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 “Another first and if you like our Sweet Incense Tree or are a fan of rum and whiskey aromatics through to woods (especially oakwood) and vanillas, then this all out gourmand aromatic is a must try.
This Resinoid (more specifically, this is an alcohol resinoid) is extracted from the fruit of Tetrapleura tetraptera, widely known and appreciated across West Africa for its fulsome, voluptuous aroma and its medicinal properties. This is therefore no true rum-derived aromatic (check out our Rum CO2 extract). This is just a gorgeous aromatic that smells chiefly of rum, along with other delectable gourmand notes.
On the strip I detect notes of aged oak barrels, booze-soaked raisins, dark dustings of chocolate, honeys, plump vanilla pods sweetness (none cloying), rum, whiskey and a masterclass of smoothness throughout, not a single rough edge despite showcasing so many layers. This has a ‘good old times’ vibe about it and the level of saturation and intensity on the strip is off the charts wow.
In fact, if you know the Bourbon whiskey drink Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey, all that smooth aged woody vanillic and honeyed taste goodness is here in this aromatic. This does not come across like a young production at all, despite this being exactly that. This honestly smells like an aromatic with 10 or 15 years or ageing behind it and I am delighted to have another rarity in our collection.
Now I need to state this resinoid material is diluted at 50% in alcohol and so it isn’t oil soluble.
Regarding perfumery uses, due to the number of layers here, this material can be a friend to many, working well with balsamics such as tolu and styrax through to outright gourmands such as cocoa, vanillas, toffees, tonka, coconut, super useful within boozy creations containing absinthe, rum, whiskey and oak wood, shows potential for working well with all cedarwoods (true or otherwise botanically), has scope for pairing well with agrestic materials such as tobaccos through to hay, has promise with exotic and especially saturating type heavy florals, so champaca abs, orange blossom abs, sambac abs, auriculactum abs, ylang abs and so on, you could even consider this resin aromatics of frankincense, myrrh and opoponax (for me opoponax is actually a gourmand) and also bran abs has good potential here so long as the production has had some time to age and its more sweet vanillic opposed to wheats and cereals themed.”
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Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
I could easily fall for a jammy fruity and flowery abs with this masterpiece of resinoid..it reminds me of very old barrels full of rum but all the harshness of strong alcohol is settled and what you can get now is a beautiful Rum/ amber, rich golden syrup..a very expensive liquor after dinner to relax, and a smell with great healing effect on my senses ..excellent companion with the stunning Rum C02, vanilla abs and cocoa for a gourmand accord but also for oriental and incensy compositions!!
Sarah J (verified owner) –
Gorgeous gourmand delight, with the delicious aromas of rum, coffee, chocolate, tobacco leaf, toffee apple and for me a hint of blackcurrant, if it were a liquor, it would be a great way to savour the night away to the darky depths of sleep!
Kristina M (verified owner) –
As Usual, Adam and Eleonora, simply did their best in choosing another wonderful material. Rum in top notes, after a while dried prunes with vanilla with leathery notes. No more words to describe how inebriating it is … Leathery prunes in vanilla. Just Wooow. 100 ++++++
vivienne.calgaro (verified owner) –
This delightful product is not easy to use in a blend! Why? Because the temptation is to use African Rum solo in a fragrance! With it’s mellow butteryness coupled with the smooth boozyness, it offers up a world of gourmand delights. I find the soft whisper of candied fruits, the tender puff of savoury alcohol and a spicy undertone makes for a complex and brilliant resinoid.
Kai Leon Art Parfumeur (verified owner) –
Delectable smile-evoking gourmand treat – an elegant melange of vintage cognac barrels and noble vine corks, bittersweet (and aged – if such would exist) caramel, a bouquet of dried meadow herbs – more pronounced in drydown, effluvium of granpda’ liquor cabinet, chestnut-carob-woodsy vanilic coziness, golden-autumn dream. Amazingly, it feeks like a brother for another gourmand essence – Cepes absolute, and they come together as exciting modifiers to anything animalic and leathery, beside the obvious gourmand classification.