Bakhoor Incense Chips
Classic bakhoor incense chips from plantation agarwood — authentic oud bakhoor for Middle Eastern hospitality.
Wholesale Price
From $18 / g
MOQ 250g · CITES certified · Compatible with all bakhoor burners
Form
Natural agarwood chips (bakhoor)
Fragrance
Warm resinous oud bakhoor
Burn time
~45 min per 5g
Compatible
Charcoal & electric bakhoor burners
MOQ
250 g
Packaging
Box, pouch or OEM available
Beyond the grading certificate
Ritual & Meaning
The spiritual life of Bakhoor Incense Chips
Bakhoor sits at the heart of a hospitality tradition stretching from Mecca to Muscat — the scent a guest first notices when a front door opens is the household's bakhoor signature.
Form Symbolism
Mabsoos Soaked Chips — Gulf Hospitality Code
In Arab tradition, lighting bakhoor before guests arrive is the highest form of "welcoming with scent." When the smoke passes through the mabkhara incense burner, the host gestures the smoke onto the guest's clothing and hair — a millennia-old hospitality code meaning "I offer you the most precious aroma of my home."
Functional Benefits
- Highest Arab hospitality — essential at Eid, weddings and business receptions
- Purifies space — smoke replaces previous energy and resets the room
- 24–48 hour scent on clothing — guests carry the aroma after they leave
- Protective tradition — Arab folk belief: drives away jinn and evil spirits
- Clears the senses — similar to aromatherapy, eases dizziness and fatigue
- Works in mabkhara or electric burners
Ritual note
Traditional Gulf protocol: burn bakhoor three times before Jumu'ah prayers to cleanse the majlis and welcome guests.
Ritual note
In many GCC households the first chip of the day is placed on the mabkhara immediately after Fajr prayer.
- Tradition
- Sufism · Bakhoor · Buddhism
- Chakra alignment
- Crown
- Five elements
- Fire · Wood
HOME · HOSPITALITY · POWER
A guest should feel it before they sit down.
Bakhoor is the ancient technology of atmosphere control. Gulf hosts have understood for centuries what interior designers discovered only recently: scent is the most powerful room variable you cannot see. A home that smells of genuine agarwood bakhoor — warm, complex, natural — makes guests feel that someone powerful and considered lives here. It is not about perfuming a space. It is about the impression your home makes before anyone looks at the furniture.
- ✓Fragrance persists in fabrics and hair 24–48 hours after burning — guests carry the impression home
- ✓Grade A and AAA chip base burns 20–45 minutes; synthetic bakhoor fades in under 10
- ✓GCC-standard formulations: rose water, amber, musk — the aromas Gulf consumers recognise as premium
- ✓Wholesale chips from $80/kg — CITES documentation included for all commercial shipments
Applications
The moments it transforms
Friday preparation
Burned before Jumu'ah prayer, during the ghusl ritual. The tradition of purifying and perfuming the home before the most important prayer of the week.
Guest arrival
Lit 15 minutes before guests arrive, mabkhara passed from person to person. The defining hospitality ritual of Gulf culture.
Wedding fragrance
Burned throughout the celebration hall. Guests leave carrying the fragrance in their clothes — for them, that scent becomes the memory of the event.
Evening decompression
Small amount on the charcoal after dinner. The slow unfolding of wood, resin, and rose is the transition ritual from the workday to the evening.
The right buyer
Who burns bakhoor:
The hospitality professional
Hotels, event spaces, wedding venues. Bakhoor is the olfactory signature of five-star Arabic hospitality. The scent guests remember and ask about at checkout.
The Gulf household buyer
Daily home fragrance, Friday prayer preparation, welcoming guests. The highest per-household fragrance spend of any consumer segment globally.
The bakhoor producer
Sourcing Grade A and AAA plantation chips to blend with oud oil, rose water, and amber.
The cultural gift curator
Gifting for Eid, Ramadan, weddings, corporate occasions. Authentic bakhoor — not synthetic — at gift-box margins.
QUICK REFERENCE
Bakhoor Chip Grades for Every Blend & Budget
How chip grade affects fragrance intensity, burn duration, and your production margin
Chip Grade
FOB Price / kg
Burn Duration
Best For
Chip Grade
Grade B
FOB Price / kg
$80–150
Burn Duration
8–15 min
Best For
Mass-market blending, commercial bakhoor
Chip Grade
Grade A
FOB Price / kg
$150–350
Burn Duration
15–30 min
Best For
Mid-premium home fragrance, hotel supply
Chip Grade
Grade AA
FOB Price / kg
$350–600
Burn Duration
30–45 min
Best For
Boutique bakhoor, premium gift boxes
Chip Grade
Grade AAA
FOB Price / kg
$600–1,200
Burn Duration
45–60 min+
Best For
Ultra-premium, Eid VIP gifting, royal supply
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Product Details
Bakhoor Incense Chips — Wholesale Guide
Bakhoor incense chips are the traditional form of oud bakhoor — natural agarwood chips placed on a heated bakhoor burner to release rich, complex oud fragrance. Our plantation chips are sourced directly from our Dian Bai Aquilaria sinensis trees, ensuring authentic agarwood fragrance without synthetic enhancement.
Popular across GCC hospitality markets — hotels, majlis, mosques, and home use. No synthetic oud fragrance is added. The natural chip variation in colour and texture is a mark of authenticity. Minimum order 250g; bulk pricing from 1kg.
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What our buyers say
“We source bakhoor chips from AgarwoodTown for our hotel collection in Abu Dhabi. Grade A, consistent, properly documented. Every guest enquires about the lobby fragrance. That's the result we pay for.”
Hospitality procurement manager
Abu Dhabi
“I produce Ma'amoul bakhoor for export to the UK and Canada. AgarwoodTown's Grade B chips give me the right economics for the mid-market and Grade A for the premium line. CITES is always clean.”
Bakhoor manufacturer
Jordan
“Ramadan orders have tripled in three years. Our customers know the difference between real agarwood bakhoor and the synthetic version now. AgarwoodTown makes that difference possible at scale.”
Fragrance retailer
London
Sourcing transparency: AgarwoodTown supplies plantation-grade Aquilaria sinensis chips directly from certified Guangdong sources. All chip grades (B, A, AA, AAA) are available with CITES Appendix II export permits, phytosanitary certificates, and plantation origin documentation for GCC customs clearance.
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