11/06/2026
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In the Middle East, oud is everywhere. Drifting through majlis gatherings, clinging to clothing and sitting on department store counters, bottled with high price tags. Fragrance isnโt an accessory here; itโs part of how people express refinement and generosity. And when woven into everyday life, itโs easy to overlook its origin. Look a little closer, and oud reveals itself as one of perfumeryโs most remarkable journeys.
More than 3,000 kilometres from Dubai, on a plantation in Assam, northeastern India, a different story unfolds, one that Abdulla Ajmal, CEO of Ajmal Perfumes, knows intimately.
โAjmalโs oud plantation in Hojai, Assam, looks nothing like the polished image people often associate with luxury fragrance,โ he says. โIt feels wild, humid, and deeply connected to nature as you see rows of Aquilaria trees surrounded by dense greenery, wet earth, and heavy tropical air.โ
โOud is formed when the Aquilaria tree undergoes a natural defence response,โ Ajmal explains, โwhere it begins to produce a dark aromatic resin within the wood.โ
Yes, what eventually becomes one of the worldโs most prized fragrance ingredients essentially starts life as a survival mechanism. Itโs a wonderfully unlikely beginning. Over time, resin accumulates within the tree, creating the agarwood thatโs later distilled into oud oil. A process that cannot be hurried, controlled, or manufactured to a schedule. As Ajmal puts it, โnature decides the pace.โ
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https://www.arabianbusiness.com/t-magazine/culture/ajmal-oud-farming