistibrasiliani well the wood that we burn is cheaper than the extract. Also depending on how concentrated it is and how much does the smell lasts after burning ( for the wood ). The price varies, but for the ones we buy ( 1 cup would cost 30-50 dollar) and we don’t use them everyday. So they last for a very long time in thier container. And we also break the piece of wood and don’t use large pieces or the smell would be too potent.

[@punkfunk212]

is that how you spell it? i searched oud but only found a musical instrument

[@ChangedNames]

@@punkfunk212 Cuz theyre written the same way lol. عود - Is the guitars predecessor and عود - Is the nice smelling thing we enjoy. Write something like "Oud incense", and you'll prolly find it

[@artwithaditya9477]

Moral of this tree : "sometimes even a normal person could change the world , but his inspiration is the one trying to destroy him ".

[@sohanprasad8989]

Amazing 👍

[@mihirdey5168]

In india we have royal oudh fragrance the purest forms, for about 1000$ per 10g of pure liquid

[@raymartinez3826]

I thought it was gonna be a strong hard wood for high production value in woodcrafting instead it’s just for burning

[@pumkin610]

Its like a consumable item in a video game, a health potion that you drink.

[@janiceperez9538]

Middle eastern people use it for fragrance because they dont take a bath often.that keeps them and the house smell good when visitors come.

[@janiceperez9538]

@Kaleb Kurian being rich wont make them take a bath..some are conscious about hygiene but some households really dont.

[@noneyabizz8337]

@Kaleb Kurian that's a minority of a minority

[@xxx10353]

@@janiceperez9538 That is a straight-up lie literally the west learned how to clean themselves from the middle east

[@MrArthoz]

I got dozens of them in our orchard. Used to have an old wild agar tree there and a forester friend adviced my father to let the seedlings spread. Now there's dozens of them as old as 8-10 years old growth of original wild agar trees. We drilled, cracked them, electrocute and some have ants living in the cracks. We're leaving them as investment for our grandchildren... it's like a living gold mine.

[@chetankandpal2202]

Well atleast people will grow more trees To make profit

[@med8615]

Oud smells so freaking good. If you walk into a middle eastern mosque during ramadan they are typically burning oud incense chips and the smell is unmatched

[@bihabrodie3281]

yessir

[@HanniPahm]

Anyone else feeling so at ease hearing Vietnamese in a video like this? (I’m Vietnamese)

[@scoot2653]

Me too

[@CarlinTran]

Yes, me too!

[@donamber184]

People always find on how to destroy everything.

[@phuongluu578]

You living becase you eat life.

[@donamber184]

@Sebastian Thor umm. Maybe for you, not everyone. 😊

[@donamber184]

@@phuongluu578 yes it is true but, until it becomes excessive and abusive. 😊

[@shawnmiguelrivera2266]

and some people will always find on how to remake and save something 😁

[@donamber184]

@@shawnmiguelrivera2266 yeah. Not until they realize or until its too late.

[@reagannjitor2975]

Great job

[@SweetJuliaBrown]

Why is it so expensive ? 1.low supply high demand 2.takes alot of man power and time to make 3.another thing the rich create to distinguish themselves from us peasants, like how back in the middle ages they invented the extremely complicated way to eat food, you would have 3 of different kinds of the same utensil like 3 forks or 3 spoons.

[@bihabrodie3281]

smells good tho

[@pumkin610]

Companies will make it expensive if they can make it hard to.find

[@jxbuyo]

Don't care smells good

[@ikli7710]

Apparently I plant this tree randomly in my backyard when I got it for free from the Go Green program at my school..

[@xraydoge5430]

You should infect it

[@ikli7710]

Xray Doge There's little to no information online on how to do it.. and the worst part is, it's illegal to sell the resin without a license.

[@milfordsound2540]

@@ikli7710 it will infects on its own after the tree will become big.

[@Hashdollars]

@@milfordsound2540 from the video above at 3:10 ‘extremely rare,..less than 2% wild trees infect on their own.’ It’s pretty clear in the video they make a microbial liquid with the mold spores and infect it by hand, as in the video here.

[@davec3568]

The expensive fragrances mentioned, and almost all western perfumes that claim to contain oud, only have synthetics and no real oud. It's a massive rip off.

[@vornoum1019]

Hello

[@kingk2405]

Even the high end ones like the Hermessence from Hermès ?

