{"title":"Excellent Grade - Oud Treasure","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe excellent grade is the middle of our five-tier ladder where the two lines meet: a quality climbing grade after grade, and a price still reasonable that has not begun its jumps yet. This is the balance point we recommend to the owners of regular majlises before others: a persistence that covers the whole evening and a presence that fills the majlis at a price that bears repeating week after week. Three pieces all from Papua at a unified price, 75 riyals per hundred grams: an enhanced Merauke nail, an enhanced Merauke asqoon, and a natural Papua medium, all sorted by the same four declared criteria that weigh our whole ladder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe quick buying guide: your decision in a minute\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree pieces and one price, so the decision is by your majlis's rhythm, not by price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:14px;margin:0 0 12px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eYour usual weekly majlis\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe enhanced Merauke nail: the generous nail form on the ember and a direct presence that fills the majlis from the first glow, our first recommendation for the weekly rhythm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/excellent-grade\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eFrom this page →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eYour sessions extend and run long\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe enhanced Merauke asqoon: quieter and longer breaths that carry the whole night's evening, for majlises that do not know when they disperse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/excellent-grade\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eFrom this page →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eYou want the natural in grade and taste\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe natural Papua medium: medium pieces with no enhancement that reached the excellent's thresholds by themselves, for whoever prefers nature's path as it is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/excellent-grade\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eFrom this page →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eYour nose has come to read the layers\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe luxury grade is the next threshold: a deeper complexity and a rarer origin for the session of contemplation and the guest who reads.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/luxury-grade\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eThe luxury grade →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eSave with the commercial grade\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eIf your use is domestic or your turnover is broadly commercial, the commercial at 62.52 riyals performs its role honestly and saves you the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/commercial-grade\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eThe commercial grade →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy buy your grade from Oud Treasure?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:14px;margin:0 0 12px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom:10px;\"\u003e\u003csvg width=\"26\" height=\"26\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#db9a00\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M8 6h13M8 12h13M8 18h13M3 6h.01M3 12h.01M3 18h.01\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.02em;\"\u003eDeclared criteria, not fancy names\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eYou know why this piece is excellent and that one commercial: four written criteria we are held accountable by, instead of a market that hands out the titles with no definition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom:10px;\"\u003e\u003csvg width=\"26\" height=\"26\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#db9a00\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M12 3v18M7 21h10M12 3L5 7l-2 6a3.5 3.5 0 0 0 7 0L7 7M12 3l7 4 2 6a3.5 3.5 0 0 1-7 0l3-6\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.02em;\"\u003eOne scale for the whole ladder\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe daily's piece and the collectors' piece are weighed by the same four criteria: resin density, persistence, piece purity, and origin rarity, and the difference is the degree of the measure, not a double standard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom:10px;\"\u003e\u003csvg width=\"26\" height=\"26\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#db9a00\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003ccircle cx=\"12\" cy=\"12\" r=\"9\"\u003e\u003c\/circle\u003e\u003ccircle cx=\"12\" cy=\"12\" r=\"5\"\u003e\u003c\/circle\u003e\u003ccircle cx=\"12\" cy=\"12\" r=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/circle\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.02em;\"\u003eA calculated balance point, not a slogan\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eWe place the excellent in the middle of the ladder by a declared reckoning: above it the price accelerates faster than the felt quality, and below it the majlis loses its full presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom:10px;\"\u003e\u003csvg width=\"26\" height=\"26\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#db9a00\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M3 10.5L12 3l9 7.5\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M5 9.5V21h14V9.5\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M9 21v-6h6v6\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.02em;\"\u003eThe grade of the regular majlis\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eA whole-evening persistence and a room's presence at a price that bears repetition: the equation that makes it our first recommendation for every majlis owner who receives regularly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom:10px;\"\u003e\u003csvg width=\"26\" height=\"26\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#db9a00\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M12 2c1 4 5 5.5 5 10a5 5 0 0 1-10 0c0-2 1-3.5 2-5 .5 1.5 1.5 2 2.5 2C11 7 11 4 12 2z\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.02em;\"\u003eA burned sample before every verdict\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eFrom every batch actual samples are burned before the classification: the nose is our final judge of the burning's cleanliness and the length of the breath, not the paper nor the appearance alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-bottom:10px;\"\u003e\u003csvg