Mr.P
oud<3er
Been playing around with using lasers to burn oud wood. It's really a great way to carefully observe the aroma. It is possible to create very high temperatures in very small areas - and also to use very gentle heat as well (by changing the focus of the beam). Again, what makes it so appealing is how instantaneous and precise the technique is. You could compare the aroma of different sides of a single piece of oud no larger than a caper... the size of the area that gets burned can be made as small as the "period" at the end of this sentence.