Collection: Incense-Making Oud - Oud Treasure

Making bukhoor is a venerable Gulf household craft: ma'moul, dukhoon, and blends that carry their maker's signature and pass from mothers to daughters. On this page are six ouds we chose because they are the successful blend base for the people of the craft: an easy grind, a stable base scent that does not change between batches, and a declared kilo price from 275 SAR that leaves your craft its margin, from the oud harvesters directly to your grinder.

The quick buying guide for the bukhoor maker

Tell us where you are in the craft, and we tell you where to begin.

Your first blend ever

The Black Kalimantan pack, a hundred grams at 30 SAR, is the learning base: you make mistakes and redo them without a heartache, and you learn grinding and ratios on a real, consistent raw.

The starting grade →

A ma'moul you sell regularly

The Black Vietnamese or the Sumatran at 573.10 SAR the kilo: a commercial blend body with a clear smoky character and a cost that leaves a real selling margin.

The commercial grade →

A touch that distinguishes your blend

The Merauke in both faces, nail and asqoon, at 687.50 SAR: a small ratio of it over your base gives the blend a majlis identity the customer asks for by name.

Oud pieces →

Slices ground with no effort

The Sumatran slices break under the grinder like a dream: the most suitable texture on the page for whoever grinds at home with a small grinder.

Sumatra ouds →

Workshop and factory quantities

Has your consumption passed the single kilos? The wholesale oud is for the quantity scale, and the manufacturing page is for scheduled supply contracts.

Wholesale oud →

Why does the bukhoor maker buy from Oud Treasure?

A repeatable blend

The whole secret of the craft is here: your recipe is worth nothing if its raw changes. Our grades are sorted on a declared, stable criterion, so next month's batch is on the character of today's batch, and your blend's signature is preserved.

A raw that respects your grinder

This page's ouds are chosen for ease of grinding: low moisture and a texture that breaks uniformly, from the Sumatran slices to the Black break, so you do not fight the raw before the blend.

An honest base scent

On the coal there is no place for deception: ouds with a stable base character that carries the rest of your blend's components and does not turn on them into a sharp smoke mid-majlis.

A price that leaves a margin for the craft

We receive from the network of oud harvesters directly and prepare in Malaysia: what the middlemen used to take stays in your ma'moul's margin, from a base at 275 SAR to a touch at 687.50.

A trial pack for every variety

Every oud on the page has a hundred-gram pack from 30 to 75 SAR: you try on your grinder and your coal before committing to a kilo, and this is the craft's right, not its luxury.

Packaging that preserves the touch

The aromatic raw is shipped with us as it is stored: tight packs that protect it from moisture in the international shipping, with a tracking number from Malaysia to your home's or workshop's door.

What distinguishes the blend oud from others?

The bukhoor maker asks of the oud three things that whoever burns the piece as it is does not ask: an honest base scent that does not change between batches so the recipe holds, a texture that grinds uniformly so the blend does not come out uneven grains that burn at two speeds, and an even burning within the blend so the oud does not precede the rest of the components on the coal nor lag behind them. This page's six ouds passed the three conditions, and what did not pass them remained in the direct-burning pages where it belongs.

The blend's real economics in numbers

An open calculation with this page's very prices: a ma'moul at a 25 percent oud ratio means a single kilo of raw produces about four kilograms of ma'moul. A kilo of Black Kalimantan at 275 SAR makes the oud share about 69 SAR in the final ma'moul kilo, with the Black Vietnamese about 143 SAR, and with the Merauke about 172 SAR, and above that are added the rest of your blend's components of sugar, perfumes, and oil with the operation and the packaging. The practical result: the raw's grade is the largest lever in your ma'moul's cost and its market position together.

And an honest consideration before any calculation: do not build a commercial blend on an oud of a shifting source however its price tempts you, for the riyals you save on the raw you pay multiples of the day your blend's character changes on a customer who knows your ma'moul by name. Consistency before price, then price.

