{"title":"Maluku Oud - Oud Treasure","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaluku: the original Spice Islands that Europeans sailed for centuries in search of, the archipelago of clove and nutmeg whose exclusivity changed the maps of the world, today also carrying rare, little-explored eastern oud pockets. Our stock of it is currently being sourced: register your interest and be the first to know when the first batch arrives, and for whoever does not want to wait, the eastern neighbor is available now in the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/papua-oud\"\u003ePapua oud collection\u003c\/a\u003e.\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;\"\u003eMaluku oud is being sourced\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 16px;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eAn archipelago of hundreds of islands scattered around the Banda Sea makes building a documented supply network slower than usual, and we prefer honest slowness to haste. Contact us to register your interest, and until then the eastern neighbor is present in the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/papua-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;\"\u003eavailable Papua oud collection\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 in the Maluku\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eA guide to the alternatives available now\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUntil the Maluku arrives, these are the closest paths to what you are looking for from our present stock and its family map.\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 available eastern neighbor: Papua\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eDirectly east of the Banda Sea: Papua oud (the Merauke) is available now with its sorted pieces, the closest geographic reference and from the same eastern Gyrinops school we await from Maluku.\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;\"\u003eThe western neighbor: Sulawesi\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eAcross the sea westward: the Sulawesian neighbor's page is being sourced like Maluku, and their two stories on the eastern shore of the Wallace Line complete each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/sulawesi-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eSulawesi 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;\"\u003eIts great daughter: Halmahera\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe largest of the Maluku islands in the north: the daughter page in the same family, being sourced like its mother, and the map between them complete in its links.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/halmahera-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eHalmahera 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 whole archipelago\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe Indonesian oud collection gathers all available islands and their schools, from Sumatra to Borneo to Papua.\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\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;\"\u003eAn exploration network built deliberately\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.93em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eWe do not buy from catalogs: the oud harvesters we work with in the east of the archipelago, from neighboring Papua, are themselves the ones paving our relations in the Maluku islands, a documented island after island.\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 origin statement on everything we sell today, and the Maluku 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 pieces one by one for resin veins, weight, and cold scent, and the Maluku will not be exempt from them however delayed its 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=\"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 offered batch itself: 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;\"\u003ePersonal notification 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 selection priority from the first batch, and the first batches of any exploration are small by nature.\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 Maluku upon its arrival and for all that is available today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat distinguishes Maluku oud?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStart with history, for Maluku's story is the greatest story of aromatics ever: for long centuries these small scattered islands were the only source in the entire world of clove and nutmeg. Neither India nor China nor any other land produced them, so Europe came to pay for them in grams of gold, and Portugal sailed around Africa and Magellan's voyage sailed around the whole earth in search of a route to these very islands. If one may name the first aromatic globalization in history, it began here: small spots in the far east that moved fleets and changed the maps of the world with their scents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd what does the heritage of spices mean to the seeker of oud? It means a land accustomed to producing the most precious aromatics on the face of the earth: a fertile volcanic soil that made a clove and a nutmeg without equal, and island communities that inherited generations of expertise in cultivating aromatic plants, harvesting, drying, and trading them. When these very islands search their forests for oud, they do not start from zero.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the botanical geography: Maluku lies east of the Wallace Line, in the same eastern living world we explained on the page of its \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/sulawesi-oud\"\u003eneighbor Sulawesi\u003c\/a\u003e, and here the lesson grows clearer the further east we go: the botanical references note in these islands a clearer presence of the oud-producing Gyrinops genus trees, the same genus that stands behind the neighboring \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/papua-oud\"\u003ePapuan oud\u003c\/a\u003e, alongside the Aquilaria known to the west. An eastern-charactered oud from the first land of spices: a possibility worth waiting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd what you will not read here: a scent description. Our declared commitment on all our pages is not to describe a fragrance we have not burned ourselves, and the market's talk about the Maluku is scant to begin with, so honesty here is more obligatory. When we burn our first batches we publish the summary on this very page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe islands of the archipelago: a knowledge map for the coming family\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHundreds of islands scatter around the Banda Sea, and each large one of them has a name and a story. This is our knowledge map of the archipelago, and it is what will guide the expansion of our pages as the supply network matures.