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Agarwood Incense

The five qualities (tastes) used to classify Aloeswood Aromas

Sweet Resembles the smell of honey or concentrated sugar

Sour Resembles the smell of plums or other acidic foods.

Hot Resembles the smell of red peppers when put in a fire.

Salty Resembles the smell of a towel after wiping perspiration from the brow or the lingering smell of ocean water when seaweed is dried on a fire.

Bitter Resembles the smell of bitter herbal medicine when it is mixed or boiled.

More About Aloeswsood

Also known as Agarwood, Lign Aloes, Eagle wood, Jinko or Oud, Aloeswood is one of the most rare and precious woods on the planet, prized for its rich and wonderful fragrance. Aloeswood is extremely rare and often difficult to obtain and its value is pegged at 1.5 times the worth of gold and is sometimes referred to as "liquid gold¨ or "Wood of the gods.¨ .¨ Although the southern Arabian Peninsula has been long identified with aromatics, few Westerners are familiar with Aloeswood. This obscurity is partly due to Aloeswood rarity and cost. Aloeswood has also been used in nearly every religious tradition around the world and revered for thousands of years by many cultures as the most treasured incense ingredient. It was Aloeswood and Myrrh that was burned at Jesus' burial ceremony. Ayurvedic, Unanai, Tibetan and Chinese physicians have all used Aloeswood in their practice to treat various diseases as well as mental illness.