The story of Ud (Oud, Oudh, gaharu, Agarwood, Agar)

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Dear All, I thought that I will provide some more links on Ud to help those who are not familier with it. 1) A whole website for Oud: http://www.agarwood.in/ 2) A Blog on Oud: http://perfumemaking.blogspot.com/2007/09/oudh.html 3) Correlating Buddha and Agar! : http://www.kacha-stones.com/agarwood_oil.htm 4) http://www.scents-of-earth.com/alag.html 5) http://www.scentedmountain.com/ 6) Agar wood and the Garden of Eden! : http://www.fragrantica.com/news/The-fragrant-wood-from-the-Garden-of-Eden-3.html Agar wood has a fragnance that provides peace of mind; it is part of many Ayurvedic medicines, that tries to provide peace of mind to mental patients. Stories and info that associate Agar Scent with Kuran, Md. Nabi, Buddha, Garden of Eden and so on are available. And the point to note is (I remember Chakraborty ji from Assam here) that the whole credit goes to Assam, the state that was the major source of this wood of fragnace from ancient past till today. Note: Does this Oud story has anything to do with astrology? It may not, but the defenitly the the history of astrology - and the knowledge transfer (Astrology, Ayurveda, Cosmetics and so on) from India to the western world through the Arabs and Arab countries - defenitly does have a connection! Love and regards,Sreenadh , "Sreenadh" <sreesog wrote:>> Dear All,> Agar alias Ud, Oud, Oudh, gaharu, Agarwood, Agar is well popular in> Arabic world and part and parcel of their life and tradition. It is> mentioned even in Kur-An, the divine text of Islam. When a Keralite or> Indian reaches Arab countries and comes to india on leave and back, one> of the request he may get is to 'get some Oud from India'. What is this> Oud with that is of this much importance to Arabs?> Those who does not know about this scented wood, can refer to> wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agarwood> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agarwood>> Those who does not know about its strong connection and use in> Arabian countries can refer to:> http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200006/the.hidden.history.of.scent\> ed.wood.htm> <http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200006/the.hidden.history.of.scen\> ted.wood.htm> (I liked this well written article)> Of course the above article may also help to know that Oud is 10 times> costlier than Gold!!! No wonder now we can find Oud shops even in Kerala> from where the Gulf Malayalees (Kerlites in Gulf Countries) by Oud and> supply to their Arabian friends (Arabis). Oud is not created in Kerala,> the Agar tree does not grow in Kerala, and even if it Agar tree is grown> Oud will not get produced, since only the attach of a special mold (the> trees occasionally become infected with mold and begin to produce an> aromatic resin in response to this attack) can cause Oud to be produced!> In India Oud (Agar) is produced in Assam only and goes to all parts of> India and later to Arabia. Truly it is the Assam Scent Gold exported> to Gulf countries!> > Point to note: The dependence of Gulf countries on India (Assam) to get> a scent that is tightly connected with their life, tradition; a scent> that gets mentioned even in Kur-An and is respected and valued,> indicates the dependence the Arabian countries once had on India and its> natural resources. For food, cosmetics, scents and for almost every> thing they depended on India!!! (And now we depend on them - just due to> Petrol, the gold of the dry land!)> Love and regards,> Sreenadh>