{"title":"Javanese Oud - Oud Treasure","description":"\u003cp\u003eJava: the demographic and historical heart of Indonesia, and the oldest of the archipelago's islands in the oud trade through its venerable ports, from old Batavia to Surabaya. Its traditional oud is a classic woody, earthy one with a moderate sweetness, among the closest types to the old aromatic taste the Gulf homes knew. Our Javanese stock is currently in the process of being sourced: register your interest for pre-order and be the first to know when the first batch arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background:#ffffff;border:2px solid #db9a00;border-radius:8px;padding:22px 20px;margin:0 0 20px;text-align:center;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;border:none;padding:0;\"\u003eThis origin is being sourced\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 16px;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eWe do not display an origin before we secure the right oud harvesters in it and grade its batches to our criteria. Contact us for pre-order and we'll inform you as soon as the first approved Javanese batch arrives, and until then browse the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/indonesian-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;\"\u003eavailable Indonesian oud\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/contact\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#db9a00;color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;padding:12px 30px;border-radius:4px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eRegister your interest for pre-order\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eA guide to what is available now\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil the Javanese arrives, these are the closest paths to what you are seeking from our present stock.\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;\"\u003eThe closest in character to the Javanese\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eSumatran oud: the western neighbor across the Sunda Strait, a venerable woody earthiness from the same Indonesian classic school. Your best comparison reference until the Javanese arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/sumatran-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eSumatran 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 most popular\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eKalimantan oud: the school of woody sweetness from Borneo, our widest-audience Indonesian oud and the most turned-over in majalis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/kalimantan-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eKalimantan 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 strongest in presence\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003ePapuan oud: the far east of the archipelago and its loudest, a spectacular presence that fills large halls for whoever wants explicit strength.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/papua-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003ePapua 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;\"\u003eExplore the whole archipelago\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe parent page of Indonesian oud: all the islands and their schools in one place, and Java will join them soon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/indonesian-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eIndonesian 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;\"\u003eTry the available with samples\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eSample kits: the smartest way to build your comparison reference from the available islands before you compare the Javanese to it upon arrival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/oud-sample-kits\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eSample kits →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhy 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=\"M12 5l3-3h5v5l-3 3M12 5L9 2H4v5l3 3m5-5v14m-5-9l5 9 5-9\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.02em;\"\u003eConsidered expansion, not haste\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eWe do not display an origin before we secure the right oud harvesters in it and verify the quality of its batches: this Java page is a transparent statement of intent, not a hasty sales front, and this is how we work in every origin.\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=\"M14 2H6a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v16a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h12a2 2 0 0 0 2-2V8z\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M14 2v6h6M16 13H8M16 17H8M10 9H8\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.02em;\"\u003eFull documentation with every order\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eAn official invoice and documentation of type, grade, weight, and an origin statement in everything we sell today, and the Javanese will arrive with the same documentation from its first batch.\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=\"M17 1l4 4-4 4M3 11V9a4 4 0 0 1 4-4h14M7 23l-4-4 4-4M21 13v2a4 4 0 0 1-4 4H3\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.02em;\"\u003eIndividual sorting declared in advance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eOur criteria are one across all collections: inspecting the pieces one by one on the resin veins, the weight, and the cold scent, and the Javanese will not be excepted from them.\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=\"M9 3h6M10 3v6l-5 8a3 3 0 0 0 3 4h8a3 3 0 0 0 3-4l-5-8V3\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.02em;\"\u003eA sample before any commitment\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eEvery origin we enter enters with a small trial pack from the same offered batch: we will not ask you for a kilogram of wood your nose has not smelled.\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=\"M18 8a6 6 0 0 0-12 0c0 7-3 9-3 9h18s-3-2-3-9\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M13.7 21a2 2 0 0 1-3.4 0\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.02em;\"\u003eA personal notice upon availability\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThose registered on the interest list are informed before the public announcement and have priority of choice from the first batch, which is the purest of any new arrival.\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=\"10\"\u003e\u003c\/circle\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M2 12h20M12 2a15 15 0 0 1 0 20 15 15 0 0 1 0-20z\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin:0 0 8px;color:#1f0808;font-size:1.02em;\"\u003eDocumented international shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eTight packaging that preserves the wood's moisture and a tracking number from the preparation centers in Malaysia to the Gulf and the world, for the Javanese upon arrival and for all that is available today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat distinguishes Javanese oud?