( Update: 21/05/2021 )
English name Agarwood, aloeswood, is a type of wood containing essential oils formed by physical, chemical and natural agents on Gio Bau tree. When affected by the agents, it causes the tree to secrete essential oils and close the bass.
The reason why Agarwood is created is being studied by scientists and creating artificial products of high economic value.
According to industry experts, Vietnam has the best scent in the world, followed by Agarwood in Indonesia, and Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Malaysia.
Agarwood is widely applied in the field of life:
The applications of Agarwood are very diverse in life and rich...Each field is divided into its own sub-field.
Considering the origin of Agarwood, it can be divided into the following types:
Each of the above types of Agarwood has a different smell, the most fragrant is the Natural Odor, then the Microbiological Scent, then the Chemistry.
In terms of geographical area by division by countries and territories
Of all the countries, Vietnam and Indonesia are the world's top in scent quality.
On the market, there are many different production facilities and brands of incense sticks. How do consumers choose good and cheap products?
It is a product made from the powder of the wind plant (with agarwood essential oil), the scent is faint, sweet, gentle, very good for health, does not pollute the air, or harm the environment.
Raw materials must be selected from the tree with high agarwood oil. When cutting wind gourd trees, people peel the bark. Drying, followed by crushing the trunk into coarse powder. From the raw powder that the producer takes away, "Incubate Agarwood" within 6 months to 1 year. When incubating, it loses the spicy and unpleasant nature of agarwood, when making incense, it gives the best scent.
After brewing is complete, the incense maker will grind it until smooth and sifted until it is fine. Depending on different incense products, make them accordingly.
The source of raw materials determines the quality of the product: the most important is the producer. How do they choose the ingredients? You can choose natural Agarwood, Microbial Agarwood, or swept Agarwood.
Natural goods are currently very rare and are not available to produce incense. So the main priority is Microbiological goods, the scent of microorganisms, sweet and pleasant. Because micro-organisms Agarwood is also created by artificial methods, but it is caused by microorganisms
As for Goods sweep (ie agarwood), this type is heavily oiled, the scent is very fragrant, but also harsh... discerning consumers never use this product.
Should pay attention when choosing incense, must choose the shipping item, choose a reputable place to choose good products, affordable
Depending on the purpose, circumstances and conditions, consumers choose suitable products. Usually incense includes the main types: stick incense, ring incense, bud incense
Agarwood incense stick ingredients include frankincense powder, acacia loi, bamboo toothpicks. Depending on customer requirements, they choose smokeless incense, clean incense, low freckle incense, odorless incense, and clean incense to create suitable products.
So the length of the stick can be 2 inches, 3 inches, 4 inches, 5 inches. The thickness of the incense stick can be 2 li, 2.5 li, 2.7li.
Incense buds have very diverse shapes such as: cone, truncated cone, lotus bud shape, lotus shape... This type of product is used for guests to play smoke waterfall, not for incense in the censer. Very feng shui, exorcism, bring prosperity, fortune to the family. So at the moment, Nu is a very popular product in Vietnam.
Incense rings are very diverse, depending on the needs of customers which products they use. When drinking tea, meditation, yoga, use within 2 hours, within 4 hours. When on holidays and New Year, use 12-hour and 24-hour types to let the incense burn continuously