\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;\"\u003eGreat Halmahera\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe largest of the Maluku islands in area, in the north, with its form resembling a miniature Sulawesi: four arms and dense little-explored forests, to which we dedicated the great daughter page in the family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/halmahera-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eHalmahera 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;\"\u003eAmbon the historic capital\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe administrative and commercial heart of Maluku for centuries: from it the Dutch ran the global spice trade, and its port is our natural gateway to the center and south of the archipelago.\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;\"\u003eTernate and Tidore\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe two historic clove sultanates: two small adjacent volcanic islands that ruled the global clove trade for centuries, and whose rivalry filled the records of history, the symbol of the archipelago and its aromatic memory.\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;\"\u003eSeram the mother\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe large island north of Ambon, called by the region's legends the mother island: high mountains and dense rainforests among the most promising oud exploration pockets in the center of the archipelago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/order-samples\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eOrder samples later →\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eQuality and grading: a declared commitment and a declared curiosity\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe declare it before the first Maluku piece arrives: the same criteria that sort all our collections will be applied to it letter by letter. Individual inspection of pieces at the preparation centers in Malaysia, visible resin veins, weight that betrays the wood's fullness, a clean cold scent before any ember, and explicit grading on the same declared scale you know in the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/natural-oud\"\u003enatural oud collection\u003c\/a\u003e. And we add a declared scientific curiosity: our experience with the eastern Gyrinops grows with every Papuan batch we sort, and the Maluku will be read in its light, so if the wood carries a character of its own we will learn its grades with you and publish what we learn instead of claiming a ready expertise in a little-explored origin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWho is waiting for the Maluku?\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 lover of aromatic history\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThis is his page without rival: an oud from the islands that set the entire Age of Discovery alight with their scents, so owning a piece of it is owning a chapter of the world's aromatic memory. Register your priority.\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 origin collector\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eA whole archipelago of a legendary name whose oud you rarely find in the stores: an addition that distinguishes the serious collector's set, and priority by early registration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/oud-sample-kits\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eBuild your reference →\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 seeker of the rare eastern\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eWhoever loved the eastern Indonesian school and its Gyrinops, the Maluku is its anticipated middle link: between Sulawesi and Papua, and from the sea of spices itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/papua-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;font-size:0.95em;\"\u003eTry the Papuan now →\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 of stories\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe product that carries a story sells better, and the story of the Spice Islands tells itself on your store's shelf: register your target quantities early.\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 Maluku's 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\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:4px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eOne message through the \u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/contact\" style=\"color:#b07c00;\"\u003econtact page\u003c\/a\u003e registers you on the interest list: you are informed before the public announcement and have selection priority from a first batch that will not wait for the hesitant.\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 reference from the Papuan neighbor\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\/papua-oud\" style=\"color:#b07c00;\"\u003ePapua oud collection\u003c\/a\u003e available now: the direct eastern neighbor of Maluku and from the same Gyrinops school, and whoever knew the Papuan well became fit to read the Maluku when it arrives.\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 Maluku will be available in a small trial pack from the offered batch itself. Start with it however great your enthusiasm, or order it through 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 two easterns\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:4px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003ePlace the Maluku beside your Papuan reference on a moderate coal and compare the opening, the heart, and the persistence: a comparison between two neighbors from the same eastern school, revealing to you whether the Spice Islands have a mark of their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe source and origin: the Banda Sea and the spice routes\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCenturies before the Europeans arrived, the old spice routes connected Maluku with the world: the traders of the Malays, the Javanese, the Chinese, and the Arabs carried clove and nutmeg from the Banda Sea to the ports of Asia, and from them to the markets of Baghdad, Cairo, and Venice. Then the Portuguese came in the early sixteenth century seeking the source itself, and behind them the Dutch who monopolized the trade with an iron fist that made these small islands the axis of a global conflict. A land of such a history knows the value of rare aromatics a knowledge that has few equals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs for the land itself, it is volcanic in most of it: a chain of active volcanoes made an exceptional fertile soil that is the secret of the quality of its historic clove and nutmeg, and the same soil feeds dense rainforests in which the eastern oud trees grow. Our network in eastern Indonesia is nascent, growing from Papua westward toward Maluku, slowly on purpose, for an archipelago of hundreds of islands is not to be shortcut. 