Brisk business for agarwood

For the love of wood: Chunks of agarwood being sold in Bukit Bintang.

KUALA LUMPUR: Jalan Bukit Bintang is known for its glitzy malls and bars, which tourists make a beeline for.

However, among the bustling nightspots and shopping centres, there are at least six agarwood shops and perfumeries along that street alone, attracting the stream of Arab visitors looking for the expensive scent used to, among others, spray on the curtains that cover the Kaabah in Mecca and for incense burnt in their homes.