Intrigued, I read about the tree and found a fascinating and deadly perfume trail. First, the Agar is not a tree but the name ...

Some estimates say only 2% of wild Aquilaria trees are adequately infected to produce agarwood naturally, meaning the hunt to find natural agarwood is extremely arduous. Truong Thanh Khoan ...

This information lets conservationists know where to transplant certain incense trees from nurseries into the wild. Authorities can then use this genetic data to cross-reference seized agarwood ...

Agarwood or gaharu is well known as the most valuable resinous heartwood that occurs in trees of Aquilaria species. Depletion of the wild resource from the jungle leads to the high price of agarwood.

Hong Kong shop owner Aaron Tang sells wares that attest to the many uses of agarwood, from carved jewellery to oils to hand-rolled joss sticks. To help protect the wild agarwood population ...