COLABA OUD
Oud Pricing Guide: Cost Drivers of Wild Agarwood
Discover why pure wild oud commands luxury prices and how to evaluate cost per gram and cost per tola.
The Rarity of Wild Infection
Wild Aquilaria trees only produce dark resin when naturally inoculated by specific mould fungi over decades. Less than 2% of wild forest trees produce harvestable resin, making wild Assam heartwood exceptionally scarce.
Distillation Yields
It requires between 15 and 30 kilograms of high-grade resinous wood chips to extract a single 12ml tola of pure essential oil, directly justifying its valuation.
Evaluating Value per Tola
Look at harvest year, distillation method (copper still vs steel), resin density, and third-party laboratory verification rather than arbitrary luxury markups.