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Dark Agarwood
Dark agarwood is deep brown to purple-brown wood, rich and even from a distance.
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Buying guide
How do you choose dark agarwood?
Dark agarwood is a deep brown to purple-brown wood, for strands that read rich from a distance. Darker wood often carries more resin, but not always, and some sellers stain wood to look darker. So we weigh every strand on camera, and the weight and bead size say more than colour. All of our wood comes from Aquilaria trees grown on plantations.
How do you choose dark agarwood? First, check the grain in your video: real dark agarwood still shows lighter lines and variation. By contrast, a flat, even colour with no lines can point to stain. Next, compare the weight with the bead size and count, because resin-rich wood tends to be denser. For example, any wood above 1.0 g/cm³ would sink in water. Then think about stones, since jadeite, Nanhong agate and turquoise stand out on dark wood. Finally, keep dark agarwood dry and out of strong sun.
What to know before you buy dark agarwood
Purple-brown is a tone of the same plantation agarwood, not a different wood. In practice, dark agarwood reads rich from a distance, while the grain shows best up close. Additionally, ask for another strand if the first one looks too even.
Overall, this page gathers 4 styles of dark agarwood: 4 multi-wrap strands. You can pick beads anywhere from 3 to 10 mm. Also, 1 of these styles have real photos from our stock, 9 photos in all. Whatever you pick, the scale and the camera come first, and payment after.
These 4 styles are 2% of all 182 on this site, according to our catalogue data. AgarwoodTown, trading since 2014, ships all 4 dark agarwood from China, and you pay with PayPal only after you approve the video.
All our agarwood comes from plantations, not wild trees. Since CITES Appendix II regulates trade in all Aquilaria species, the export documents for your country are confirmed with your quote.
How do you choose, step by step?
Choosing dark agarwood is a 4-step decision. First read each step below, then send us your wrist size, and finally judge your own dark agarwood piece on video. For example, 4 of these 4 styles, or 100%, come in more than one bead size, according to Oudbracelet catalogue data.
Step 1: Deep tone
Reads dark and even from a distance.
Step 2: Contrast with stones
Jadeite and red agate stand out on dark wood.
Step 3: Check the weight
Colour hints at resin; weight measures it.
Step 4: Look for lighter lines
Real resin runs unevenly — look for variation.
What should you read before you choose?
These 3 guides answer the questions buyers ask most often about dark agarwood. For example, the first one is “The Rarest Wood in the World: Agarwood and 7 Other Rare Woods”. Together the 3 guides cite 14 published sources, from Scientific Reports and others. In total, the 3 guides take about 32 minutes to read.
- Materials · 9 min readThe Rarest Wood in the World: Agarwood and 7 Other Rare Woods
- Authenticity · 12 min readHow to Tell Real Agarwood: Grain, Scent, Weight, Surface and the Seller, and What Each Check Can’t Prove
- Authenticity · 11 min readSinking vs Floating Agarwood: Density, the Water Test and What a Strand Should Weigh
Questions
What do buyers ask about dark agarwood?
This FAQ is a set of 7 short answers about dark agarwood from AgarwoodTown, trading since 2014. Each answer stands on its own. For example, the first one asks “Does darker agarwood mean more resin?”
Does darker agarwood mean more resin?
Often, but not always. Resin is dark, so resin-rich wood tends to look darker. However, paler wood can carry resin in lines, and some sellers stain wood. Weight and density are the reliable measures.
How can I tell dark agarwood is not dyed?
Look for variation: real resin runs in streaks of different widths, and beads differ from each other. Uniform flat colour on every bead is a warning sign. Our guide to telling real agarwood covers five checks.
How are dark agarwood pieces priced?
By weight. First, we pick the piece you will receive, weigh it on camera and send you the video with its exact weight and price. So we charge nothing until you approve it, and you pay by PayPal invoice.
Is purple-brown agarwood different wood?
It is a tone of the same plantation agarwood. We list it with dark wood because it reads similarly on the wrist; your video shows the exact colour of your strand.
What bead sizes do dark agarwood come in?
On this page, bead sizes run from 3 to 10 mm, across 9 sizes. Generally, smaller beads read finer and weigh less. Larger sizes show the pattern better, though the extra wood adds weight and price. Tell us your wrist and we work out the count.
Can I see real photos of dark agarwood?
Yes. 1 of the 4 styles here have real photos from our stock, 9 in total. However, those photos show stock strands; the one you buy gets its own video first.
How do I choose between dark agarwood?
First, pick the bead size you like on your own wrist; here it runs from 3 to 10 mm. Then choose the cut: this page has round. Once you are down to one or two of these 4 styles, ask for a quote; the video usually decides.
On film
Dark Agarwood on film
Studio films of the bead cuts among our dark agarwood; your own strand is filmed on the scale before you pay.
- Weighed on cameraA video of your strand on the scale
- Priced by the gramOne strand, one price — no guesswork
- Pay after you approveNothing charged before you see it
- Plantation agarwoodCultivated wood only, never wild
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