Calm

The Neuroscience of Calm: How Agarwood Affects Your Brain Chemistry

Modern life is basically a stress test in slow motion. Alarms, alerts, deadlines, unsolicited Slack messages—it’s all enough to make your amygdala file for burnout.

But then… there’s agarwood.

The Brain on Agarwood (Not Literally, But Close)

Burning agarwood does more than make your home smell like a Kyoto temple and a billionaire’s study had a baby. It changes things upstairs:

Heart rate variability improves: That’s science for “you stop being a twitchy mess.”
Cortisol drops: Stress backs off. Finally.
Theta and gamma waves rise: Translation: more Zen monk, less caffeinated squirrel.

Why This Works (and Lavender Doesn’t)

Agarwood doesn’t flatten you into a puddle of passivity. It sharpens while softening. Like being soothed by someone with impeccable taste and no interest in small talk.

And because it’s rich in sesquiterpenes, chromones, and other compounds that sound made-up but aren’t—it actually shifts brain chemistry in ways that make you nicer to yourself and others.

Calm as a Chemical Event

You don’t have to manifest peace. You can light it. Breathe it. Let your autonomic nervous system do the rest.

When to Burn It

After a hard meeting
Before bed
Mid tantrum (yours or someone else’s)
When your brain is doing too much and achieving nothing

Oudism’s ‘Calm’ Blend: Engineered for Equilibrium

It’s not just soothing—it’s symphonic. Caramel, herbs, a touch of vanilla and sandalwood. The scent equivalent of being upgraded to first class without asking.