Throughout our distillation journey, many of our customers, industry players, skincare producers and not surprising intern graduates has this in mind. What are the components that determines the authenticity of Oud oil.
Oud is extracted and distilled from resinous Agarwood , resin is formed naturally as a "healing agent" recovering from illness/injury , it is complex and due to its complexity, Oud and the aroma cannot be synthetically produced.
There are many methods in “injuring” the Agarwood tree, the tree however will attempt to “heal” itself , which creates the resinous deposit within the wood. Imaging our human body, which suffered minor scratch onto the surface of our skin, our body attempts to heal the injured part, and it will take days / weeks to recover / regrow the skin depending how bad the injury is. The recovery concept is exactly the same for Agarwood tree.
It is the resinous deposits in the middle ring of the tree, is part of the tree’s healing process, will be extracted and distilled into Oud.
Due to its high price, many had tried to mix Oud with other oil and resell it as authentic Oud. This is a way of reducing the price which attract potential buyers to purchase huge volume of it. However, mixing Oud with another posts many dangers and without proper quality control and verification, it could bring harm to the consumer (allergy, rash, flakes and many symptoms more ). It needs proper research of the right mixing quantity, safe and right ingredients, most importantly it should be certified by local independent body, which gives assurance to the end consumer.
Mega Agarwood has achieved this milestone, obtaining the certification from local government body. It also encourages us to investigate what are the components that we can find in Oud.
Based on the research data from thousands of test samples through the chromatography/mass spectrometry better known as GCMS , here are a lists of most common components found in Agarwood Oud :
Curcumene
Dihydroagarofuran
Dihydroagarofuran
Aristolone
α-selinene
α-bulnesene
Valencene
α-eudesmol
If you have these above component that exists into your test sample, chances are you owned an authentic Oud. However, due to its complexity , it is advisable to have a written confirmation from the body that test the sample, to review and assess thoroughly before signing off its authenticity of the Oud.
We placed high importance in quality control and distilling pure Oud. We commit to only produce the best for our customers, and continue re-assuring them that our produce are authentic with top class grade Oud.
Oud is a flexible ingredient, it is very famous in the Middle East, and Asia. Its picking up its popularity in Malaysia, and is used as a skincare / beauty product ingredient, widely accepted among the Malay communities, which result into high consuming of Agarwood beauty products in local market.
We must reiterate the importance of safe, quality, pure Oud produce, as mass market uses it as an ingredient to develop put on skin products.
We welcome your enquiry and look forward if you may have partnering opportunity in developing into beauty and skincare line.
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