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe traditional Javanese profile, as the aromatic memory and inherited experience describe it, is a classic woody earthiness with a moderate sweetness leaning neither to loudness nor to a whisper: a balanced, old-style oud, often described as among the closest types to the old aromatic taste the Gulf homes knew in previous generations, when Java oud arrived with the maritime trade caravans and was burned at occasions. Whoever seeks the scent that resembles the memory of a grandfather's house, the Javanese is their first candidate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Java's standing in the history of trade is unrivaled by any island in the archipelago: its ports were for centuries stations of the spice and perfume routes between China, India, and the Arabian Peninsula, and through them the perfume woods passed before the world knew the names of the other islands. The Javanese is not a new origin trying its luck, but an old name reclaiming its place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut why has the Javanese supply grown scarce? The answer is in the island's own demographics: Java carries more than half of Indonesia's population on a relatively small area, so its forests turned over the centuries into cities, rice farms, and orchards, and the wild cover receded into limited mountain pockets, mostly protected. This is a real scarcity with no marketing exaggeration: the Javanese supply is little because the forest itself has grown little.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd an honest consideration before you wait: much of the modern Javanese supply globally is from plantations, not the wild, and the good aged plantation deserves its place if it is named by its name. When our stock arrives we will announce its source with complete transparency in the product name itself, wild or aged plantation, for honest naming with us is the first of luxury.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe sourcing plan: what will be available?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is our declared map of what we are seeking in Java, and alongside it its sibling islands available today.\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;\"\u003eWhat we are seeking in Java\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eA wild Javanese from the mountain pockets if it can be secured with reliable documentation, or an aged plantation that was given its years and harvested with care, at target grades from luxury to excellent, and we will name every batch by its true source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/contact\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eRegister your interest →\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;\"\u003eAvailable now: Sumatra\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe western neighbor closest in character: a woody earthiness from the same classic school, ready today in all the scale's sizes from the trial pack to wholesale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/sumatran-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eSumatran 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;\"\u003eAvailable now: Kalimantan\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eBorneo and the school of woody sweetness: our widest and most varied Indonesian collection, from the warm west to the calm north.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/kalimantan-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eKalimantan 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;\"\u003eAvailable now: Papua\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe far east and its strongest: the spectacular oud for occasion people and large halls, the mood opposite of the Javanese classic balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/papua-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003ePapua oud →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eQuality and grading: a declared commitment before arrival\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe declare it before the first Javanese piece arrives: the same criteria that sort all our collections will be applied to the Javanese letter for letter. An individual inspection of the pieces in the preparation centers in Malaysia, visible resin veins, a weight that exposes the wood's fullness, a clean cold scent before any ember, and an explicit grading on the same declared scale you know in the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/natural-oud\"\u003enatural oud collection\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/enhanced-oud\"\u003eenhanced oud collection\u003c\/a\u003e: what does not pass the criterion does not carry the page's name, even if the launch is delayed because of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd this exactly is the reason there are no products here today: Javanese offers reached us whose grades or source documentation did not convince us, so we rejected them. An honestly empty page is better than a page filled with leniency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWho is waiting for the Javanese?\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 classic connoisseur\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eYou seek the old, balanced character that resembles the memory of venerable homes: the traditional Javanese was written for your taste, and until it arrives the Sumatran is its closest neighbor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/sumatran-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eTry the closest →\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 origins collector\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eYour map is not complete without Java: the historic origin whose supply grew scarce is exactly what distinguishes the serious collector's set from the amateur's shelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/contact\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eReserve your priority →\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 lover of aromatic history\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe story matters to you as the scent does: an oud that passed through the ports of the spice routes centuries ago, and on this page you will read its full history before you smell it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/about-us\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eKnow our method →\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 seeking distinction\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eYour shelf is full of Kalimantan and Sumatran like all the competitors: the Javanese upon arrival is a real card of distinction, and early registration guarantees priority of allocation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/request-quotation\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eRegister as a quantity →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eHow do you prepare for the Javanese arrival?\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;\"\u003eRegister your interest now\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:4px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eA single message via the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/contact\" style=\"color:#b07c00;\"\u003econtact page\u003c\/a\u003e puts you on the interest list: you are informed before the public announcement and have priority of choice from the first batch.\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;\"\u003eBuild your comparison reference from the neighbors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:4px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eTry the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/sumatran-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;\"\u003eSumatran\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/kalimantan-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;\"\u003eKalimantan\u003c\/a\u003e in small packs: whoever knows the neighbors knows the value of the Javanese as soon as they smell it.\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;\"\u003eUpon arrival: the sample first\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:4px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eAs is our custom in every new origin, the Javanese will be available in a small trial pack from the same offered batch. Start with it however great your enthusiasm, or order it via the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/order-samples\" style=\"color:#b07c00;\"\u003esample-request page\u003c\/a\u003e.