Agarwood-Oudh formulation Agarwood oil is obtained by steam distillation of wood pieces of the fungus infected species of Aquillaria Agallocha.

The black variety of the wood gives the best quality of the oil. It grows in Assam forest of India,Cambodia,Taiwan,Vietnam,et c. Agarwood oil has a complex woody,ambery,oilbanum type of odour. It is highly appreciated by perfumers all over the world. But, due to its scarcity & increasing demand ,its prices shot upto $14000-18000 per kg of Indian variety oil. The oil from Cambodia & Taiwan is not comparable to Indian variety,hence it is cheaper. Using original oil in the perfume formulations even at 1% is adding heavy cost to the formulations . Many attempts are being carried-out to find-out a cheaper substitute for Agarwood oil in the form of a formulation using known and cheaper aroma ingredients. The following is one of such formulations which is olfactorilly very close to original oil,and the cost will be $ 40-50 per kg. This blend can be used as a direct substitute for original oil. 1] PTBCHA - 4.8 2] AMBRINOL - 5 to11.4 3] DPG - To adjust to 100 4] PATCHOULI OIL - 6.8 5] HERCOLYN-D - 6-10 6] BENZYL CINNAMATE - 0.3 to 0.54 7] EVERNYL -0.2 to 0.44 8] TRIETHYL CITRATE - 1.75 9] BENZYL BENZOATE - 1.5 10] VERTOFIX - 7-9 11] CYCLOHEXADECENONE - 0.8 12] GAMMA METHYL IONONEI- -1 to 2.5 13] BENZYL ALCOHOL - 0.42 14] ISOBORNYL PROPIONATE - 2.45 15] TETRAHYDRO IONONE - 1.3 16] Benzyl acetone -0.2 to 0.7 17] Cedarwood oil - 0.4-0.6

18] Amyris oil - 1.5-3 19] Guaiac wood oil - 0.5 20] Vetiver oil - 0.2 21] Cuminseed oil -0.002 22] Cashmeran -0.002 23] Olibanum resin - 0.4 24] Cyclopentadecanolide -0.1 to 0.5 25] Ambrox -0.01 The perfumers may vary the proportions of the ingredients within the specified range to get the exact feeling of the Agarwood oil. Dr.Prashantkumar Kudli Shrinivas