Let's talk about sandalwood first (2) Indian sandalwood, old sandalwood and white sandalwood.

Let me tell you a story about velappan, the Indian bandit king.

June 5438+October 2004 10, velappan, the Indian bandit king, was surrounded and killed by the special forces of the Indian government of about 500 people. It is said that people are beaten into a sieve. Verapah is an Indian legend whose deeds have been made into at least two films by Bollywood. Velappan was born in a small village in Karnataka 1952 65438+ 10/8. His life was full of misdeeds and crimes, and he began to kill people at the age of 35. Velappan is mainly active in the mountains and forests at the junction of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. There are many mountains and mines here, so for more than 40 years, velappan has done whatever he wants here.

According to Indian government statistics, velappan slaughtered as many as 2,000 elephants and smuggled ivory worth $2.6 million. Illegal logging of sandalwood is worth $22 million; In July 2000, he kidnapped Kumar, an old Indian movie star, and received a huge ransom of about $6 million. Many local villagers supported and protected him, and his image even became Robin Hood of India. I believe that most of the sandalwood from velappan has flowed into China. Maybe he illegally cut down the Indian sandalwood you are burning now. India's illegal logging of sandalwood has been repeatedly banned. After all, the mountain resources can still be sold after being cut down. Like China, Indians have been engaged in illegal logging of sandalwood for a long time.

Anyway, talk about sandalwood. Sandalwood is India's national treasure wood, and it is forbidden to cut and sell it privately. Every year, the Indian government publicly auctions a small amount of logs to meet the market demand, and if you are caught buying sandalwood logs privately in India, it is a felony.

However, if you go to india tourism, you can still buy sandalwood products in local state-owned stores, but it is said that many Indian stores sell sandalwood products that are also imported. Yes, you are not mistaken. They are all imported from abroad, not sandalwood native to India. Indian sandalwood is warm and mellow, refreshing. Its taste is pure, extremely soft, warm and sweet wood, with a hint of roses, ointment and animals. Its fragrance is consistent and lasting. Therefore, Indian sandalwood has always been a tight commodity in the market, so some people say that it is basically a fake in China now.

But if you are lucky enough, you can still buy Indian sandalwood and its products in China, because China people are smart enough to solve this thorny import problem. In the early days, Indian sandalwood was brought back to China privately and hidden in luggage, so it was called airplane material. Later, due to the supervision of India, a large number of Indian sandalwood entered China through selfish channels, but the risk was very high, so the supply was extremely unstable.

Laoshan sandalwood actually refers to Indian sandalwood. Because sandalwood is also produced in Australia, Indonesia and other places, it is also called Johor Bahru sandalwood for the sake of distinction. There is also a saying that "it used to be a deep mountain area, which was called Laoshan for a long time, but now it has been cut down." This kind is relatively shallow and relatively new. So it's called Johor Bahru. "Later, the so-called' Laoshan' now refers to sandalwood produced in India, while Xinshan is produced in other newly developed areas.

Due to the tight market, some people now call the sandalwood in Fiji and Tonga Laoshan Sandalwood, and even call Australian Sandalwood Laoshan Sandalwood, which is an obvious commercial behavior.

Sandalwood is actually Indian sandalwood. In ancient China, Indian ebony was called ebony, probably to distinguish it from ebony of other colors. Later, China's incense spread to Japan, and Japan has always called Indian ebony ebony, so that many people now say that ebony is the Japanese name of Indian ebony, which is very fallacious.

Recently, many domestic perfume enterprises also produce Dalbergia odorifera, which is just a continuation of China's previous name.