8 reviews for Cardamom Absolute
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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 : )
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€16.00 – €488.00
Eleonora Scalseggi has this to say “A spice favourite of many, cardamom is commonly offered as an essential oil and much more rarely as an absolute material. Cardamom absolute is of course a cardamom material, warm spicy yet fresh with light eucalyptus nuances. The absolute offering however is much warmer, woodier and sweeter and has much more body and complexity than any essential oil material.
The absolute is also mellower -almost velvety- and definitely less loud than the essential oil (which is chiefly a top note). It makes a brilliant heart and base note obviously in oriental and spicy accords but also green floral compositions where its soft floral dry-out blends in perfectly. A very good modifier also perfect when you want a soft cardamom note right in the heart of your composition rather than in its top. Perfectly pourable yet slightly thicker than the water-like essential oil, warm brown in colour and effortlessly alcohol soluble too.”
Botanical Name: Elettaria cardamomum
Origin: Guatemala
Wholesale weights (all prices excluding vat): 100G = 200 Euros. 250G = 400 Euros.
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M (verified owner) –
This is not a very common material. Yet a very useful one for any blends – especially floral, oud, and resin oriented ones, and in oriental, gourmand, and chypre blends.
Goes quite well with orris, rose, ylang ylang, tuberose, gardenia, oud (Malaysian, Indian, Thai – all wild), resins, and so on.
Although cardamom is considered as a top note material, due to being an absolute, it imparts it’s beauty slowly and in a more nuanced way than its EO counterpart. It also modifies the top and heart note of various blends quite beautifully – providing a subtle spiciness (never strong) – subject to usage of course. Highly recommended!
Michael Williams (verified owner) –
A divine absolute which embodies warm, sweet, woody nuances which are very long lasting but not loud & in your face.
Goes very well with resins such as frankincense, olibanum & fruity floral notes such as ylang ylang, neroli & verbena.
Dustin M (verified owner) –
Very nice. Sweeter than the essential oil , still diffusive but warmer.
randall.chelsea (verified owner) –
I’ve tried so many samples of cardamom absolute and this is by far the nicest. It’s beautiful–reminds me of my favorite cardamom pastries with its round vanilla sweetness (not at all sharp like the essential oil). A little goes a long way–I used this in an oriental blend and after a few days in the bottle, it had dominated the blend. (Certainly not a bad thing, just something to note!)
Pablo MC (verified owner) –
If you are looking for a cardamom note, this is the one. Full scent of cardamom in a very round and filling scent. Impacts top notes as well as middle notes. Highly recommended!
Gabriella C (verified owner) –
Very real, strong cardemom, quite sweet and lovely with tuberose.
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
Exceptional quality oil and although i love the co2 distillation i found this abs richer/sweeter and more powerful..better buy both to have alternatives depending your composition..a must have material..
Alexandre C (verified owner) –
Gorgeous material, longer lasting spicy note. Only missing a star because for some reasons I find it has some of the black cardamom aspects I’m less fond of in the top notes. Once it dries down though it reveals sweetness, still cardamom like, but more along the lines of cardamom cakes one of my friend used to make, delicious.