Any idea about this?

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OudyOudPecker

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masstika said:
Have you tried to burn a shaving of it? or pour warm water over the tip and smell the wet wood, that should tell you if it is authentic.
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I'm not into burning agarwood at all......maybe I never came across something good. I love bakhoor :p.
Btw...after pouring warm water, should this smell like Oud if it's real? I will try this once I'm back at home.
 
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masstika

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It should smell like Oud, depending on the type of Oud it is, it could be a bit acidic, bitter or lightly spicy. You are the first one I know who like Bakhoor but not Oud where as I have met many who like Oud but not bakhoor. I think like you've said you need to try a double super (AA) type of Oud and you'll have a better appreciation of it.
 
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OudyOudPecker

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Masstika - I have Ensar's Brunei chips and also some good grade sample that was sent to me......but I don't quite appreciate them. Maybe i'm burning them wrong or it's just that I love being overtaken by strong smell....as in the case of Bakhoor. I think my olfactory sense has been over loaded by all the chemicals in the Oud/Mukhallats/Colognes. I need to 'untrain' my sense of smell and train it to start recognizing pure ingredients......and I'm learning :)

**I will be sending this to get evaluated**
 
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Ana

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Hi Adam

I am not as experienced as most of you are. I've seen those pieces on ebay, too.
But what I thought is, this might be fake.
I don't know of it's the name of the seller "japanART" or the fact, that the price is too good to be true.
Sure I know that the price is not the most important thing here… but somehow I don't get a good feeling here.

Well, that's my oppinion on this :)
Maybe someone other can give a comment on this?

bye,
Ana
 
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the alaskan

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ive been watching them also and the feedback for buyers of the wood. "ok" and "good" are some but they seem so vauge. besides, you dont find agarwood in perfect shaped pieces over and over,lol.

the other sculpture thing looks it as made with a sharpie.
 
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Ana

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Hi all

on topic:
Yes, the tree shaped agarwood on ebay really reminded me of a nice painting.
The strokes are so thick… can that even be real?

@Adam
off topic…
I came to oud wood through my interest in fumigating. I started with olibanum, sandalwood and so on.
Then I came across the agarwood and got interested. "Why so expensive? Why so rare?" I wondered.
So I ckecked out a few videos and other readings for agarwood.

I only use wood for fumigating, no oil as perfume so far. :)
The only wood I bought was from a thai plantation. I liked it, but I'll purchase the best grade soon.
It was Aquilaria crassna and it was graded 2A (whatever that is. I still don't know the real grading)

bye,
Ana
 
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masstika

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I have seen this kind of wood from Indonesia/ Malaysia and they call it Oud and but it is not Gaharu (Aloeswood) I am told. it has a smell without burning (unlike true aloeswood). does anyone know anything about this kind of wood? 133349_484062381634187_1746883171_o.jpg
 
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