Sahih Muslim-Treatment with the Help of Indian Aloeswood
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Book 26, Number 5487:
Umm Qais, daughter of Mihsan, the sister of ‘Ukasha b. Mihsan said: I visited Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) along with my son who had not, by that time, been weaned and he pissed over his (clothes). He ordered water to be brought [...]
Straight from the Land of Smiles comes the latest wood to be added to Oudimentary’s illustrious roster of some of the loveliest woods on the face of God’s Great Earth. And it’s name is Thai Black Gold.
What is Thai Black Gold you ask? TBG is a ridiculously black, hard wood, with copious amounts of natural, magnificent [...]
Greetings fellow oud-adepts,
First off, apologies for not having updated the blog recently. Just had a baby, Praise be to God, and as many of you know, it can take some of your free time! Nonetheless, I managed to go a hunting for scented wood and agarwood oil a few weeks ago, and found some lovely [...]
Oud Cambodi. Just the name conjures up images of dense jungles, rare woods, and uncharted lands.
From this renowned Oud-producing nation comes our newest addition to the Oudimentary aloeswood-oil roster– Cambodi Tuk Kmum.
Tuk Kmum is Khmer language for honey. It actually translates as “Bee-Water” and we thought it is a very fitting title for this stunning [...]
“ The oil is just amazing! Incredible depth and lots of complexity. Your description on the site is amazingly accurate. I’ve never seen anyone describe an oud oil so precisely. I just love it. The subtleties, the nuance. It just dances around and continues to amaze as opposed to many oils that are quite linear. It also [...]
“Gold is just dust when still in the ground, and oud, in its country of origin, is just another kind of firewood.”
–Muhammad Ibn Idris al-Shafi’i
No other piece of oud paraphernalia holds a higher rank in the eyes of a committed oud-adept than the hallowed mubkhara, or Oud burner. Their designs range from rustically simple to the most embellished, and as we shall see, have not changed much over thousands of years. Let us look more in detail at several [...]
Who We Are: Oudimentary was founded for a single purpose-to make available the highest quality Aloeswood (Oud), Aloeswood oils, attars, mukhallat, and paraphernalia to the general public.
Founded in Oakland, CA. by fellow aloeswood enthusiasts Usama Canon and Micah Anderson in 2004, Oudimentary has helped shape the American marketplace for this rare wood, and the oil [...]
Oudimentary was founded for a single purpose-to make available the highest quality Aloeswood (Oud), Aloeswood oils, attars, mukhallat, and paraphernalia to the general public.
Founded in Oakland, CA. by fellow aloeswood enthusiasts Usama Canon and Micah Anderson in 2004, Oudimentary has helped shape the American marketplace for this rare wood, and the oil which is extracted [...]
Tola (mass)
A tola is a traditional South Asian unit of mass, now standardised as 0.375 troy ounces (11.6638038 gram).
One tola was traditionally the weight of 100 tola seeds, and its exact weight varied according to locality. The tola approximated to the weight of the silver rupee coin issued by the British East India Company, and so under British rule the tola became [...]
Rikkoku (Six Countries)
During the Kamakura period, (1185-1333) the Japanese began using raw woods as incense, and to present these woods in casual settings as well as in formal entertainment and religious ceremony.
In Hong Kong, Kyara is often divided into four types: Yellow, Black, Green, and Iron. However, this is not a scientific grouping. Kyara, [...]
Back from a great buying trip y’all, and uncovered some great wood. despite the riots in Bangkok at the same time we were there, we managed to represent the team as usual.
First off, there is a top-notch Malay wood from the Thai border on the peninsula. Lots of black in this wood, beautiful pieces with [...]