Everything You Need To Know About Bakhoor

In the world of Arabic scent culture, bakhoor is in use for centuries and is commonly referred to as a product that is burnt to emit a smell. Bakhoor is an ancient Arabic term meaning "fumes" and is vastly known for its attribute to fumigate the whole room and the place where it is used. Normally directed to the term "burning", as this incense is burned in a bakhoor burner which may be charcoal or electric burner. When bakhoor is burnt it emits a beautiful aroma, utilized in aromatherapy and to get rid of unwanted smells. With a wide use in homes and offices, people of the Middle East and its central hub, Dubai consider bakhoor as a part of their daily life
This verbiage of bakhoor is commonly confused with the term "Oud". Bakhoor on the other hand refers to the incense that formally undergoes a long and complex process and it may include agarwood, but it is normally a mixture that emits a smell containing a combination of different ingredients used in its production. The smell and flavor that suits a person's taste can be selected because of the vast varieties of bakhoor, for instance, bakhoor honey utilizes the natural ingredient of Honey in the place of sugar and when burnt, it emits a beautifully sweet aroma that comes with the defined sweet smell of honey.

COMPOSITION OF BAKHOOR:
Bakhoor composition is not simple instead it is a whole defined process from choosing ingredients to combining them and shaping them in a way that when burnt the product release smell that contains the natural smell of ingredients and no foul smell.
Scented woods:
To serve the purpose of burning for a long time and providing the basic infrastructure for bakhoor that dissolves all the scented ingredients, aromatized wood chips are used. These wood chips are commonly taken from agarwood and sandalwood and when crushed and dried they become the perfect element that can absorb other perfumed ingredients.