width=\"26\" height=\"26\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#db9a00\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M12 2l10 5-10 5L2 7l10-5z\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M2 12l10 5 10-5M2 17l10 5 10-5\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.02em;\"\u003eA grade that follows the batch, not the name\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eEvery batch is sorted anew on the same criteria: the name and the origin do not buy a grade with us, and what you read here is what we actually sorted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat distinguishes the excellent grade? Its position on the ladder first\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will not understand a grade except by its position among its siblings, so this is our whole five-tier ladder with its four criteria: resin density, persistence, piece purity, and origin rarity. One scale from the base to the summit, and each higher grade a higher measure in the same four:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-left:4px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 8px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/daily-grade\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eThe daily grade\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:6px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe ladder's base from thirty riyals: a real, lighter-density resin and a persistence of hours, for the habit of repeated consumption.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-left:4px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 8px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/commercial-grade\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eThe commercial grade\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:6px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe second grade at 62.52 riyals: a clearer resin and a persistence that crosses the middle of the evening, the merchant's turnover point and the home's smart value.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#fdf6e9;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-left:4px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 8px;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#1f0808;\"\u003eThe excellent grade\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"background:#db9a00;color:#ffffff;border-radius:4px;padding:1px 8px;font-size:0.8em;font-weight:700;\"\u003eYou are here\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:6px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe middle of the ladder at 75 riyals: the balance point where the whole evening's persistence and the majlis's presence meet a price that has not begun to jump, the grade of the regular majlises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-left:4px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 8px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/luxury-grade\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eThe luxury grade\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:6px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe fourth grade at 100.20 riyals: a dense resin, a layered complexity, and a rarer origin, the oud of the distinguished guest and the occasion that deserves it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-left:4px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 8px;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/collectors-grade\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\"\u003eThe collectors grade\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:6px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe summit of the ladder: the rare pieces that are acquired as acquisitions, where the four criteria reach their utmost measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd why do we call the excellent the balance point? Because the quality line and the price line do not climb at the same pace: the felt quality climbs grade by grade, but the price climbs quietly at the bottom of the ladder then accelerates as it rises. From the commercial to the excellent you pay twelve and a half riyals more and move from a persistence that crosses the middle of the evening to a persistence that covers it whole, and from the excellent to the luxury you pay twenty-five riyals more for a complexity read only by a meticulous nose in a quiet session. Above the excellent the price jumps faster than the quality the ordinary attendee touches, and below it you lose the majlis's full presence: here the two lines cross, and this is the honest reckoning behind our advice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd in the grade there is a coincidence worth reflecting on: its three pieces are all from Papua, and that is not a design but a sorting result, for the current Papuan batches are what settled in this range. And the beautiful lesson in it is that the single origin comes out in three forms and personalities: a direct-presence nail, a long-breath asqoon, and a natural medium with no enhancement, at a unified price that makes choosing between them a pure taste choice, not a reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd an honest consideration before you add to the cart: the meticulous connoisseur who sits to the oud reading its stages will distinguish the luxury from the excellent, and we will not sell you otherwise. The excellent is the grade of the excellent social presence, a majlis that fills, an evening that lasts, and guests who ask about your oud, not the grade of deep individual contemplation in rare layers. Know your majlis and buy for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe excellent grade's three pieces: the classification logic of each piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:14px;margin:0 0 12px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eEnhanced Merauke nail: the majlis's direct presence\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003e75 riyals per hundred grams: the known nail form distributes on the ember generously so its presence fills the majlis from the first glow, and its persistence carries the whole evening. It is in the excellent because its resin density is visible to the eye and the weight and its persistence clearly crossed the commercial's threshold, without the origin rarity that raises to the luxury.