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Pure Oud Oil brand Fragrance Du Bois spreads into the Middle East

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As the only scent brand worldwide to ensure using just sustainably sourced Oud oil – from its personal plantations – Du Bois’ developments are producing fairly a storm amongst a few of the world’s most critical fragrance enthusiasts. Hand crafted by a few of the world’s leading and most ingenious perfumers, Du Bois’ scents are unique, complicated, amazing and essential.

Openings

A few of the fragrances are created in Fragrance Du Bois’ own perfumery – situated in the foothills of Grasse, Cote d’Azur, France – offering an excellent variety of intoxicating aromas for its freshly opened shops in Singapore’s renowned Fullerton Hotel, and Kuala Lumpur’s luxury shopping center at the Starhill Gallery. Interest and fascination have actually generated feverish interest in a brand that has actually amassed a cult following worldwide in record time.

Award Winning

Although reasonably brand-new in the market, Fragrance Du Bois is currently collecting in the awards, after among its fragrances – produced by 5th generation Master Perfumer Francois Merle-Baudoin – was shortlisted on the planet’s leading 10 brand-new scents at the Art and Olfactory Awards in Los Angeles, USA. Customers throughout the Arabian Gulf and the larger world currently consist of royalty, prominent stars and VVIPs alike.

Shop

“Given the level of interest we have actually had from customers and merchants throughout the Middle East,” states Parisian Brand Director and representative Chloé Kurzmann, “we have actually chosen to concentrate on opening shops and retail outlets with sellers and luxury products outlets that match our clients.”.

All of our productions are hand crafted, utilizing 100 % natural and pure Oud oil, with a choice of vintages; all provided from estates handled by Asia Plantation Capital. They come to immerse their senses in a special olfactory experience that will certainly assist match their Oud-based scent to their particular characters. In addition, our perfumers or ‘Noses’, can work with a customer on a certain scent developed by hand, distinctively for them.

Need.

Current reports recommend that the yearly market for Oud scents in the Middle East alone, is 6.1 billion Saudi Riyals, and Du Bois, with its matchless and special variety of fine and bespoke scents, means to provide its items throughout the Middle East, with prepared openings in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Doha currently in development.

Among the world’s leading and most reputable authorities on great scent, Roja Dove, just recently released a brief movie on the value of Oud and its value to the world of haute perfumery – with certain concentrate on its location in Middle Eastern culture. Roja Dove’s own variety of great scents consist of some delicious Oud-based accords, and he is so distinguished in his field that he has actually been turned over with running the refinery on the 5th Floor in Harrods, London – certainly among the world’s most respected great scent emporiums, often visited by numerous of the Gulf’s elite when seeing the United Kingdom.

Sustainability.

Company Development Director for Asia Plantation Capital Gary Crates states, “The need for our Oud oils and woodchips in the Middle East and Asia has actually grown tremendously over the last few years, and it’s quite as an outcome of international brands such as Tom Ford – together with revered professionals such as Roja Dove – comprehending the value of this glamorous and magical component. This has actually caused a larger gratitude of its values, and the significance of sustainable and constant materials of 100 % pure Oud oil, which we can supply.”.

He continues, “The market for Oud and its items has actually grown regularly considering that records started in 1880, valuing at 4 % per year throughout that time, and by 15 % per year over the last 20 years. This is according to CITES and Traffic Reports, and our team believe that development will certainly continue, year on year. A lot of gratifyingly,” Crates concludes, “we have the assistance of leading organisations and conservationists such as the Prince Albert of Monaco Foundation, which has actually played a huge part in widening and raising customer awareness.”.

Interest.

It’s clear that Oud and scents produced from this utmost of nature’s components will certainly remain to be delighted in for generations to come, thanks mostly to responsible and liable business such as Asia Plantation Capital, along with socially and ecologically liable scent brands such as Fragrance Du Bois. With continued research study, development and the commitment of academics and perfumers such as Roja Dove, the energy is integrateding the mission making the world and customers familiar with and able to experience this most magical of items.

About Fragrance Du Bois.

Fragrance Du Bois is a specific niche luxury fragrance residence working carefully with sustainable plantations in Asia, bringing interesting brand-new 100 % natural Oud oil based scents to unique markets worldwide. Sustainably sourcing the finest basic materials around the world, dealing with French perfumers to develop a complete variety of items, as well as offering custom scent services, Fragrance Du Bois is individual luxury with a conscience. With unique scent lounges around the world, in Dubai, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, Fragrance Du Bois develops just the finest experience in custom perfumery.