[@davec3568]

@@kingk2405 Yes. Hermes is known for their minimalist 100% synthetic fragrances. Some are quite good, but no oud.

[@davec3568]

@@vornoum1019 Hi! :)

[@ahmadhidayah1]

How you know ?

[@modatoo8386]

Excellent thanks

[@hpham5589]

I loveee that he is so nice and eager when he explains it! Idec bout the english translation 😂

[@ErrorNamenotfound-jc6ty]

"in my experience, the agarwood industry won't go away" - right, lets just hope the forest is still standing in 10years

[@allaboutsboyzz4737]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX6qYqGihs5omMk .

[@ik-ab2yz]

The forests were gone as soon the the Europeans set their foot in this region. What you see now are plantations. So, it is going to stay.

[@neveenjo5398]

Oud "عود" in Arabic, is so beautiful.. we can't stop using it. It is so aromatic and nice.

[@uragonni5501]

Me too i burn it when i'm not feeling well it can cure some illness too.

[@reallifenepal3376]

What they put liquid inside the tree?

[@lailaisarah7232]

I had ready to sold

[@joshuafernandez7753]

Man i didnt know this tree is this expensive. We have many of this in the PH. I mean its everywhere

[@ArpanaSangamithra]

So good! There are high quality synthetic fragrance oils that mimic Agar/oud scents. Some are really quite close to the real thing, and as cleanly made a possible. I use one one such synthetic Oud Fragrance oil for products. We may need that as a solution till real oud can be developed further.

[@Camden_Esmodian]

Oud is actually really great and the smell of it is amazing.

[@fabianalfonsoooo]

Tree : YES I HAVE THE NICEST SMELL THAN ANY OTHER TREES!!! Human : YOU HAVE WHATTT??? **chop** **chopp**

[@elhaw2188]

Fabian Alfonso ew ur pfp

[@helloiamtiredallthetime.631]

Elhaw21 What’s wrong about it? Give me 5 VALID reasons why it’s wrong. I’m a lesbian. There’s nothing wrong with it.

[@helloiamtiredallthetime.631]

Elhaw21 Also you still play Roblox. That says something about your age. Get out of here if you’re gonna be homophobic.

[@michaelsmith953]

not even the nicest smell, we just did it cause we can. its kind of sad honestly that its not even the best we just killed it and make it expensive because of its rarity

[@fabianalfonsoooo]

@@helloiamtiredallthetime.631 get em sisssss

[@Nishiskitchenrecipe]

Fantastic 👍

[@TheJoker-ye9dc]

I have used such type of perfumes but never knew the ingredients used to make it. This video is informative.

[@tonysklai]

The meaning of Hong Kong is relative to those wood since Hong means the smell of agar wood and Kong means harbor. It was major trading and re export center for agar wood before.

[@fridgemagnet9831]

Xiang Gang, very interesting.

[@flungoutofspace2091]

uwu new information for me

[@hotaru8309]

Are you doing alright still?

[@trang8735]

So glad that I am Vietnamese so I can watch this without subtitles! 😂🤣

[@QUARK00]

4:95 I felt very bad for tree,like skinning out somebody.

[@prasannavenkateswaramoorth6376]

In Tamil it is called Akhil tree. It is medicinally used in siddha. In several temples in Tamil Nadu it is sthala viruksham, meaning daity tree.

[@uzochiokeke4328]

Agarwood is found in parts of India too. The incense we use in our hindu temples and shrines is called Agar-bati.

[@zakadams762]

I once received oud as a gift, I still have a piece! I'm so pleased to see how it is made

[@authenticwarrior7877]

Thanks a lot for wonderful documentary from India🙏

[@lambeakeh1728]

Amazing 👍👍

[@bendover9813]

I’d love to introduce these to North Georgia. Deciduous trees with beech-type bark do ok up here, so while I could definitely grow it with care, I wouldn’t have to worry about it being invasive.

[@billhoang9842]

3:40 - 3:45, The subtitle suppose to say: “Rain, wind, mountains, snakes, and other animals.”

[@jerrolyombi4714]

I have are lot of eagle wood in my country ,but i dont know about the infection process,thanks for showing me 🙏

[@rodricbr]

I just saw a video of a guy wolding an entire log of agarwood, I imagine how expensive was that