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eEnhanced Merauke asqoon: the long evenings' breath\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003e75 riyals per hundred grams: the asqoon pieces yield quieter and longer breaths than the nail, so it is the piece of the majlises that extend to the end of the night. Its resin is in the same excellent range, and its personality is a rhythm, not a strength: whoever wants a trace that accompanies the whole evening with no re-burning finds his aim here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eNatural Papua medium: the excellent with no enhancement\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003e75 riyals per hundred grams: natural medium pieces that reached the excellent's thresholds by themselves with no enhancement at all, the grade's witness that the scale weighs the result, not the path. For whoever prefers the natural in taste or principle, and its presence in the same grade as the enhanced is the clearest classification lesson in our store.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd the three pieces are daughters of one origin: \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/papua-oud\"\u003ePapua oud\u003c\/a\u003e with its distant forests in the east of the archipelago, some of which arrives through the port of Merauke whose name two pieces here carry, and the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/merauke-oud\"\u003eMerauke oud\u003c\/a\u003e page tells its story at length. And whoever wants the background of the grade's two paths, the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/enhanced-oud\"\u003eenhanced oud\u003c\/a\u003e page explains what enhancement means with us and what it does not, and its counterpart the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/natural-oud\"\u003enatural oud\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eQuality and grading: the excellent's thresholds specifically\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe same four criteria sort the whole ladder, but each grade has its thresholds, and the excellent's three thresholds do not accept bargaining: a resin density clear to the eye and the weight together, so it is not enough to see the veins but to feel their relative heaviness in the hand, a persistence that covers the whole evening from the first ember to the departure of the last guest, not only its middle, and clean-sorted pieces with no filler and no chippings completing the weight. What achieved the commercial's thresholds below these remained there, and what crossed them with a layered complexity or a rare origin ascended to the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/luxury-grade\"\u003eluxury\u003c\/a\u003e where its honest place is. The excellent is between the two thresholds: a grade no flattery piece enters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWho is this grade for?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:14px;margin:0 0 12px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eThe owner of a regular majlis\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eIts first audience it was made for: a weekly majlis that receives and wants an oud that holds the whole evening at a price that bears repetition, and the majlis oud page details its reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/majlis-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eMajlis oud →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eThe constant host\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eHis home is open and his guest never ceases: he needs a grade that befits the guest without making every reception an occasion of spending, and the hospitality oud widens his choices.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/hospitality-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eHospitality oud →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eThe merchant rising to a finer audience\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eHe built his base on the commercial and his recurring customer began asking for what is finer: the excellent is his shelf's logical addition, and the wholesale oud its quantity scale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/wholesale-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eWholesale oud →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eThe upgrader from the commercial\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eHis nose has come to ask for a persistence that completes the evening and a wider presence in the room: the excellent is his natural next step, a difference he actually smells before the price jumps begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/commercial-grade\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eThe commercial grade →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHow do you choose within the grade?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;gap:12px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 14px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"flex:0 0 34px;width:34px;height:34px;border-radius:50%;background:#db9a00;color:#ffffff;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;font-weight:700;\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#1f0808;\"\u003eDefine your majlises' rhythm first\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:4px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eA usual two-hour majlis, or evenings extending to the end of the night, or scattered receptions? The rhythm recommends the piece before any description: the quick presence for the short majlis, and the long breath for the extended evening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;gap:12px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 14px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"flex:0 0 34px;width:34px;height:34px;border-radius:50%;background:#db9a00;color:#ffffff;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;font-weight:700;\"\u003e2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#1f0808;\"\u003eChoose the form: nail, asqoon, or medium\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:4px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe price is unified so it will settle nothing for you: a generous-lighting direct-presence nail, a quiet-breath long-trace asqoon, or a balanced natural medium? This is the page's real decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;gap:12px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 14px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"flex:0 0 34px;width:34px;height:34px;border-radius:50%;background:#db9a00;color:#ffffff;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;font-weight:700;\"\u003e3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#1f0808;\"\u003eEnhanced or natural\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:4px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe two Merauke pieces are enhanced and the medium is natural, and the grade is one because the scale weighs the result: choose the path your taste and principle are at ease with, and the enhanced and natural pages explain the difference.