The six blend ouds: each raw's role in the ma'moul

Black Kalimantan: the economical body

275 SAR the kilo and a trial pack at 30: the base of the popular and commercial blend together, a consistent smoky body that carries the rest of the components at the lowest cost on the page.

Daily incense oud →

Black Vietnamese: the richer base

573.10 SAR the kilo: when you want to raise your blend from the popular to the good commercial by one grade, a smokier and deeper body that shows its difference on the coal directly.

The commercial grade →

Sumatran slices: ground like a dream

573.10 SAR the kilo: the easiest grinding texture on the whole page, slices that break uniformly in the home grinder and give even grains with no mortar and no suffering.

Sumatra ouds →

Merauke nail: the sweet touch

687.50 SAR the kilo: the sweeter face of the Merauke spectrum, a ratio of 10 to 20 percent of it over your base gives the ma'moul the known Gulf majlis identity.

Oud bukhoor →

Merauke asqoon: the smokier depth

687.50 SAR the kilo: the Merauke's second face with a bolder smoky depth, for a maker who wants a masculine-charactered blend or a dukhoon that holds in the large majlis.

Oud pieces →

Papua medium natural: the resin touch

687.50 SAR the kilo: an untreated natural resin with a smokier woody character, the Merauke's alternative for whoever wants a distinguishing touch different from what is in her competitors' hands.

Papua ouds →

Quality and grading through the blend maker's eye

Our blend grades are two clear layers: the daily grade an economical base on which home-consumption and popular-selling blends are built, and the commercial grade a richer body for a ma'moul sold by its maker's name and asked for again. And above them comes the touch of the Merauke or the Papua at a small calculated ratio, for the smart blend is a pyramid: a wide economical base and a narrow luxury touch.

And inspecting the blend's raw before grinding is the habit of the people of the craft: low moisture that you hear in the sound of the dry break, for the wet raw sticks in the grinder and molds in storage, and freedom from excessive hashaf, meaning the poor white wood that adds weight and no scent. Our raw is sorted on this criterion before it reaches you, but your own eye on your raw is part of your craft wherever you buy.

Who is this page for?

The home ma'moul maker

You make for your home and sell to your acquaintances by the box: the hundred-gram and single-kilo packs are your size, and an economical base makes your box profitable from the first batch.

Daily incense oud →

The small dukhoon workshop

A regular weekly production by the kilos: consistent grades that preserve your recipe, and the price of five kilograms is the kilo times five exactly with no surprises.

Wholesale oud →

A store making its own blend

A commercial signature in your store's name: a commercial base of a fixed source and a distinctive touch your competitor does not own, with documented invoices for your records.

Oud bukhoor →

A teacher who trains professionally

You teach the girls the principles of the ma'moul: a consistent raw makes your lessons repeatable, and small packs suffice each trainee her own trial.

The sample kits →

How do you build your blend step by step?

1
Choose your economical base

The largest body of your blend's oud: the Black Kalimantan for the popular and for learning, or the Black Vietnamese and Sumatran for the commercial. The base carries the blend, so do not skimp on a consistent grade in it.

2
Add the distinction touch

10 to 20 percent of your blend's oud from a higher grade: Merauke for the majlis identity or Papua for the resin depth. The small touch is what makes your customer distinguish your ma'moul with her eyes closed.

3
Grind gradually

Coarse first then fine in installments, and do not grind while the grinder is hot, for the heat dissipates the touch. Uniform grains mean an even burning on the coal.

4
Try a small 200-gram batch

Do not blend a whole kilo on an untested recipe: a two-hundred-gram batch reveals to you the balance on the coal with the least possible loss, and adjust the ratios before the large batch.

5
Fix your recipe written with the measures

When you are satisfied with the batch, write everything: the variety, the grade, the grams, the grind fineness, and the aging duration. The recipe kept in the head is lost, and the written one is inherited.

6
Repeat with the same raw

The written recipe is half the repetition, and the fixed-source raw is its second half: buy the same grade from the same source, and keep from every raw batch a reference sample against which you compare the coming one.

The source and origin: why does your signature matter?

