The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; […]
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Take the most resinated organic agarwood money can buy, grind it up into dust, juice it up into oil, and what do you get? Japanese incense, in a bottle! Part 1: At the grinder: Incense grade organic Thai agarwood, ground up into dust. Part 2: As we come in to pour the incense grade dust […]
This time, we didn’t set out on our journey to the Far East to find wild agarwood. We came here to confirm reports that wild agarwood is on the brink of extinction, and from what we’ve seen we can no longer in good conscience get involved with extracting Oud oil from wild harvested agarwood trees. […]
We’re astonished at how much support we’ve received from our customers since our last email announcing Ensar’s going organic! We’ve arrived at our first stop, Cambodia, and will be visiting plantations across the countryside over the next few weeks, before heading out to meet with farmers and distillers throughout the Far East, from Laos to Thailand, […]
We’ve tried to report something of the drama that is unfolding in the Oud world as we speak. The Chinese wood-carving market is laying claim to all wild agarwood trees that remain standing in the jungles of the Far East. We can join them in the scramble for what remains, but what we’re seeing out […]
‘Not one single wild tree stands in the jungles of Laos,’ Christopher said to me today. A long term colleague and associate, Mr. Hoeth is a Swiss expat who relocated to Laos to pursue his passion of crafting agarwood oil. Apart from what I witnessed firsthand in the Far East just a few weeks ago, […]
Over-exposure to inferior ‘Oud-based’ fragrances on offer all over, coupled with a lack of experience with the kind of aroma real connoisseurs go after, leaves many misinformed when it comes to what makes good Oud good Oud. Your first encounter with Oud might very well have been an enlightening moment, or even a completely insignificant one. […]
Everyone in the Oud producing world is on the edge of their seat. We’ve all just been hit by a major earthquake. All the chiefs of the big Saudi Oud houses are scratching their heads after recent events. They still don’t understand what is happening. We do. Ensar is currently in the Far East doing […]