26th April at 7.35pm: A quick update. Many parcels have left today. The situation is as follows, we still have one order left to process for the 10th (Paris retailer), one for the 11th and a lot more still for the 15th through to the 18th - mostly USA wholesale orders. The plan now is to work on orders across the weekend and by no later than Tuesday 30th - every order placed upto the 18th will be dispatched. Ideally they will all be out by Monday 29th but based on how I called it wrong recently I think it's better to call it for Tuesday. I'll update on order lead times for the 19th onwards on Monday 29th. It goes without saying that I am very sorry about the lead-time but like the lab and staff, it is now just a matter of a month or so before we are better organised, holding larger stocks of each aromatic, and in turn the lead-times will drastically improve going forward. Ok, back on Monday and thank you to everyone for the continued support. Thank you, Adam : )
23rd April at 4.10pm: Unfortunately, regarding the message below and lead-times, I called it wrong. My apologies. As such all orders placed upto the 15th - and about half of those placed on the 16th, will leave by Friday 26th. On Thursday no collections are possible by couriers as it's a national holiday here in Italy. On the subject of SDS, the company handling this for us, has written to me today, acknowledged more are owed to us (submitted in December and January) and that they are now working on producing the final lot of SDS for us. This includes Plantation, Wild and Jungle ouds that many of you ask about. Next, I have spent the past year (literally) sampling ambrette seed e.o and absolutes from various producers and resellers to no avail. They all smell really poor compared to what I carried. They are too nutty, too fatty, too vegetative, too lacklustre, falling away very fast, and really dont showcase the musky textured qualities of a top ambrette properly. Even the big naturals brands are all obtaining and selling sucky poor man's ambrette at the moment. Written as I have decided to move over to carrying ambrette CO2 and this will be in place until I can find a wow absolute and E.O again. CO2 is still not on par with what I had, but it offers a far better profile on the musky front than the abs and e.os in the market place right now. This CO2 will be in stock by early May. Next, we will put all the non.eu destinations we can supply to, back on our website on May 6th - so U.A.E, UK, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Australia. On the new product front, the next batch of 10 superstars will be released on the 20th May - lots more roses planned. And I will get started on expanding the bulk wholesale side of the business very soon - more aromatics and offered in larger weights as standard - likely upto a kilo on the website. Ok I will write again by Monday. Thank you, Adam : )
19th April at 5pm: Quick update to first say I have now added the following big ticket aromatics to the website: Italian Oakwood Absolute, Organic Georgian Rose Raduga Otto and finally Persian P.E.A Intense Rose (Otto). Orders, as I type with exception to 3 orders, every order placed up until the 11th has left with the couriers. By Monday 22nd, all orders placed up until the 14th will leave with couriers and I will type again across Monday with another update. Bulk Wholesale orders that still need to be manually typed and billed will be done so by Tuesday 23rd. Thank you, Adam : )
15th April at 5.30pm: Today I am running behind but I am happy to say that along with all E.U countries, we now can supply to the USA again. USA switched on just now and the Mysore Sandalwood 4 year aged E.O offer is extended for a week for USA clients to enjoy too. By Wednesday 17th all orders from the 9th April will be dispatched with DHL. Although we are rather full-on with orders at the moment, the lead time will improve significantly very shortly. Reason being since reopening the focus has been solely on building stocks up and we have staff coming on as well now (at last!). I will write again on Wednesday regarding lead times. This week my tasks are to get on top of the SDS we are owed by the company we have employed to handle this. And other than this I am adamant I will update the bulk wholesale list with more aromatics. Finally for now - the following 11 aromatics have recently been added to the site - French Rose Geranium E.O, Sandalwood Mysore E.O 4 Year Aged, Tuscan Olive Leaf Absolute, Mitti Attar (Petrichor), Persian Queen of Roses (Otto), Tomato Leaf Absolute, Oud Assami Skank E.O V.1, South Indian 10 Year Aged Vetiver E.O, Bengali Nagarmotha E.O, VIolet Leaf Concrete, Italian Helichrysum Absolute S.G. Thank you, Adam : )
Adam Michael has this to say “Make no mistake, this Super Premium Labdanum Resin Absolute is just that, damn super, rich, smooth and I am in love with this one. I encountered this by pure luck as its artisan material produced from start to finish in Cyprus. The stats are insane when you make direct comparisons between this Super Premium offering and our regular Premium offering. For example this Super Premium provides power 3x greater and 1.5x increased longevity compared with our premium offering.
If you smell the premium material neat, you will clearly see it is a bottom heavy material, little to nothing jumps out in the top, it is just rich and heavy. Likewise this Super Premium Labdanum Resin Absolute is very heady and lively in the top, really zingy, bright, warm, sweet resinous, and woody. Truly addictive and engrossing. Also this material is technically a resin absolute and whilst that can be frowned upon compared with absolute from the concrete, it has a lot of benefits in this instance. The material is zappy throughout, rich and intense and has comparable qualities to smelling a bottle of cistus oil that has had time to age, shape and showcase that fine and beautiful body in all its splendour. Also this material whilst still solid, is more gloopy by comparison and becomes workable much faster via bain-marie than that of the premium offering. Also zero burned notes throughout and always a little more amber sweet and warm throughout.
So to sum up, if you want labdanum featuring more within the top of your composition, then this is for you. Likewise if you want a labdanum that is not the star of the show, you will get better results from the premium offering.
