Essence
of the Ages™, in conjunction with Scented Mountain,
is
pleased to offer the world's first cultivated agarwood products.
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also called aloeswood (in religious texts), gaharu (in Indonesia,
Malaysia and Papua New Guinea), jin-koh (in Japan), Ch´en
Hsiang or Ch´en Xiang
(in China), Chim-Hyuang (in Korea) and oud (in the Middle
East), is a resin produced inside a tropical rainforest tree
called Aquilaria. The dark resinous wood has a magnificent
aroma when burned. It
is considered the finest natural incense and has been used
for cultural, religious and
medicinal purposes for millennia. |
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Until
recently, the only source of agarwood was from old growth
trees growing in tropical rainforests of Asia. It takes decades
to hundreds of years to form. With less than one
tree per hundred producing the resin and no way of knowing
which trees have the resinous wood, indiscriminate cutting
has resulted in very few old growth Aquilaria trees remaining
in the wild. Although protected by law in most countries and by international
treaties, illegal poaching still occurs and old growth trees
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authentic agarwood on the market is from rare, old trees
cut illegally. Conservation
groups and international organizations have mounted efforts
to inform consumers of the environmental problems associated
with buying agarwood products that originate from wild forest
grown trees. Many other
agarwood incense products offered for sale are fake substitutes
containing a blend of other herbaceous materials and do not
have the true fragrance of agarwood. |
Scented
Mountain cultivated agarwood products are different.
Based
on research from scientific investigations carried out
over more than a decade by the Agarwood Research Project
at the University of Minnesota in cooperation with the
Rainforest Project Foundation, methods to cultivated
agarwood have been developed and it can now be produced in
a sustainable way in plantation
grown trees. |
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These
trees are farmed in the mountains of southern Vietnam and
products from them will provide a new economy for poor
rural people.
We
are proud to offer fine cultivated agarwood products
for you to enjoy with peace of mind knowing it is certified
as grown from sustainable plantations. |
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SUPREME
- GRADE 3 - AGARWOOD INCENSE: These
sticks are good quality Vietnamese aloeswood incense sticks.
Box contains 30 sticks
approx. 3 1/2" long in a handmade wooden box partially
made from the non-resinous wood of the Aquilaria tree.
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PREMIUM
- GRADE 2 - AGARWOOD INCENSE: Incense
sticks made from agarwood with increased amounts of aromatic
resin. Sticks made from wood with increased concentrations
of resin produces finer incense with greater agarwood
fragrance.
30
sticks approx. 3 1/2" long in a handmade wooden
box partially made from the non-resinous wood of the Aquilaria tree.
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HIGHEST
QUALITY - GRADE 1 - AGARWOOD INCENSE: Incense
sticks made from select agarwood with the highest concentration
of aromatic resin available. These incense sticks are
for the connoisseur looking for the best aroma possible
from an incense stick. Burning only part of the
incense stick is sufficient to produce a beautiful agarwood
fragrance.
30
sticks approx. 3 1/2" long in a handmade wooden
box partially made from the non-resinous wood of the Aquilaria tree.
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AGARWOOD
INCENSE CONES: Cultivated agarwood incense cones. Box contains 16
cones and small ceramic burner in a wooden box partially
made from wood of the Aquilaria tree. The 1 1/2"
diameter handmade burner is included with the cones for those
who may not have an incense burner. 2/09 - Now also available without the burner!
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AGARWOOD
INCENSE CHIPS: Thin wood chips full of wonderful
agarwood resin! Available in both light resin and Premium,
high resin chips. Packaged in 5 gram bags (shown). For
use on lighted charcoal. Supplies are limited.
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EMPEROR'S AGARWOOD!! |
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MONK'S WANDS FROM VIETNAM !! |
INCREDIBLE! There's just no other word for the them! We're talking about the newest item from Scented Mountain: Monk's Wands or Sticks.
These beauties are 10" to 15" in length and up to 1.5" wide. They're long, beautiful strips of cultivated Vietnamese aloeswood, painstakingly cleaned, and rich with the scent of aloeswood. Simply light the wand, blow out the flame, and wave the stick in the air to disperse the aroma.
Also suitable for putting into a vase for your altar. Or, as we've done below, teamed the wand up with a gorgeous piece of Japanese art and framed the two together.
*Japanese mixed-media collage by Kotaro Sugimoto*
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ALOESWOOD POWDER: We are pleased to offer the ABSOLUTE highest quality of cultivated Vietnamese aloeswood powder. Burn it by itself on an 'incense
trail' or add it to your other incense mixtures for the wonderful
scent of aloeswood.
Extremely beneficial for meditation use. |
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| CERAMIC
INCENSE BURNERS: These ceramic burners are hand
made by rural people in Vietnam and function well to hold
the burning incense stick. An excellent functional piece
but they have minor imperfections such as blemishes in
the glaze due to the handmade nature of the product and
less than perfect conditions they are made under. Approximately
4" across. |
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