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;\"\u003eHalmahera oud\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe great daughter of the family: the largest of the Maluku islands in the north, being sourced within the same map.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/halmahera-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 eastern neighbor available now: the eastern Gyrinops school with its sorted pieces, and the closest reference for the coming Maluku.\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\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;\"\u003eSulawesi oud\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 10px;color:#3a3a3a;font-size:0.95em;line-height:1.8;\"\u003eThe anticipated western neighbor: the first large land east of the Wallace Line, and its page explains the lesson Maluku completes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/sulawesi-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 whole archipelago: all available islands and their schools in one place.\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\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe educational guide: understand the Maluku before it arrives\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFrom clove to oud: the islands that mastered aromatics\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe historical thread here is honest, with no pretension in it: clove and nutmeg are not oud, and we do not claim that yesterday's spice fame is a guarantee of tomorrow's oud quality. What we say is more precise: Maluku proved across centuries that its volcanic land produces first-class aromatics, and that its people master the economy of the rare aromatic plant in harvesting, drying, sorting, and trading, and these are exactly the skills that good oud needs. When we search today for the oud pockets in the forests of Seram and Halmahera, we work with communities that placed fragrance at the core of their livelihood since before written history, and this is a capital that is not bought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Maluku family in our map\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this page our fourth island family begins: this Maluku is the mother, and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/halmahera-oud\"\u003eHalmahera oud\u003c\/a\u003e is its great daughter from the north, two interlinked pages being sourced together. And our expansion map beyond them is declared too: \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/javanese-oud\"\u003eJava\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/malino-oud\"\u003eMalino\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/bangka-oud\"\u003eBangka\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/jayapura-oud\"\u003eJayapura\u003c\/a\u003e are being sourced as well, so our whole direction is before you before we sell you anything, and what is available today you find gathered in \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/indonesian-oud\"\u003eIndonesian oud\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe eastern Indonesian trio: Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook at the map and you find an eastern arc of three links: \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/sulawesi-oud\"\u003eSulawesi\u003c\/a\u003e the first large land east of the Wallace Line, then Maluku in the middle around the Banda Sea, then \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/papua-oud\"\u003ePapua\u003c\/a\u003e in the far east. The three share the eastern living world and the presence of Gyrinops increasing the further east you go, and what is available of them today is the end of the Papuan arc with its sorted pieces, while the networks of the center and the west are built slowly. Whoever understood the whole arc understood why we arrange our exploration from the available east toward the awaited center.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eOur coming assessment protocol for the Maluku\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the candidate batches arrive we will apply the usual protocol to them and then publish its summary here: a cold inspection of the pieces for the veins, weight, and scent before the ember, then comparative burning sessions on a moderate coal beside Papuan references from our own stock, and recording of the opening, the heart, and the persistence. And the central comparison question is declared in advance: do the Spice Islands have an oud mark of their own within the eastern school? What we publish after the burning is a testimony of experience, not a copy from catalogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFrequently asked questions about Maluku 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;\"\u003eWhere are the Maluku islands located?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eMaluku (historically the Moluccas) is an archipelago of hundreds of islands in eastern Indonesia, located between Sulawesi to the west and Papua to the east, its islands scattered around the deep Banda Sea. Its largest island is Halmahera in the north, and among its most famous are Ambon the historic capital, Ternate, Tidore, and Seram.\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 are they called the Spice Islands?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eBecause for long centuries they were the only source in the entire world of clove and nutmeg: clove from the northern islands around Ternate and Tidore, and nutmeg from the small Banda islands. This exclusivity made Europe sail around Africa and around the world in search of them, so much so that Magellan's famous voyage was originally a voyage in search of a route to these islands specifically. Few spots on earth changed the maps of the world as Maluku did.