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;gap:12px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 14px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"flex:0 0 34px;width:34px;height:34px;border-radius:50%;background:#db9a00;color:#ffffff;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;font-weight:700;\"\u003e4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#1f0808;\"\u003eTry with a sample before the kilo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:4px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eA sample of each of the three through the sample request page settles your majlis's taste in one session, and mention in your request that you are comparing the excellent's three pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;gap:12px;align-items:flex-start;margin:0 0 14px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"flex:0 0 34px;width:34px;height:34px;border-radius:50%;background:#db9a00;color:#ffffff;display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;font-weight:700;\"\u003e5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"color:#1f0808;\"\u003eThen the kilo for what your majlis settled on\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:4px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe kilo price of 687.50 riyals saves you a clear difference over repeating the hundred-gram packs: the pack of the majlis owner who found his permanent oud, and for the commercial quantities a documented price offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe source and origin: why does Papua top this grade now?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur oud arrives from the forests of Indonesia, Vietnam, and their neighborhood through direct relations with the oud harvesters, then is sorted and graded at the preparation centers in Malaysia. And Papua's presence alone on this page is a stock transparency, not a policy: the current Papuan batches are the ones whose pieces settled in the excellent's range after the sorting, while the other origins' batches distributed above and below it. Papua's distant forests in the east of the archipelago produce a resin-rich oud of moderate cost, so no wonder it fills the middle of the ladder where the quality meets the reasonable price. And what arrives of new batches is sorted on the same criteria and appears here if it deserves whatever its origin, and more about our system in \u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/about-us\"\u003eabout us\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eRelated collections\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:14px;margin:0 0 12px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eThe luxury grade\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe next threshold on the ladder: a layered complexity and a rarer origin for whoever's nose has come to read and want the session of contemplation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/luxury-grade\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eBrowse →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eThe commercial grade\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe grade that precedes it directly: the home's smart value and the merchant's faster turnover at a lighter price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/commercial-grade\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eBrowse →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003eMajlis oud\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe natural use of this grade: all that concerns the majlis oud and its consumption reckoning on one page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/majlis-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eBrowse →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"flex:1 1 240px;background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-top:3px solid #db9a00;border-radius:6px;padding:18px 16px;min-width:220px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.05em;\"\u003ePapua oud\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe origin of all three pieces: the story of the distant forests in the east of the archipelago and its oud's full personality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/papua-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eBrowse →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe educational guide: the economics of the balance point\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e75 versus 100.20: what does the difference actually buy?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLet us put the numbers on the table: from the excellent to the luxury you pay 25.20 riyals more per hundred grams, meaning about thirty-four percent above your price. What do you buy with it? A layered complexity that unfolds stage after stage on the ember, a rarer origin that narrows with every season, and a presence the trained nose distinguishes in a quiet session. Notice what you do not buy: any notable added persistence, for the excellent covers the evening to begin with, and no added fullness in the air of a majlis buzzing with talk. The rule then: the difference is worth it when there is someone in the majlis who reads it, a meticulous connoisseur or a distinguished guest or you in a session of individual contemplation, and it is a luxury when it dissolves in the noise of a usual social majlis. This is the logic of the balance point in numbers, not in a slogan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe excellent is the majlis grade: why do we recommend it to their owners specifically?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe regular majlis imposes on the oud three conditions the fleeting use does not: a persistence that lives the whole lifetime of the evening so you do not chase the ember piece after piece before your guests, a presence that fills a whole room with its open doors, not your seating corner alone, and a price that bears repetition week after week without the reception becoming an occasion of spending. The daily and the commercial weaken in the first two conditions when the majlis runs long and widens, and the luxury breaks the third when it recurs. The excellent alone achieves the three together, and this is why it is our first recommendation for every majlis owner who receives regularly. And the monthly consumption reckoning by the different majlis patterns is detailed on the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/majlis-oud\"\u003emajlis oud\u003c\/a\u003e page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTwo enhanced and a natural in one grade: the classification lesson\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis page is the clearest classification lesson in our store: two enhanced pieces and a natural piece in the same grade at the same price. How? Because the scale does not ask the piece about its path