 

“Asia Plantation Capital Reports US$59m in Increased Turnover”

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Asia Plantation Capital revealed a considerable increase in turnover throughout the group considering that 2012 for its fiscal year of 2013. Attaining a brand-new income peak of US$ 53.5 million, the business associates this to a business technique of guaranteeing all plantations jobs it purchases and undertakes will certainly provide high value end market items.

Another business record figure of passing the US$ 6 million turning point in payments was made to stakeholders on the business’s different agroforestry plantation jobs last year. Accomplished throughout the year, are the ongoing harvesting and production of Oud (Agarwood Oil) and associated Oud items from the business’s handled, Agarwood plantations.

Asia Plantation Capital’s bamboo plantations’ harvests have actually been continuing because early 2013, producing constant yields of edible shoots and with future diversity into bamboo based biomass and flooring prepared. Throughout the other plantation and agroforestry types that the business is included with, development and advancement has actually been constant. Asia Plantation Capital’s plantations in Thailand and Sri Lanka have actually prospered, regardless of some severe weather throughout the area, throughout 2013.

Asia Plantation Capital remains to strongly purchase its plantations, executing the most recent processing and production systems innovations. The business leverages leading engineering experts and scientists in Thailand to encourage on enhancements throughout all sectors of the business’s plantation operations; continuing its policy of dealing with different Universities on vital research study jobs associated with its activities.”Asia Plantation Capital continues to provide exceptional outcomes for our partners and customers. “As we discover brand-new chances and markets, we will certainly make sure that exactly what we plant is sustainable, produces end items that are of high value and contributes to the neighborhood,” included Mr. Rawlinson.

About Asia Plantation Capital.
Asia Plantation Capital is an owner and operator of a varied variety of industrial plantation and farming companies throughout the Asia-Pacific area, and internationally, part of the Asia Plantation Capital Group of associated business. Their focus is on varied and multicultural plantation jobs tailored to the domestic and office needs of the nations where they run. Working carefully with and supporting regional neighborhoods is a hidden core concept of the APC company, supplying cultural and social assistance, in addition to financial investment, to move these neighborhoods far from logging and unlawful logging activities, formerly viewed as a major income source in some areas of Asia.

Developed formally in 2008, although running independently given that 2002, the group now has plantation and farming jobs on 4 continents with functional jobs at different phases in Thailand, Malaysia, China, Laos, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, The Gambia, North America and Europe.

Promoting using qualified wood is the very best method of avoiding logging, safeguarding biodiversity and fighting poverty in the tropical jungle areas. For the yacht sector, which pursues quality and which is currently associated with ecological efforts, this is likewise a method of guaranteeing that no wood from unlawful logging is utilized.

Asia Plantation Capital Agarwood Positioned To Assist Worldwide Pharmaceutical Business

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Conventional Chinese Medication (TCM) currently has a crucial function for agarwood where it is utilized to alleviate spasms and discomfort, deal with the digestion system, manage the essential organs (heart, lungs, liver), and to lower and reroute energy levels to support the kidneys. It is likewise made use of to deal with tightness in the chest, stomach discomfort, throwing up, diarrhoea and asthma.

In a brand-new financial investment programme Asia Plantation Capital is engaging different academics in Southeast Asia to check out the science behind these medical applications. They intend to determine crucial locations for essential analysis and ultimate preclinical trials, a basic procedure to getting approval and approval by medical authorities in Europe and America.

According to information supplied by the Committee on Chinese Medicine and Pharmacy there are 47 legitimate production licences for ready TCM items consisting of agarwood powder as a component. Amongst these over 80 % of the products include less than 6 % of agarwood in each dose. With the natural procedures utilized on our agarwood plantations Asia Plantation Capital is well positioned to assist worldwide pharmaceutical business, particularly as they continue their search for brand-new medications to fight identified conditions and enhance research study on the worldwide element of brand-new contagions.”.

In Thailand Asia Plantation Capital has actually been dealing with Prince Songkhla University where Prof. Pakamas Chetpattananondh is leading their attack on driving modification from TCM to identified worldwide clinical approval, with certain concentrate on anti-oxidant buildings of agarwood.

Asia Plantation Capital is currently producing agarwood tea utilizing leaves from picked natural agarwood plantations in Thailand and Sri Lanka. In 2013 saw them introduce agarwood rice including dietary supplements established from processed plantation agarwood trees. For some moderate skin problem they are likewise offering an ingenious agarwood soap.