\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 relation of Maluku to Halmahera?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eThe relation of a mother to her great daughter: this is the page of the whole archipelago, and Halmahera is its largest island in area in the north with its own page within the same family. The two pages are being sourced together, and the map between them is complete in its links: from here you browse the archipelago, and from the Halmahera page you delve into its largest island.\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 Maluku oud genuinely different from others?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eThe possibility is serious and our honesty prevents us from asserting: Maluku lies east of the Wallace Line, where the botanical references note a clearer presence of the oud-producing Gyrinops genus trees alongside the Aquilaria dominant in the west of the archipelago. Add a fertile volcanic soil and a long island isolation, and the possibility of a differing character becomes real, but what that means for the burner we will discover by burning and sorting, not by inference, and we publish the summary here.\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;\"\u003eWhen will Maluku 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. An archipelago of hundreds of islands scattered around the Banda Sea makes building a documented supply network slower than usual, and we prefer honest slowness to a haste without documentation. Register your interest through the contact page and we will inform you personally the moment the first batch is approved.\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 alternative available now?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eThe eastern neighbor: Papua oud (the Merauke) is available now with its sorted pieces, and it is the closest available geographically to Maluku, from the same eastern shore of the Wallace Line where the Gyrinops trees are present. And the Indonesian oud page gathers the whole available archipelago, and the sample kits are the smartest start for building your 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;\"\u003eCan I register a pre-order for the Maluku?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eYes, through the contact page: mention that you are interested in Maluku oud specifically, and specify what matters to you of an island, quantity, or first sample, and we will register you on the interest list. Upon the stock's arrival we contact you before the public announcement, and you have selection priority from the first batch.\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 price of Maluku oud?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eWe do not announce figures for goods that have not arrived, for promising a price before sorting is marketing, not honesty. What we commit to: a price that reflects the true grade after individual inspection, on the same declared scale you know in our available collections. And those registered on the interest list know the full 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;\"\u003eWill the Maluku be wild or from plantations?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eWe will declare that with full transparency upon availability, in the product name itself, not in the footnote. The Maluku oud pockets are little-explored by virtue of the islands' scattering and ruggedness, which may favor the chances of the wild, but we do not claim knowledge of what we have not verified: when we approve the first batch you will read its true source and pay the price of what you actually buy.\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 notification the moment it is available?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eRegister your interest through the contact page with your email or number, and we will message you directly upon the approval of the first Maluku batch and before the public announcement in the store. No random mailing lists: one 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 samples and wholesale quantities of the Maluku be available?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eYes, and the sample is a commitment declared in advance: every new origin we enter enters with a small trial pack from the offered batch itself, so we will not ask you to commit to a kilogram of an origin you have not smelled. As for wholesale, the first batches will be limited by the nature of the exploration, so register your target quantities early through the request-quotation page, and for today's merchants there is the available wholesale oud collection.\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 a page for an unavailable origin?\u003c\/summary\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:10px 0 0;color:#3a3a3a;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eTransparency of the expansion map: with this page our fourth island family begins, Maluku the mother and Halmahera its great daughter, so you know what we are working to source and where we have reached in it instead of being surprised by a product without context. And it lets you reserve your priority early in an origin whose first batches will arrive small.\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;\"\u003eFrom islands that changed history — register your interest in their oud\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#f0e6d6;margin:0 0 22px;line-height:1.9;\"\u003eRegister your interest in the Maluku to be informed before the public announcement and have selection priority from the first batch, or shop now its eastern neighbor available from the same Gyrinops school.\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 in the Maluku\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/papua-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;\"\u003eShop the Papuan neighbor\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 through \u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/request-quotation\"\u003erequest a quotation\u003c\/a\u003e or browse the available \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/wholesale-oud\"\u003ewholesale oud\u003c\/a\u003e, and start your comparison reference from \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/oud-sample-kits\"\u003ethe sample kits\u003c\/a\u003e of the available \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/natural-oud\"\u003enatural oud\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/oudtreasure.com\/en\/collections\/maluku-oud.oembed","provider":"Oud Treasure","version":"1.0","type":"link"}