but about its result: its resin density today, its persistence on the ember today, and the cleanliness of its sorting today. Enhancement is a path that raises a modest-resin piece to a higher performance, and the natural is a path that relies on what the tree alone gave, and both are legitimate as long as declared by their name on the product as we do. Whoever buys the grade buys a performance guaranteed by criteria, and whoever chooses between the two paths chooses a taste and a principle, not a quality: this is the honest separation between the question of how much the piece gives and the question of where its giving came from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStoring the regular majlis oud\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn oud opened every week is most in need of a system that protects it from the repeated opening itself: a tightly sealed container away from the sun, the heat, and the moisture first, then separate the current month's share into a small pack you handle in your majlises and keep the mother stock sealed, not opened except for the refilling, for the container opened every week bleeds the perfume of what is in it into the room's air before it reaches your ember. And do not break the large pieces nor make them smaller except just before use, for every new surface is an additional vaporization door that shortens the scent's life, and the carefully weighed excellent piece deserves to reach the ember with all it was weighed with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently asked questions of the excellent grade\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eWhy do you call the excellent grade the balance point?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eBecause it is the place where two lines moving in different directions meet: the felt quality that climbs with each grade, and the price that climbs with it but at a pace accelerating as it rises. Below the excellent you pay less and lose the majlis's full presence, and above it the price jumps faster than the quality an unmeticulous nose touches. At 75 riyals per hundred grams the two lines cross at the best point, and this is why it is the grade we recommend to the owners of regular majlises before others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eWhat is the felt difference between it and the commercial grade?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eThe twelve-and-a-half-riyal difference buys you three things the majlis knows: a persistence that covers the whole evening from its beginning to the departure of the last guest instead of crossing only its middle, a resin density you see by the eye and weigh by the hand rather than veins you search for, and a presence in the room's air that fills the majlis without chasing the ember piece after piece. The commercial suffices the home and the commercial turnover, and the excellent is the grade of the majlis that receives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eAnd about the luxury, do I deserve the upgrade to it?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eAsk your nose, not your pocket: the luxury at 100.20 riyals means about a third more in price, and what you buy with it is a layered complexity and a rarer origin read by the meticulous connoisseur in a quiet session of contemplation. If your majlis is social, talk and coffee and movement, the excellent gives it its full presence and most of the luxury's difference will be lost in the majlis's noise. But if you have come to sit to the oud itself reading its stages, or a guest came whom you know reads, then the luxury deserves its riyals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eThe grade's three pieces are all from Papua, is this intended?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eNot a design but an honest sorting result we declare as it is: the current Papuan batches are the ones whose pieces settled in the excellent's range, while the other origins' batches distributed to higher and lower grades. The grade with us follows the batch, not the map, and what arrives of new batches is sorted on the same four criteria so it enters here if it deserves whatever its origin. And in the coincidence is a beautiful lesson: one origin in three forms and a unified price, so taste Papua's personality from three angles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eTwo enhanced and a natural in one grade, how does that hold?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eBecause our scale weighs the result, not the road to it: the four criteria measure the resin density, the persistence, the piece purity, and the origin rarity in the piece as it is before you, so if the enhanced and the natural reach the same thresholds they sit in the same grade. Enhancement and the natural are two path descriptions we declare transparently in each product's name so every taste chooses its path, but they neither buy a grade nor withhold it. The enhanced oud and natural oud pages explain the difference in full.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eWhich is best for a regular weekly majlis?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eThe enhanced Merauke nail is our first recommendation for the weekly majlis rhythm: the known nail form distributes on the ember generously and its direct presence fills the majlis from the first glow. And if your evenings extend long, the asqoon's breaths are longer, and if your majlis prefers the natural in grade and taste, the natural Papua medium is its choice. The sample of the three settles your majlis's taste in one session.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eThe nail or the asqoon, how do they differ?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eBoth are enhanced Merauke at the same price, and the difference is in the form and what it makes with the ember: the nail is pieces in the known nail form giving a generous lighting and a direct presence suiting a majlis that wants its trace quickly, and the asqoon's pieces yield quieter and longer breaths suiting the extended sessions. There is no absolute preference between them but a preference of rhythm: the two-hour majlis for the nail, and the night's evening for the asqoon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eHow much do I need monthly for a regular majlis?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eThe reckoning is simple: a usual weekly majlis consumes between ten and twenty grams a session according to its length and the generosity of your burning, so the hundred-gram pack covers roughly a month of moderate weekly majlises, and whoever's majlises are many or long, the kilo at 687.50 riyals saves him a clear difference over repeating the hundred-gram packs. And the majlis oud page details the majlis's consumption reckoning by its different patterns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eI am a merchant, what is the excellent's margin compared to the commercial?