Storing the Oud: The Eighteenth Step in the Journey of Oud
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When the oud arrives and is inspected, it remains for it to be preserved well so its fragrance lasts: storing the oud. For the scent of oud is its essence, and it is prone to evaporation and to being affected by heat and moisture if its preservation is neglected. In this article we address why oud needs a special storage, and how it is stored in a way that preserves its scent — whether in the store before display or in the customer's home after acquisition.
Why does oud need special storage?
The worth of oud is in its scent, and its scent is aromatic compounds that may evaporate or be affected over time if left in unsuitable conditions. For high heat may accelerate the volatilization of the fragrance, moisture may return to the piece what drying removed, and constant exposure to air and light may weaken the character over a long period. So oud needs a preservation that protects its essence.
And good storage is not a luxury, but an extension of all the care that preceded it. For what is the use of a piece found with difficulty, processed with precision, and arriving sound, if its preservation is neglected and it loses its scent in the customer's home or on the store's shelf? Storage is what preserves the fruit of the whole journey.
How is oud stored?
Preserving oud rests on simple principles: keeping it away from high heat and direct light, preserving it in a dry place of moderate humidity, and closing it in an airtight container that limits its constant exposure to air. For the airtight container and the moderate place are the simplest things that preserve the piece's scent longer.
Closing the oud in an airtight container away from heat and light limits the volatilization of its aromatic compounds. For the well-preserved piece stays close to its original character for a longer period, and the neglected one may lose part of its fragrance over time.
Storage preserves what the journey made
Storage is not a separate step, but a link that guards all that preceded it: the finding, the extraction, the cleaning, and the drying that fixed the scent first. For drying preserved the piece at preparation, and storage preserves it after arrival. And the two together ensure that the fragrance uncovered by the processing stays present when the oud is burned.
And this means that the care for oud does not end with its purchase, but extends to its preservation. For the customer who stores their oud well enjoys it for a longer period, and the store that stores it well before display offers it to the customer in the best state.
From storage to display
When the oud is stored well in the store, it becomes ready to be displayed to the customer in the best state. For storage preserved the piece, and display presents it. And they are two successive stages: one safeguards the essence, and the other shows it to the buyer in a way worthy of its worth.
And thus storage has safeguarded the piece after its arrival. And in the following axis of this journey we move to the nineteenth step: displaying the oud in the store.
Preserving oud after acquiring it is part of the care for it, no less than the care in choosing it. For the precious piece deserves a storage that preserves its scent, so that your majlis stays filled with its fragrance as long as possible.
We are keen that the oud reach you with its scent preserved, and we recommend storing it so it lasts. At Oud Treasure we bring oud directly from its sources in the islands of Indonesia. Begin with a sample by which you test the scent, the origin, and the grade.
Browse natural oudRequest a sampleThis article is the eighteenth axis of the journey of oud from the Indonesian forest to the Gulf customer's majlis, and it is preceded by customer inspection.
And to understand how drying fixed the scent before storage review drying.