Our ouds are from their sources in Indonesia and its neighborhood through direct relations with the oud harvesters, sorted and graded at the preparation centers in Malaysia on one declared criterion before they are displayed. And for the blend maker specifically this is not marketing talk but a direct protection of her signature: your distinctive blend is fixed ratios over a fixed raw, so if our raw is fixed your signature is fixed, and this is the pledge of the whole page. More about the system in about us.

Related collections

Manufacturing and lab oud

The industrial sister of this page: the day your craft grows into a factory with scheduled supply contracts, laboratory samples, and quantities by the tens, this is your new home.

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The daily grade

The base of every economical blend: the daily consumption grade at the lowest raw cost, from it learning begins and on it the popular ma'moul is built.

Browse →

Sumatra ouds

The home of the easy-grinding slices: the parent page for the Sumatran in all its grades for whoever liked its texture in the blend.

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Oud bukhoor

For direct burning of the piece as it is: when you want an oud for the majlis, not for the grinder, this is its specialized page.

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The educational guide: from the first pack to a blend that carries your name

Ma'moul basics for the beginner

The ma'moul is in its essence four families of components meeting: ground oud which is the soul and the base, sugar or burnt honey which gives the sweet body and the cohesion, perfumes and fixatives which form the blend's upper personality, and an oil which binds it all and slows the burning. This general picture is common knowledge among the people of the craft, but the precise ratios, the order of addition, and each household's secrets are their owners' recipes and we neither ask for them nor reveal them: our task is that the oud pillar in your recipe be guaranteed, and the rest is your signature.

The art of grinding

Grinding is a craft before it is arm strength: begin coarse to break up the pieces, then descend to the required fineness in short installments, for the graduation prevents uneven grains that burn at two speeds and spoil the blend's balance on the coal. An ordinary kitchen sieve sorts the finenesses for you with no special tools: what remains above it returns to the grinder. And a final golden rule: do not grind while the grinder is hot from a previous batch, for its heat vaporizes with it the most precious of the raw before it enters your blend.

Drying and aging the ma'moul

What the beginner rushes most and what the professional is most patient with: after the kneading and the shaping, the ma'moul needs a quiet drying away from the sun, then an aging in a sealed container for weeks in which the components marry and the scent comes out as one body. The rushed ma'moul wafts discordant layers on the coal, and the aged one wafts a complete story, and this is why the venerable households sell it dearer and mention its age in its description with pride: the aging raises the value a real raising, not a promotional one.

From the craft to the trade

Your craft will grow if you master it, and growth has a clear ladder: as long as you are at the single kilos this page is your home, and if your consumption becomes regular above five kilograms monthly, the quantity scale of the wholesale oud is more economical for you, and if you become a production with a line, labor, and supply contracts needing monthly scheduling and documented laboratory samples, the manufacturing and lab oud page was built for this stage in particular. The transition is not an abandonment of the craft but its crowning: the same recipe, at quantities befitting what it has become.

Frequently asked questions of bukhoor makers

What is the oud ratio in the ma'moul?

There is no single sacred ratio, but the common range in the craft is between 15 and 30 percent of the final blend's weight: 15 percent for the economical popular ma'moul, around 25 percent for the good commercial ma'moul, and it may exceed 30 percent in the luxury gift ma'moul. Start from the middle of the range then move the ratio by the judgment of your nose and your customers, and fix it written when you are satisfied with it.

Which oud do I choose for the first blend I learn on?

The Black Kalimantan pack, a hundred grams at 30 SAR: the cheapest learning door on the whole page. It suffices you for several grinding and small-ratio trials, and if you err in a batch your loss is riyals, not hundreds. When your hand steadies, move to a kilo of the Black as a base, and add over it a touch of a higher grade.

Are slices or breaks easier to grind?

The slices are clearly easier: the Sumatran slices in particular break under the grinder smoothly and give uniform grains with less effort, and this is why we recommend them for whoever grinds at home with a small grinder. The break needs a preliminary breaking with a mortar before the grinder, and it is entirely possible but an additional step.

