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Aloeswood – A Gift of Nature

Aloeswood is one of the most rare and precious woods in the world, prized for its rich and wonderful fragrance. It has been used for centuries in religious ceremonies, as well as in traditional medicine. It is believed to have both mental and physical medicinal benefits – with properties thought to balance the mind and body and relieve pain.* Aloeswood is also believed by many to have aphrodisiacal qualities.

Ancient Quotes on Aloeswood:

“Aquilaria has been used to enhance cerebral function, balance the mind/body connection and the nervous system.” Powerful and Unusual Herbs from the Amazon and China, The World Preservation Society, Inc. 1993,1995

“…Soft, soft I have made my bed, spread it with embroidered tapestries of Egyptian wool; freshly scented is that bower of mine with Myrrh and Aloes and Cinnamon. Come, let us lose ourselves in dalliance, all the night through, let us enjoy the long desired embrace…” Proverbs: 7:16-19.

In “The Song of Songs” Solomon says: “What wealth of grace is here…no lack of Spikenard or Saffron, of Calamus or Incense tree, of Myrrh…of Aloes or any rarest perfume.”

In Psalm 44, verse 9 it says (of the King): “Thy garments are scented with Myrrh and Aloes and Cassia…”

King Louis XIV of France had his shirts washed in rose water in which Aloes wood had been previously boiled.

The Indian poet Kalidasa once wrote: “Beautiful ladies, preparing themselves for the feast of pleasures, cleanse themselves with the yellow powder of sandal, clear and pure, freshen their breast with pleasant aromas, and suspend their dark hair in the smoke of burning aloes.”