Without question this Labdanum Resin Absolute is a must for creating all-out heavy, pure luxurious, warm resinous and no expense spared compositions, of course it is a must for amber creations and this stuff dances all night long when paired with cypress lusitanica and atlantica, drawing out the best of the zappy green resinous and lush coniferous qualities. It pairs greatly with opoponax e.o, tobaccos and citrus materials, especially cedrat and bergamot FCF and again it complements the heavier masculine powered frankincense materials we carry – Rivae, Super Premium and Green Sacra. 110% worthy of the Super Premium title and although pricey, a little goes a very long way.”
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Justine O’ (verified owner) –
Oh so sensual, this just sweeps me into an amber dreamworld of sweet honeyed hindquarters in hay, swathes of cinnamon scented wood; the mellow, sweet and musty kind inhaled from medieval oak; and a rich animalic toffee that permeates like a smooth caramel with vanilla warmth, mingling with soft nutmeg and damp grass over peaty earth.
A rich and deeply resinous experience for those who are drawn to heavy resins and the sweet damp earth beneath mossy understories.
Indie Perfumer (verified owner) –
Here is a particularly rich labdanum product from Cyprus, an island long renowned for the quality of its Cistus ladaniferus. This resin absolute results from an alcoholic extraction of the crude labdanum gum. The final product, surprisingly, recalls the top notes of cistus twig/leaf absolute (also called labdanum absolute from twif/leaf concrete) – woody, resinous, resembling ambergris and olibanum – and the ambery, animalic, tobacco and candied plum dry down typical of labdanum absolute from resinoid, without the smoky leather aspect of these extracts. In summary, this material is well-rounded, suave and substantive. A tip: the absolute’s delicate top notes suffer from repeated heating, and thus a solvent (around 30%) should be added upon reception to make it easily pourable.
Thomas (verified owner) –
Clean animalic labdanum. The leathery note is definitely erogenous. (… !) I am using it in a classical amber composition, together with the beautiful Tolu abs that you can purchase here also. Once again, than you Adam for selling your 1ML extracts in a 10ML bottle : it is then very easy to add the right quantity of alcohol to make a 10% diultion without decanting the extract and loosing some of it in the manipulation.
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
A masterpiece..12 points for Cyprus! I can’t stop sniffing from the bottle..rich and masculine, resinous and animalic but also reminds me like expensive sweet wine..wow..its a perfume by its own..truly amazing
Alexandre C (verified owner) –
Let’s say I’m a bit biased as labdanum absolute is one of if not my favourite compound. But oh my, this is erogenous.
In the opening it feels a bit like Coca-Cola when you boil it down to a gloopy concentrate. It smells zappy, I get some citruses, it is heavy, dark, heavenly. Then you will get the animalistic notes, not fecal, but maybe ambergris like, a bit of leather, styrax ? Delicious amber, hints of caramel and even vanilla sometimes and I definitely get this sweet expensive wine feel someone talked about. It’s not a red or a white wine. More of a yellow wine or a wine that oxidised (a bit walnut like if you will), not for everyone, but definitely my jam.
I will jump on anyone wearing this. Elegant and attractive to say the least.
Patrick E (verified owner) –
I definitely get the animal note everyone is talking about. It still has that vegetarian base to that animalic character. Easily a multi-use scent. Strong and complex while maintaining smoothness.
john2 (verified owner) –
A really wonderful Labdanum. I also love the Honey version but I think this S.P is the one Ill be walking down the aisle… x
Alexandre D (verified owner) –
This material is gorgeous – really. It is rich without being overpowering, elegant and yet somewhat wild. It has a lovely “amber” note which is sweet and oriental. This material is solid at room temperature and once heated becomes pourable. I highly recommend it for anyone creating their own perfumes.
JDK (verified owner) –
I reviewed above but just to enlarge on previous comments – I have a bottle of a rather luscious velvety Rioja to hand, and every sip reminds me of this material.
Joel R (verified owner) –
Very beautiful, this is all I’d want labdanum to be. Both hyper dry and suave, the paradox that lends it so well to the classic amber. Like Adam mentioned, very top heavy for a base note, which can be a pro or a con depending on your use.
Elena T (verified owner) –
This is so beautiful, and I even wore it alone diluted to 20 % and couldn’t stop sniffing me arm.
Kai Leon Art Perfumer (verified owner) –
The most voluminous, lush, complex and intriguing Labdanum (being another essential favorite for life, I own them all the sorts); and absolute marvel for High Perfumery – a plant that smells like an alluring animal – beautiful carnal pheromonal scent, remarkably close to Musk and Ambergris. From to top to heart full on honey-pollen nuances, that later morphe into supporting notes of dry herbal tea and hay. On the dry down the exotic woods become more prominent. It ages beautifully, increasing in depth.
Magnus H (verified owner) –
Ok, I admit. I’m a lover of Labdanum. For this reason I have tried several different absolutes, from several different suppliers. And nothing comes close to this one. This is simply the best Labdanum absolute experience, in my mind.
So multifaceted, and so evenly temperd.
It has everything you expext from Labdanum. The sweetness, the leathery aspect, the animalic, and so on.
It should be pointed out that the animalic aspect is quite low here, when compared to other materials (like e.g. Ambrarome).
But I consider that a good thing. It makes this absolute more versitile. And, if want more animalics in your blend, you can always add a little Styrax to compensate.
Nicholas M (verified owner) –
If you only try one labdanum, start with this. Standard labdanum is, of course, beautiful, but this super premium truly is vivid and zappy every step of the way. Much more three dimensional, and it is easier to work with. I think if someone made a wine out of ambergris, cistus, and frankincense, this would be it. Animalic in all the right ways. This said, I tend to use the Honey Labdanum more simply because it is so cheerful. That one you should get for a very different take on a labdanum. Get them both!