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eHonestly we will not promise you margins, for they are the child of your market, not the child of our table. What we can say from the grade's nature: the excellent addresses a finer, narrower segment than the commercial's segment, turns a little slower, and its piece bears a wider margin, and it is the logical addition for the shelf of a merchant who built his base on the commercial and whose recurring customer began asking for what is finer. Try with a calculated quantity through the wholesale oud and measure your market yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eCan I try samples before the kilo?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eWe advise it and nearly require it: order through the sample request page a sample of each of the three, for comparing the nail, the asqoon, and the natural medium by your nose in one session settles what all the descriptions cannot. And whoever wants to understand the excellent's position on the whole ladder, the sample kits across the grades show him the difference descending to the commercial and ascending to the luxury in one experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eIs the excellent grade available wholesale?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eYes: the wholesale oud page displays the quantity scale from the kilo and above, and the excellent is the choice of whoever sells to an audience that knows oud, not to passersby. For a specific quantity and varieties request, message us through the request-quotation page and we reply with a documented offer including the shipping arrangements for the quantities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eHow does the order reach me and how long does the shipping take?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eDocumented international shipping with a tracking number from the preparation centers in Malaysia to your door, with tight packaging that preserves the scent from the road's moisture. The arrival duration varies by your country and its details appear at the completion of the order, and for the commercial quantities there are special arrangements clarified within the price offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003cdetails style=\"background:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ecdfc2;border-radius:6px;padding:12px 16px;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003e\u003csummary style=\"cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eHow do I store a majlis oud consumed weekly?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eAn oud opened every week needs a system that protects its scent from itself: a tight container away from the sun, the heat, and the moisture, and separate the current month's share into a small pack you handle and keep the mother stock sealed, not opened except for the refilling. Do not break the pieces nor make them smaller except just before use, for every new surface you open is a door from which the piece's aromatic life vaporizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"background:#1f0808;border:1px solid #db9a00;border-radius:8px;padding:36px 24px;text-align:center;margin:28px 0 8px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"color:#ffffff;border:none;padding:0;margin:0 0 10px;\"\u003eThe balance you always return to\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#f0e6d6;margin:0 0 22px;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eThree Papuan pieces at one price and declared criteria: try with a sample of each, and let your majlis choose its permanent form.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:12px;justify-content:center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/order-samples\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#db9a00;color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;padding:13px 32px;border-radius:4px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eOrder the trial samples\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/request-quotation\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:transparent;border:1px solid #db9a00;color:#db9a00;text-decoration:none;padding:13px 32px;border-radius:4px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eA quotation for quantities\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align:center;color:#6b5b3e;font-size:0.92em;margin:14px 0 0;\"\u003eAnd for any question about the grades and their criteria, message us through the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/contact\"\u003econtact page\u003c\/a\u003e before buying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","products":[{"product_id":"بابوا-طبيعي-وسط","title":"Papua Natural Mid-Grade Oud","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"direction:ltr;text-align:left;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.9;color:#1a1a1a;max-width:800px;margin:0 auto;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:1.1rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePapua natural mid-grade oud\u003c\/strong\u003e — among all sources of \u003cstrong\u003ewholesale Indonesian oud\u003c\/strong\u003e, Papua holds a unique place. Its primary tropical forests, stretching thousands of kilometers, cradle oud trees that grow for decades before the harvester reaches them. This product is \u003cstrong\u003enatural oud direct from the harvesters\u003c\/strong\u003e — no intermediaries, no additives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#db9a00;border-bottom:2px solid #db9a00;padding-bottom:6px;margin-top:2rem;\"\u003eSpecifications and grade\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background:#f5f0e8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eSource\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;\"\u003eForests of Papua — Indonesia\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eGrade\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;\"\u003eMid-Grade — the ideal balance between quality and price\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background:#f5f0e8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eType\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;\"\u003e100% natural — not chemically treated\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eUse\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;\"\u003eDirect burning on charcoal — majlis gatherings — hospitality\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#db9a00;border-bottom:2px solid #db9a00;padding-bottom:6px;margin-top:2rem;\"\u003eIndonesian oud grades — how do you tell them apart?