Do I grind myself or buy ready powder?

The ready oud powder collection is coming soon with us. But the craft's frankness: self-grinding guarantees you two things a ready powder of an unknown source from the market does not, the full purity with no hidden filler, and a grind fineness you set yourself on your blend. Most professional ma'moul makers grind themselves for this very reason.

My blend changed though I am on the same recipe, what is the reason?

In nine of ten cases the reason is a change of the raw, not the recipe: an oud from a shifting source changes its character between one purchase and another, so your blend changes with it while you are on the same measures. This is exactly the reason for our insistence on source stability: our grades are sorted on a declared, stable criterion, so the written recipe on our raw repeats. And always keep a small sample from every raw batch against which you compare.

How much does the oud raw cost me in a kilo of ma'moul?

By a 25 percent ratio calculation: a kilo of ma'moul needs 250 grams of raw. With the Black Kalimantan about 69 SAR, with the Black Vietnamese or the Sumatran about 143 SAR, and with the Merauke about 172 SAR in the final kilo, and above them are added the rest of the components and the operation. The numbers are from this page's very prices, so update them if the price moves.

How long is the aging and why?

The common in the craft is from two to six weeks in a sealed container in a moderate place, and some households age for months for the occasion product. The aging leaves the components to marry so the perfume comes out as one body instead of discordant layers, and the difference between an aged ma'moul and a fresh one appears on the coal directly, and this is why the aged is sold dearer and rightly.

I sell my blend to my acquaintances, do I need the wholesale page?

Not yet: as long as you buy by the kilo and two, this page suffices you and its kilo prices are declared. When your consumption becomes regular above five kilograms monthly, look into the wholesale oud, and if you turn into a production with contracts and factory quantities, the manufacturing oud page is your new home.

Do I try before buying the kilo?

Yes and this is the essence of the craft: every variety on the page has a hundred-gram pack from 30 to 75 SAR that suffices for a complete trial batch, and the sample kits gather several grades for you for comparison at once. Order through the samples page and try on your grinder and your coal before any commitment.

The Merauke or the Papua for the distinction touch?

Both at the same kilo price of 687.50 SAR and the difference is in the character: the Merauke in both faces, nail and asqoon, gives the sweet smoky touch that the Gulf majlises know and the customer asks for by name, and the Papua is a natural resin with a smokier and more woody depth. Try a hundred-gram sample of each in two small batches and let your customers' nose judge.

How do I store the raw and the ready blend?

The rule is one for both: a tightly sealed container, away from direct sun, moisture, and fluctuating heat. Well-stored raw holds for long months, and the ready ma'moul grows more cohesive with the sealed storage, not the opposite. And do not store the blend near perfumes or cleaners, for the oud picks up the neighboring scents.

How does the order reach me and how long does it take?

Documented international shipping with a tracking number from the preparation centers in Malaysia to your door, with tight packaging that protects the aromatic raw from moisture on the road. The arrival duration varies by your country and its details appear at the completion of the order, and the payment is secure electronic by the usual means.

Are the prices inclusive and is there an invoice?

The page's prices are declared as you see them: the hundred-gram pack, the kilo, and the five kilograms for each variety, and the price of the five is the kilo times five exactly with no riddles. And every order is issued with an invoice documented by variety, grade, and weight, useful for your calculations even if your craft grows into a commercial register later.

I have a question about a specific blend or raw, whom do I ask?

Message us through the contact page with your question as it is: which raw suits your blend idea, or an inquiry about a grade before buying. We do not reveal anyone's recipe secrets and do not ask for your recipe, but our expertise in the raw itself is at your hands, and we refer you to the samples page or the price offer when that is more useful for you.

Your blend is your signature, begin with a raw that respects your craft

Six ouds sorted on a stable criterion that preserves your recipe batch after batch, and trial packs from 30 SAR: try on your grinder first, and grow the quantity when your craft grows.

Order the trial samples A quotation for quantities

And for any question about a raw suiting your blend idea, message us through the contact page before buying.