The chips can be burned for incense, and the chips and powder alike can then be turned into oud essential oil through steam distillation. Called “gahara” in Malay, “chen xiang” in Chinese, ...

Oud chips are commonly used as incense, particularly in the Middle East, where they're burnt both as tokens of hospitality and infused into clothes and garments as a perfume. Truong Thanh Khoan ...