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany traders sell \"Indonesian oud\" without specifying the grade. At Oud Treasure we make the difference clear: a \u003cstrong\u003emid\u003c\/strong\u003e grade means the resin content of the wood ranges between 20–35% — enough to produce dense smoke and a lasting fragrance, at a more competitive price than the top grade. Very well suited to retail selling in incense shops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#db9a00;border-bottom:2px solid #db9a00;padding-bottom:6px;margin-top:2rem;\"\u003eThe aromatic character\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA warm, deep woody scent with soft earthy touches — the authentic Papuan character that differs from Kalimantan and Sumatra. When lit, the smoke rises gradually and fills the space with a calm, balanced fragrance. Its persistence in the air reaches two hours or more. Suited to everyday use and majlis hospitality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#db9a00;border-bottom:2px solid #db9a00;padding-bottom:6px;margin-top:2rem;\"\u003eThe direct-source advantage\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost of the \u003cstrong\u003ewholesale Indonesian oud\u003c\/strong\u003e sold in the Gulf market passes through 3 to 5 intermediaries before it reaches you — and every intermediary adds their margin. At Oud Treasure we work directly with the \u003cstrong\u003eoud harvesters in Indonesia's forests\u003c\/strong\u003e, which means you get the \u003cstrong\u003ereal import price\u003c\/strong\u003e with a guarantee of authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#db9a00;border-bottom:2px solid #db9a00;padding-bottom:6px;margin-top:2rem;\"\u003eFrequently asked questions from traders\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border:1px solid #e0d5c5;border-radius:6px;padding:10px 14px;margin-bottom:8px;\"\u003e\n  \u003csummary style=\"font-weight:700;cursor:pointer;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eWhat is the difference between Papua mid-grade oud and Kalimantan oud?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-top:8px;\"\u003ePapua oud is distinguished by its warm, earthy character and tends toward heaviness, while Kalimantan is more woody and cooler. Both are Indonesian but from two entirely different islands. For traders: Papua mid-grade suits the segment of customers looking for good quality at a reasonable price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border:1px solid #e0d5c5;border-radius:6px;padding:10px 14px;margin-bottom:8px;\"\u003e\n  \u003csummary style=\"font-weight:700;cursor:pointer;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eWhat is the minimum wholesale order?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-top:8px;\"\u003eThe minimum for wholesale orders is 500 grams. Contact us at wholesale@oudtreasure.com to receive the full price list.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border:1px solid #e0d5c5;border-radius:6px;padding:10px 14px;\"\u003e\n  \u003csummary style=\"font-weight:700;cursor:pointer;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eHow is shipping handled from Indonesia to the Gulf?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-top:8px;\"\u003eWe ship directly from Indonesia to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain. Delivery time is 5–10 business days. All shipments are accompanied by official import documents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:2rem;padding:1.2rem;background:#1f0808;border-radius:8px;color:#fff;\"\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0;font-size:1rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#db9a00;\"\u003e💼 For importing and wholesale orders from Indonesia to the Gulf:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  Contact the wholesale team: \u003ca href=\"mailto:wholesale@oudtreasure.com\" style=\"color:#db9a00;\"\u003ewholesale@oudtreasure.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size:0.9rem;opacity:0.8;\"\u003eSpecial prices for quantities of 1 kilo and above | Direct shipping to the Gulf\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Oud Treasure","offers":[{"title":"Sample 100g","offer_id":48940006375643,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Personal 1kg","offer_id":48979223150811,"sku":null,"price":687.5,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Wholesale 5kg","offer_id":48979223183579,"sku":null,"price":3437.5,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0803\/2796\/6939\/files\/ab08a57aeeb583ea3b18f81574602c56.png?v=1783195232"},{"product_id":"مروكي-محسن-ظفر-100","title":"Merauke Dhafar Enhanced Oud 100g","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"direction:ltr;text-align:left;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.9;color:#1a1a1a;max-width:800px;margin:0 auto;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:1.1rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMerauke Dhafar enhanced oud — 100 grams\u003c\/strong\u003e — if Merauke Asqoun is purity, then \u003cstrong\u003eMerauke Dhafar\u003c\/strong\u003e is power. \"Dhafar\" (the claw) is a special form of oud pieces produced by the way the resin flows inside the tree — it curves and accumulates at a single point, making it denser and stronger than any other form. One of the best-selling products in \u003cstrong\u003ewholesale Indonesian Merauke oud\u003c\/strong\u003e shops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#db9a00;border-bottom:2px solid #db9a00;padding-bottom:6px;margin-top:2rem;\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background:#f5f0e8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eSource\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;\"\u003eMerauke — island of Papua, Indonesia\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eForm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;\"\u003eDhafar — naturally curved, higher resin concentration\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background:#f5f0e8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;\"\u003e100 grams\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eType\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;\"\u003eEnhanced — additional deepening of the scent\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#db9a00;border-bottom:2px solid #db9a00;padding-bottom:6px;margin-top:2rem;\"\u003eThe science of \"Dhafar\" — why is it the strongest?