Oud

Oud

Caption: For over four centuries, the Jalali family has tended to the Aquilaria trees, from which comes agarwood, the rarest and most expensive perfume ingredient in the world; often more expensive than gold. Graphic: TBS

Perfume: The story of Sylhet’s oud harvesters

While the world now associates Sylhet-based Jalali Agarwood with Creed’s Oud Zarian, their collaborations stretch beyond that; Dior, Louis Vuitton and several other high-end perfume houses have...