This Incense Is Worth $60,000

It’s no coincidence that Hong Kong is Cantonese for fragrant harbor. The city was the epicenter of the incense trade in ancient times. Agarwood incense is a treasured commodity today. Harvested from aquilaria trees, it smells like a cross between nutty wood and sweet vanilla. It’s pricey. Customers pay more than $60,000 for roughly a pound of quality agarwood, according to Wah Yuen. He has been selling incense for 70 years and hand rolls each stick in his shop. It’s a tradition that is at risk of being lost as older people die and incense is produced in factories.

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[incyphe]

i was expecting $60k for a single stick of incense. Now I'm incensed.

[ditto]

I have a feeling if I light this stuff several generations of ancestors will appear to smack me upside the head for spending that much money.

[shaghettisauce]

Man that incense must lure some good Pokémon for it to be 60k

[sean]

I just got a great big story ad on a great big story video. Nice

[aceyohns]

It better invoke the spirit of a million dollars...

[sudonim]

Btw, "Hong Kong" doesn't just mean "Fragrant Harbor".

"Hong Kong" can also literally mean "Incense Harbor", since "香" means both fragrance and incense.

[justindavenport]

I enjoy dragging the scented sticks across my meat garden, it tends to wars off the dandruff mites. Thank you and have a good day

[Fluvance]

Can you not say this video is "inspired" by your sponsor? Unless they literally gave you the idea about this specific story, they didn't inspire anything. Just call it what it is. Sponsoring.

[seekorea]

It's the result of a lifetime of hard work. There is a Korean proverb. "The result does not betray the effort." GOOD!!!!

[sachi]

The translation is spot on nice job guys

[thugasaurusrex]

"inspired by" you mean sponsored?

[blackmould]

Well now I’m I know I’ll never be content until I smell the scent of this incense.. It must smell heavenly!!

[jessicalim]

Just got a great big story ad before this lololol

[tomatobash]

Agarwood is the same as 'Oud' that is used in Arab culture and nowadays by some high-end fragrance manufacturers.

Arab's use it in two ways. The first is the wood itself placed into a special ceramic/metal container on top of some coal, to create the scented smoke. The second way is by extracting the oil from the wood and storing it in small glass containers to be used on the body and on clothing. It can also be diluted and used as a furniture spray or as an air freshener.

[archevenault]

I'm Cantonese and it took me a moment to figure out what he was saying because of how his voice is lmao

[brd]

The creators are priceless when it is about smelling so better trying to be seen as nicer when it is the weather..

[ToastRei]

That's why oud is such a popular note on frags

[home]

Gucci : im an expensive item >:D
Bonsai scissors : hold my metal
Incense : No, Hold my wood >:)

[mscraft]

Itna paisa maine kabhi to sapne me bhi nahi socha,

😂 😂 😂 😂

[realIndranil]

All my life living in Agartala, which when translated from Bengali to English literally means Land beneath Agarwoods, and atlast finding a decent video on Agarwood!!

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