Amber Fossilised E.O (Pinus Succinifera)

Adam Michael has this to say “This crude amber oil is a by-product of the gemstone industry. The pieces used here are estimated between 30 million to 50 million years of age, sourced from the Baltics (by far the most prized), amber brown in colour and the oil is obtained via vacuum distillation of the fossilised pieces deemed unfit for jewellery making along with fossil dusts and residues. Aromatically this is not for the faint hearted or the person that only likes “pretty smells” and is nothing like what many today recognise as an “amber aroma”. Todays amber scents are nearly all cistus, benzoin and vanilla sweet themed recreations.

This legitimate crude amber oil in neat form is initially reminiscent of petrol, fresh rubber, cade e.o, birch white e.o, freshly laid tarmac, incense, shoe polish, smoke plumes and the most sublime leather tonalities. Sitting underneath there is lots of charred wood qualities, yet more leather nuances, the smell of crushed brick powders, and to a lesser extent mulch and decaying foliage. This also reminds me a little of smelling methyl-anthranilate as I associate that smell with cycling past a power station as a young boy!

Steffen Arctander has this to say “The crude oil finds some application in perfumery where it blends excellently with labdanum, castoreum, ionones, amylsalicylate, etc. and it is sweetened with cananga oil, benzylsalicylate, zingerone, etc. for typical “leather” bases e.g. in mens colognes and after-shaves.

Botanical Name: Pinus succinifera

Origin: Baltics

Alcohol Soluble: Yes 

Oil Soluble: Yes 

Wholesale weights (all prices excluding vat): 250G = 250 Euros. 1 kilo = 795 Euros.