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen an oud tree is wounded at a certain point, the resin flows toward it and accumulates. The curved form (the Dhafar) forms in areas where resin has accumulated from two opposite directions — which doubles the density in every centimeter. This explains why Dhafar gives a stronger, longer-lasting scent at the same weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#db9a00;border-bottom:2px solid #db9a00;padding-bottom:6px;margin-top:2rem;\"\u003eThe aromatic character\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMerauke Dhafar begins with a dense, sweet aromatic burst, then develops into interwoven layers of Papuan woodiness and natural muskiness. The persistence is excellent — a single piece fills a medium room for hours. Among the types that most bring customers back to buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#db9a00;border-bottom:2px solid #db9a00;padding-bottom:6px;margin-top:2rem;\"\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border:1px solid #e0d5c5;border-radius:6px;padding:10px 14px;margin-bottom:8px;\"\u003e\n  \u003csummary style=\"font-weight:700;cursor:pointer;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eIs Merauke Dhafar available by the kilo for wholesale?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-top:8px;\"\u003eYes, and we provide tiered prices for quantities from 500 grams up to 5 kilos and above. This type is among the most in-demand, so we recommend booking early.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border:1px solid #e0d5c5;border-radius:6px;padding:10px 14px;\"\u003e\n  \u003csummary style=\"font-weight:700;cursor:pointer;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eWhat is the best way to use Dhafar oud?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-top:8px;\"\u003eOn light charcoal — do not place it on very high heat, as that speeds up its burning. Medium charcoal gives you the longest possible aromatic time from the same piece.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin-top:2rem;padding:1.2rem;background:#1f0808;border-radius:8px;color:#fff;\"\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin:0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color:#db9a00;\"\u003e💼 Merauke Dhafar oud wholesale — direct import from Papua to the Gulf:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003ca href=\"mailto:wholesale@oudtreasure.com\" style=\"color:#db9a00;\"\u003ewholesale@oudtreasure.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Oud Treasure","offers":[{"title":"Sample 100g","offer_id":48940007719131,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Personal 1kg","offer_id":48979223937243,"sku":null,"price":687.5,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Wholesale 5kg","offer_id":48979223970011,"sku":null,"price":3437.5,"currency_code":"SAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0803\/2796\/6939\/files\/100_97b304e7-8bc8-48d8-a8a7-f61785d4d6fc.png?v=1783195357"},{"product_id":"c15-مروكي-اصقون-محسن","title":"Merauke Asqoun Enhanced Oud","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"direction:ltr;text-align:left;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.9;color:#1a1a1a;max-width:800px;margin:0 auto;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:1.1rem;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMerauke Asqoun enhanced oud\u003c\/strong\u003e — Merauke oud is among the purest that the Indonesian island of Papua produces. \"\u003cstrong\u003eWholesale Indonesian Merauke\u003c\/strong\u003e\" is one of the most-searched terms among Gulf perfume traders — because this type combines Papuan authenticity with a purity unmatched by any other. \"Asqoun\" is a specific grade that refers to the intense whiteness of the pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#db9a00;border-bottom:2px solid #db9a00;padding-bottom:6px;margin-top:2rem;\"\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;\"\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background:#f5f0e8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eSource\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;\"\u003eMerauke — island of Papua, Indonesia\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eClassification\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;\"\u003eAsqoun — distinctive purity, light white pieces\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr style=\"background:#f5f0e8;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eType\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;\"\u003eProfessionally enhanced\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eAvailability\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:8px 12px;\"\u003eWholesale — contact for prices\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#db9a00;border-bottom:2px solid #db9a00;padding-bottom:6px;margin-top:2rem;\"\u003eMerauke oud grades — an explanation you won't find at competitors\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"padding-left:1.5rem;\"\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAsqoun:\u003c\/strong\u003e ← this product — light white pieces, the purest grade, clear white smoke\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDhafar:\u003c\/strong\u003e curved, claw-like pieces, highest resin density\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOval:\u003c\/strong\u003e mid-quality pieces, suited to everyday use\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#db9a00;border-bottom:2px solid #db9a00;padding-bottom:6px;margin-top:2rem;\"\u003eThe aromatic character\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClean, bright, sweet — the ideal description for Merauke Asqoun oud. Its smoke is clear white, rising calmly with a refined woody scent that leans toward a fragrant, calm sweetness. It is especially valued by those who love refined, non-heavy scents and elegant gatherings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color:#db9a00;border-bottom:2px solid #db9a00;padding-bottom:6px;margin-top:2rem;\"\u003eFrequently asked questions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border:1px solid #e0d5c5;border-radius:6px;padding:10px 14px;margin-bottom:8px;\"\u003e\n  \u003csummary style=\"font-weight:700;cursor:pointer;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eWhat is the difference between Merauke Asqoun and Merauke Dhafar?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-top:8px;\"\u003eAsqoun: lighter and purer, white pieces, a calm, refined scent. Dhafar: heavier and more aromatically dense because of its special form in which the resin concentrates. Both are from Merauke but for two different tastes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/details\u003e\n\u003cdetails style=\"border:1px solid #e0d5c5;border-radius:6px;padding:10px 14px;\"\u003e\n  \u003csummary style=\"font-weight:700;cursor:pointer;color:#1f0808;\"\u003eHow do I make sure the Merauke is from Papua and not an imitation?\u003c\/summary\u003e\n  \u003cp style=\"margin-top:8px;\"\u003eWe provide a certificate of origin signed by the Indonesian supplier with every wholesale order. 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