\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;\"\u003eCompare against your reference and judge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:4px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eBurn the Javanese in one session and your Sumatran reference in another: the fine difference between the moderate Javanese earthiness and the humid Sumatran depth appears by direct comparison, not by description.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eJava in the history of the oud trade: the origin story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the merchants' maps knew the names of Kalimantan and Papua, Java was Indonesia in the mind of the old world: the island of kingdoms and ports that controlled the trade straits between the two oceans for centuries. Through the port of Batavia, today's Jakarta, and the port of Surabaya in the east, passed the spice and perfume routes that connected China and India to the Arabian Peninsula, and the perfume woods were among the most precious of what the ships carried: from these ports the early Arabs knew the archipelago's oud before they knew its other islands by their names.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd the island's geography itself is unique: a chain of active volcanoes extending along its length made a soil among the most fertile on earth, and this very fertility is what attracted humans by the millions who turned the forests into fields and cities. What remains of the forest cover is concentrated in the mountain pockets and reserves, and in them and in the patient aging plantations lies the future of Javanese oud.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd this is why we are unhurried in choosing the oud harvesters there: the little supply tempts some middlemen to mix sources or hasten the harvest, and we prefer waiting for the right partner over hastening the wrong batch. When we announce the arrival of the Javanese, behind it will be a source we know by name and documentation we put our reputation on, as in every one of our pages. Read our full method on the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/about-us\"\u003eabout us\u003c\/a\u003e page.\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;\"\u003eSumatran oud\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe western neighbor and closest in character to the Javanese: a classic woody earthiness available today in all sizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/sumatran-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;\"\u003eKalimantan oud\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe school of woody sweetness from Borneo: our widest Indonesian collection and the most popular.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/kalimantan-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;\"\u003eIndonesian oud\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe parent page of the whole archipelago: all the available islands in one place, and Java coming to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/indonesian-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;\"\u003eSample kits\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eBuild your comparison reference from the available islands at the least commitment, in preparation for the day the Javanese arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/oud-sample-kits\" 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: understand the Javanese before it arrives\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Javanese in the Gulf aromatic memory\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJava oud has an old presence in the Gulf homes that precedes the fashion of the modern island names: previous generations knew Java oud as a collective name for the oud of the whole archipelago, because Java's ports were the export gateway, and its moderate woody, earthy character was the scent that perfumed the majalis and the occasions. Whoever today describes a scent resembling the incense of a grandfather's house often describes that old Javanese school: a balance with no loudness, and a sweetness that does not advance over the wood. This reserve of memory is what makes the Javanese's return to the shelves an event the connoisseurs await, not just a new type.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWild versus plantation: the honest debate\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most sensitive debate in Javanese oud specifically, because most of its modern supply is from plantations. The fair position: the mature wild is an undisputed summit, but the plantation is not a charge in itself. A plantation that gave its trees ten years and more, induced its resin with care, and harvested and aged with patience, gives a respectable wood that deserves the connoisseur's burner, while the hasty, poor plantation deserves the rejection it meets. The real problem is not in the plantation but in selling it under the name of the wild, and transparency in naming is more important than slogans: when our stock arrives you will read its source in the product name, and you pay the price of what you actually buy, not the price of what the cover suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow will you compare the Javanese upon arrival?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe same usual sample protocol: start with the small trial pack, burn it in a calm session on a moderate ember and record your first impression, then repeat the session with your Sumatran or Kalimantan reference the next day under the same conditions: the same ember, the same place, and a similar time. The fine differences, the moderate Javanese sweetness against the humid Sumatran depth for example, appear only by controlled comparison. And whoever builds their comparison reference now from the available islands will read the Javanese from the first ember with a connoisseur's reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy a page for an unavailable origin?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor two reasons we declare with no evasion. The first is the transparency of the expansion map: we prefer that you know what we are working to source and where we have reached in it over surprising you with a new type with no context, for trust is built by disclosure, not by dazzle. The second is respect for your search: whoever reached this page seeking a Javanese oud deserves a full answer, what it is and its history and why it grew scarce and when it returns and its closest alternatives now, not an empty page that turns them away. Knowledge with us is part of the goods, always available even when the wood runs out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently asked questions about Javanese oud\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;\"\u003eWhen will Javanese oud be available in the store?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eHonestly: we do not have a confirmed date to announce, and we will not promise a date we cannot guarantee. We are in the stage of securing the right oud harvesters in Java and evaluating the candidate batches, and we will not display anything before it passes our full criteria. Register your interest via the contact page and we will inform you ourselves as soon as the first batch is approved, for the registered interested are the first to know.\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 register a pre-order for the Javanese?