At the 1st International Scientific Symposium on Agarwood (ISSA) in September 2013 the laxative building of agarwood leaves was validated and Japanese scientists revealed the impending launch of a relevant item. Agarwood leaf extracts are understood to have antipyretic, laxative and antimicrobial activities.

Barry Rawlinson continues, “It is not just China where agarwood has actually been made use of in medications for more than one thousand years, standard usages extend throughout Asia and into India within Ayurveda, even the Middle East where agarwood chips and Oud oil have a long recognized high value market. At Asia Plantation Capital we are working to bring this cultural heritage forward clinically based upon sound ecological practices.”.

About Asia Plantation Capital.
Asia Plantation Capital is an owner and operator of a varied variety of industrial plantation and farming companies throughout the Asia-Pacific area, and worldwide, part of the Asia Plantation Capital Group of associated business. Developed formally in 2008, although running independently given that 2002, the group now has plantation and farming jobs on 4 continents with functional tasks at numerous phases in Thailand, Malaysia, China, Laos, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, The Gambia, North America and Europe.
Promoting making use of licensed wood is the very best method of avoiding logging, safeguarding biodiversity and fighting poverty in the tropical jungle areas. For the yacht sector, which pursues quality and which is currently associated with ecological efforts, this is likewise a method of making sure that no wood from prohibited logging is utilized.

“Oud Oil” by Asia Plantation Capital was the star of the 2014 World Perfumery Congress

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At one of the biggest and essential occasions in the fragrance market — the World Perfumery Congress — a semi-annual occasion held this year in Deauville, France, the group from Asia Plantation Capital Distilleries and their scent partner Fragrance Du Bois stuck out.

It was the uncommon and strange, pure Oud oil, produced on sustainable plantations had and handled by Asia Plantation Capital, that put a spotlight on the brand. Oud oil has a near legendary condition on the planet of haute perfumery and fast-growing need from the cosmetics markets.

“The newest production of Oud oils by Asia Plantation Capital Distilleries has actually been developed and refined over years of research study and advancement to supply the scent market with a natural sustainable Oud oil of a constant quality and requirement,” states veteran fragrance market professional Simon French. “Reaction from worldwide perfumers at the program has actually been extraordinary. It’s clear the business’s brand-new oil production strategies are settling and producing an oil with a less animalic note and softer tones, makings it better to deal with for perfumers and is likewise longer enduring.

Visitors to the business’s stand consisted of leading business in the scent market and perfumers, along with the greatest business in the Oud market from the Middle East, score the business’s oils of a much greater quality than exactly what they have actually been provided in the market.

Likewise showcased were charming fragrances produced by Fragrance Du Bois and its group of worldwide perfumers where all fragrances were created utilizing the 100 % ensured pure oil to assist display its variety to other perfumers and scent homes. Among Du Bois’ finest scents Sahraa Oud, developed by among Du Bois’ perfumers, Francois Merle-Baudoin, was shortlisted in the leading 10 scents by an independent fragrance residence at The Art and Olfaction Awards in Los Angeles just recently.

This considerable distinction with the pure, natural Oud oil produced by Asia Plantation Capital is an outcome of dealing with the leading academics in the market and commercial assembly line specialists to establish the in-depth “soil to oil program” which is at the core of Asia Plantation Capital’s sustainable agarwood plantations. Every phase of the procedure from preliminary plantation stock and land choice, to the inoculation methods and end processing systems have actually undergone extensive clinical analyses and testimonial by the SKP group.

This item provides sustainable qualifications and Asia Plantation Capital provides all its Oud oil under its own trademarked brand “OuDubois”, just equated as Oud of wood; this brand is now the business’s seal of credibility. Currently for every tree collected, Asia Plantation Capital is presently growing at least 20 brand-new trees as part of their sustainable agarwood plantation design to make sure the extension of future sustainable supply.

Business representative Mohammed Jaan stated, “At the end of the program, the Asia Plantation Capital Distilleries group got over 140 harmful trade purchasing queries from around the globe, and with validated orders for the business, the next 12 months of production is currently in location. Getting your hands on any of this unbelievable oil is the only thing not ensured by us!”.

