Well, for us, CITES Appendix II permits are just paperwork hurdles; the real yield from a properly infected *Aquilaria malaccensis* here is about 1.5 to 2 kilos of good resinous heartwood per tree after a decade of patience. But your "obvious" answer misses the market truth—most commercial "oud" sold is barely a fraction pure, blended with synthetics to meet demand. I know because I walk my plantation sniffing bark samples like my father tested ghee, and this slow, earthy resin is nothing like the chemical perfume flooding the souks.
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