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eVia the contact page: mention that you are interested in Javanese oud and specify what matters to you, a particular grade or a quantity size or a first sample, and we will place you on the interest list. Upon the stock's arrival we contact you before the public announcement, and you have priority of choice from the first batch, which is usually the purest of any new arrival.\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;\"\u003eWill the Javanese be wild or from a plantation?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eWe will announce that with complete transparency upon availability, in the product name itself, not in the footnote. The reality is that most of the modern Javanese supply globally is from plantations because the island's wild forests have shrunk greatly, and the good aged plantation deserves its place if it is named by its name. What we reject is selling a plantation as if it were wild, and this will not happen with us.\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 will its expected price be?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eWe do not announce a price before we see the batch and sort it, for promising a price for goods that have not arrived is marketing, not honesty. What we commit to is our usual method: a declared scale of sizes from the trial pack to the kilogram and wholesale, and a price that reflects the true grade after the individual sorting. Those registered on the interest list know the prices as soon as they are announced.\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 closest available alternative now to the Javanese character?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eThe closest neighbor in character is the Sumatran oud, Java's western neighbor across the Sunda Strait: a venerable Indonesian woodiness with an earthy base resembling the old classic school. And if you want the most popular, the Kalimantan with its woody sweetness, and both are available now in small trial packs with which you build your comparison reference before the Javanese arrives.\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;\"\u003eWhy has Javanese oud grown scarce in the markets globally?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eBecause Java is the most densely populated of Indonesia's islands by a large margin: more than half the country's population on a relatively small island, so its forests turned over the centuries into cities, rice farms, and orchards. The remaining wild forest cover is limited and mostly protected, so the Javanese wild supply declined a real, not a manufactured, decline, and what exists of it became rare and the plantation its practical alternative.\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 expected difference between the Javanese and the Sumatran?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eBased on inherited knowledge, not on promises: the traditional Javanese is described as a classic woody earthiness with a moderate sweetness, the closest type to the old taste the Gulf homes knew in previous generations, while the Sumatran is deeper in earthiness and forest humidity. The difference is fine, not stark, and both are sons of one Indonesian school, and this is why we advise trying the Sumatran now as a ready comparison reference.\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 plantation oud lower in quality than wild?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eA fair answer: not necessarily. The poor, hasty-harvest plantation is indeed lower in quality, but the aged plantation that was given enough years and harvested with care gives a respectable resin that deserves its place in the connoisseur's burner, and some of its batches rival a medium wild. The real criterion is the resin in the piece itself, not the slogan on the pack, and our individual sorting judges the piece, not the lineage.\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 get a notice as soon as it is available?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eRegister your interest via the contact page with your email or number, and we will message you directly upon the approval of the first Javanese batch and before the public announcement in the store. No random mailing lists: a single message upon actual availability, with the full details of grade, source, and prices.\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;\"\u003eWill Javanese samples be available upon arrival?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eYes, and this is a commitment declared in advance: every new origin we enter enters with a full scale beginning with the small trial pack, so we will not ask you for a commitment to a kilogram of an origin you have not smelled. And the sample will be from the very batch offered for sale, not a selected promotional sample, as is our custom in all our collections.\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;\"\u003eWill wholesale quantities of the Javanese be available in the future?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eWe plan for that within our usual scale, but wholesale depends on the size of what we secure of batches, and the Javanese is an origin of limited supply by its nature. For serious merchants we advise early registration via the quote-request page mentioning the target quantities, for priority of allocation upon arrival goes to whoever registered first.\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;\"\u003eWhy should I trust your quality in an origin you have not yet displayed?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eBecause the criteria that will sort the Javanese are the same that sort everything in the store today: an individual inspection of the pieces, visible resin veins, a weight that exposes the fullness, a clean cold scent, and an honest naming that distinguishes the natural from the enhanced and the wild from the plantation. Try any available collection now, the Sumatran or the Kalimantan for example, and judge the method for yourself before the Javanese arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/details\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;\"\u003eBe the first to know: register your interest in the Javanese\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#f0e6d6;margin:0 0 22px;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eThose registered on the interest list are informed before the public announcement and have priority of choice from the first batch. A single message is enough, and until arrival the available archipelago is in your hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:12px;justify-content:center;\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/contact\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#db9a00;color:#ffffff;text-decoration:none;padding:13px 32px;border-radius:4px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eRegister your interest\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/indonesian-oud\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:transparent;border:1px solid #db9a00;color:#db9a00;text-decoration:none;padding:13px 32px;border-radius:4px;font-weight:700;\"\u003eBrowse what is available now\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 merchants: register your target quantities early via \u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/request-quotation\"\u003ea quote request\u003c\/a\u003e or browse the available \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/wholesale-oud\"\u003ewholesale oud\u003c\/a\u003e, and start your comparison reference from the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/oud-sample-kits\"\u003esample kits\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/natural-oud\"\u003enatural oud\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/oudtreasure.com\/en\/collections\/javanese-oud.oembed","provider":"Oud Treasure","version":"1.0","type":"link"}