About Asia Plantation Capital.
Asia Plantation Capital is an owner and operator of a varied variety of business plantation and farming companies throughout the Asia-Pacific area, and internationally, part of the Asia Plantation Capital Group of associated business. Developed formally in 2008, although running independently because 2002, the group now has plantation and farming jobs on 4 continents with functional jobs at different phases in Thailand, Malaysia, China, Laos, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, The Gambia, North America and Europe.

Promoting making use of licensed wood is the very best method of avoiding logging, safeguarding biodiversity and fighting poverty in the tropical jungle areas. For the yacht sector, which pursues quality and which is currently associated with ecological efforts, this is likewise a method of making sure that no wood from prohibited logging is utilized.

Asia Plantation Capital Patchouli Oil Awarded Premium Grade

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Asia Plantation Capital has been establishing sustainable, organic, Patchouli oil production on its plantations for the last year. Patchouli oil is drawn out from the leaves of the seasonal patchouli bush (which grows back) enabling the leaves to be gathered, sustainably, every 3 to 4 months. The recent harvest and production of Patchouli oil, by Asia Plantation Capital, on its plantations in Sri Lanka has actually been accredited as superior grade by independent analysts at the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI), Colombo. When analysed through mass spectrometry by the ITI, samples of our oil checked positive for the major compounds of Patchouli oil.

Of these compounds, Patchouli alcohol is the main constituent which figures out the quality of the oil. As a result, the rate of the Patchouli oil highly depends upon the ratio of Patchouli alcohol present in the oil. Spectrometry results plainly suggest the high material of patchouli oil (0.53 %) and patchouli alcohol (54.56 %) in the oil sample which was taken after the purification process. A patchouli alcohol material of over 30 % is considered excellent quality.

These results reveal that the cultivation of patchouli for business oil extraction in Sri Lanka is a sensible proposal. This is a substantial development for Asia Plantation Capital in Sri Lanka. We already cultivate Patchouli in Thailand and are now tailoring up to follow our success in the production of high quality Oud oil with big scale production of Patchouli; for Sri Lanka, this can be especially useful as it can produce a new, high quality crop to enhance exports and the rural economy.

Lalith Ganlath, Attorney for Asia Plantation Capital in Colombo, states, “It’s a pleasure to see the effort of the Sri Lankan, Asia Plantation Capital team settling in Sri Lanka, on the back of plantation jobs which the Company operates in other parts of South East Asia, and assisting to contribute research and innovation to the nation’s agricultural export markets. I am really eager to aid promote this job and motivate out-growers to cultivate the Patchouli, which can enter into their existing agroforestry earnings. It will certainly also assist maximise land use and returns for rural farmers, with Asia Plantation Capital concurring to purchase back the dry leaves which can be harvested every 3 months.”.

Asia Plantation Capital currently has its own distribution offices, retail shops and warehouses in the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the USA, supplying the industry. It is well set to end up being a significant provider of sustainable Patchouli oil, traceable to the source of production– Patchouli oil is among the most widely used oils in the international Fragrance market and has a forecast market value of over $46 billion in 2018 (Source: Industry Analyst’s Inc.). Surprisingly, Patchouli oil is among the couple of natural important oils which can not be recreated in any high quality, synthetically, for use in perfumes; making the demand for this outstanding oil relatively ensured.

Over the next year, the Company intends to establish over 5,000 acres of Patchouli fields making use of a mix of their own lands in South East Asia and out grower plans in Sri Lanka, Thailand and Malaysia. All production for the plantations will be supplied with Certificate of Origin, Certificate of Analysis (CofA), Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for exports and Flow of Processing and Product Specification. In addition, the oil will certainly be packaged under the Group’s perfume brand, “Fragrance Du Bois” and branded, “Patchouli Du Bois” as an additional stamp of ensured quality — which has been an essential to the success in worldwide marketing the Company’s other important oils such as Oud (agarwood) and likewise infected wood chips.

Notes to Editors:.
About Asia Plantation Capital.
Asia Plantation Capital is an owner and operator of a varied variety of commercial plantation and farming companies across the Asia-Pacific area; globally, it is part of the Asia Plantation Capital Group of associated business. Established officially in 2008 (although operating independently considering that 2002) the group now has plantation and agricultural tasks on four continents, with functional tasks at various phases in Thailand, Malaysia, China, Laos, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, The Gambia, North America and Europe.
Promoting the use of certified wood is the very best method of preventing deforestation, protecting biodiversity and combatting poverty in the tropical rainforest regions. For the yachting sector, which strives for quality and which is already included in ecological efforts, this is also a method of ensuring that no wood from unlawful logging is utilized.