13TH MAY 12.40PM UPDATE: More orders from the 6th May are being collected today. Many easy to assemble orders after this date are also due to be collected by the couriers today. UK orders can only leave once we have National Insurance number for private customers or the EORI number for business customers as this information is requested by Fedex and helps the delivery go smoothly.
11TH MAY 8.40PM NOW CLOSED - WE ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT ANY FURTHER ORDERS THIS MONTH: I am very sorry for any inconvenience caused but after being open for just 5 days this month, we have received enough work to keep us more than busy until the end of May. As such I have had to remove all countries from the website to prevent any more orders from being placed. The website will be reopened across June again (countries added back to site). If you have an order placed with us, you are our complete priority, so should you have questions about your order feel free to get in touch. Please note regarding the orders we have to process, no additions can be added to the orders now. Thank you to everyone for your overwhelming support of Hermitage Oils and I remain with kind regards, Adam Michael. Dismiss
Adam Michael has this to say “Benzoin absolute is a bit of a confusing subject as all benzoin material is solvent extracted so technically speaking maybe we should offer our benzoin variant as absolute. The reason why we don’t and what sets this material apart from the other we offer is the quality of the solvent used. In this instance a far more nature identical solvent is used where as with the other material we carry, a cheaper solvent is used and then the material is diluted down in DPG (50%) to make that material pourable and easy to work with.
If you are familiar with Benzoin Absolute you’ll know how challenging this material can be to get into a pourable state. For this reason we now offer it diluted at 50% in ethanol.”
Thomas (verified owner) –
A treasure from Laos ! This abs is really close to the classical tincture that you can get from your pharmacist, with its comforting medicinal and herbal aspects. The lovely bonus here is that, while remaining a very long lasting base note, it brings warmth to the heart note with an exotic floral impression. Not “gourmand” in any way, although it has a vanillic facet, but close to an ylang absolute with an animalic touch of coconut in it. I would call this a “solar” note.
CATHERINE A (verified owner) –
A sweet balsamic amber , really e treasure fantastic for oriental perfumes