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 “This absolute opens with light and airy notes reminiscent of birch tar infused with aged vetiver and new leather. An animalic sweetness follows comparable to inhaling heavily diluted civet and possessing a gooey benzoin warmth. Cade wood nuances are also present, very light, but worth noting. The appearance of the pure material is very hard, resinous, solid and amber-brown in colour. It takes quite a lot of time and heat in order to become pourable, which makes it a slightly challenging material to work with (and to get out of the bottle). For this reason castoreum absolute is now offered diluted at 20% in ethanol.
Castoreum absolute is produced from an oily substance that’s secreted into the abdominal glands of both male and female beavers. The plum sized glands are removed from the beaver and left to dry. I understand the drying process can take place over a number of years. Now the dried glands are extracted chiefly via a benzene extraction which results in a material that resembles a concrete. This material is then alcohol washed to provide the absolute. By definition it is not really an absolute but instead an absolute-resinoid.”
Arctander has this to say “Castoreum (the tincture in particular) is used extensively in perfumery. Its warm, animal, leather-like sweet odour makes it an interesting item in “men’s perfumes”, fougeres, chypres, Oriental bases, leather notes, tabac bases, ect. A frequent “smoky” note in castoreum is not a natural odour, but is due to the drying of the glands over smoking fires. This curing or processing of the raw material may also be responsible for the so-called “birch tar” note of castoreum.
“Castoreum products blend particularly well with ambra notes, calamus, cananga, cedarwood Atlas, Chamomile Moroccan, creosol, labdanum products, isoeugenol, oakmoss products, sandalwood oil, veratraldehyde, zingerone, ect.”
Botanical Name: Castor faber
Origin: Glands from various origin, assembled in France
We also supply this material neat in a 100G pack wholesale weight, in this instance the material is solid in appearance and will require bain-marie to get the material into a pourable state.
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Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
10 out of 10 material..better strength than the 6% because you can actually experience the beauty of this absolute gem..a light blend of sweet ginger absolute,nagarmortha oil and guaiac wood notes ..smoky animalic balsamic and as Adam said it opens up with airy notes of birch tar infused with aged vetiver..beautiful oil..
MARIE M (verified owner) –
I would like this absolute to be pure and not diluted so much I am addicted I never have enough Castoreum. Its chemical composition is very interesting from an energetic and therapeutic point of view. Its essence is indispensable in an attar
Kai Leon Art Parfumeur (verified owner) –
This gorgeous Castoreum is a powerhouse of savory animalism for me, forthwith intriguing, naughty and alluring. It is maximalist and overwhelming in full strength in every facet of it – if leather then it’s a whole tannery, if animalic – then it’s a wild panther breathing at your neck, if pungent bitter earth then it’s a deep primordial cave, if a velvet of a manly skin and hair – then it’s Bond, James Bond.
When I diluted it properly, it instantly conjured a visual flashback of a famed Iconic Image from the early seventies’ – a full-Nudity photo of Burt Reynolds – bare, reclining on a furry rug of a real skinned bear – head and paws, with a smile and a cigarillo dangling at the corner of his mouth…
This Castoreum is reeking of highly diffusive, fuzzy, three-dimentional virile magnetism, and will arouse – in dose-dependant manner – joyful relaxation, erotic innuendos and carnal moods – obviously into any masculine fragrance, although in any perfume as well – when composed smartly, changing floral-fruity-woodsy botanical vibes – into the sultry naturalistic fleshly ones.