Pierre Black at Aroma Sublime headquarters in Vietnam.
In the past, we always thought of our company Aroma Sublime as specializing in oils, rather than raw wood. The vast majority of orders we received for raw wood were small and only a few grams at a time. The wood we kept in stock we mostly thought of something that we might eventually transform into oil, offering raw wood to our customers was more of a sideline and not really a primary focus.
All this is about to change!
The first step is that we have radically revised our prices on larger purchases of raw wood (10 grams or more). You will see now on all of our wood listings, that there has been a price adjustment of about 30% off for purchases of 10 grams or more!
The savings will only compound with our additional standard discounts that apply at checkout. Yes, you can apply 2 discounts at once! Our standard discounts are 15% on orders of $500 or more, and 25% off orders of $1000 or more. These additional discounts apply automatically at checkout. This can add up to an incredible 50% (more or less) off all our raw agarwood and sandalwood! No need to wait for a sale! Simply order more and immediately receive discounts from 25% to 50% off.
100-year -old sinking grade Mysore sandalwood.
Wild raw agarwood and agarwood oil.
For the next few months all of our wood listings appear as specially priced "SALE" items. However, these price reductions on purchases of 10 g or more are permanent!
These changes are happening for a few reasons…
The first is simply customer demand for larger quantities of fantastic wood at better prices. We're happy to oblige, and have given greater consideration to price adjustments for larger orders.
The deeper reason we're able to do this now, is because in recent years we have spent a lot more time on the ground, on location, meeting responsible, experienced agarwood harvesters in person and developing relationships. It's gotten to the point where we cannot possibly buy all of the incredible wood that we encounter. Prices have dropped a little bit because we are dealing more often with experienced harvesters directly instead of dealing with middlemen. We would like to pass this abundance on to you and at a much better price point whenever possible.
You are going to see our selection and variety of wood improve in the near future and you're going to see many offerings at much lower prices, especially when you take advantage of our discount structure for an almost unbelievable 50% off of list prices.
And finally thank you so much for your trust and support over the years.
- Pierre Black and the Aroma Sublime Team
Check out our wood selection here.
Here are some additional notes for our STANDARDS and POLICIES regarding RAW AGARWOOD in particular:
• When we say wild, we mean wild! All our products designated as WILD are from genuine 100% naturally occurring wild forest agarwood trees with no human interventions prior to harvest. Occasionally we might offer other options, but they will be clearly indicated as either “cultivated” (farmed) or “semi-wild” (agarwood growth influenced by human intervention in a natural setting). When we say wild, we mean wild!
• One tree wonders! We strongly prefer single-tree agarwood harvests and single-tree Oud oil distillations. This has both environmental benefits an, we believe, experiential benefits; in terms of capturing the unique essence of a single, fully mature, agarwood tree. When this single-tree preference is not possible we strongly favor combining wood from only a few fully mature trees, of known provenance, from the same geographic location, and from trusted and experienced harvesters. More and more you will see us moving toward single-tree productions. It’s part of our commitment to sustainability and the joy we take in honoring the individual aromatic “soul” of each tree we harvest.
• Selecting wood for both beauty and aroma: We always do our best to send you beautiful-looking whole pieces of agarwood as best we can, regardless of the size of your order. (You will never receive dust, small chips, or low-quality scraps; unless the product is described and shown as such in the listing.) Already, our entire agarwood supply is always carefully chosen for both aroma and aesthetic appeal. Then we do our very best to fill your order with solid, attractive pieces of agarwood, as best we can, based on the number of grams you purchase of a particular wood variety. Purchasing at least 5 grams or more will give you an aesthetic advantage allowing us to select more attractive single pieces of agarwood just for you that will demonstrate clearly the natural form, color, and texture of the wood you have chosen.
Check out our wood selection here.
