Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: For thousands of years, agarwood has been known as "The Wood of the Gods." First-grade agarwood can cost as much as $100,000 per kilogram ...

The goal: to produce the highly prized agarwood. Agarwood, also known as gaharu in Malaysia, is a fragrant dark resinous wood formed in the heart of the tree trunk that is used in the production ...

Intrigued, I read about the tree and found a fascinating and deadly perfume trail. First, the Agar is not a tree but the name ...

The Agarwood market was initially monopolised ... yield resin in the next 5 to 6 years and the tree shall be felled to extract the resin which then can be distilled to produce around 20 to 25 ...