21st October @ 21.25pm : Adam here with the second update: On the subject of orders, we have received an incredible amount of wholesale and retail work across the past several hours today. Once we stop accepting orders tomorrow at 8pm, I will be in a better place to provide lead-times, but as I type, we will possibly need 5 to 6 days before we clear all of the work on our books now. Rest assured we are working throughout the weekend again so if you have an order placed we are here if you have any questions.
Once we close many seem to think we are taking time off! Its not true and we will still be working. Once I am off (so to speak) I am aiming to put in place wholesale pricing for every single product before the end of November and this is a huge job that I need to solely focus on, thus needing to close. You will also now see a new category called Core & Limited. Across the next few weeks we will be working on the sub-categories and all aimed to create a better experience for the many perfumers we work with. On top of this, we have lots of super luxury aromatics in the pipeline and again we both need time away from the day to day, in order to properly evaluate and write about each of the new aromatics.
Finally for now, I do want to draw perfumers attention to the strong possibility that raw materials are going to rise sharply across the next months. Example, the new batch of Pink Lotus Abs (on its way) is costing us 25% more, our possible Sandalwood India Gold 3.0 candidate (grade one heartwood) is going to cost us an extra 50% per kilo. I was in touch with a Chinese supplier today for Aglaia Flower Abs and was told that the cost is up by 30%. Our popular Tobacco Abs are all up by nearly 20% and our new batch of Rose Bourbon Abs will cost us 10% more. Whether you buy from us or others, if you can, I’d encourage all perfumers to start thinking ahead with your buying if you want to secure your materials at the best prices.
21st October @ 12.15pm : This is the first of 2 updates today. For now typing just to say all orders placed up until the 18th will be leaving by tomorrow. Back later this evening with a detailed update. Thanks, Adam : )
LAST ORDER TIME FOR OCTOBER IS THIS FRIDAY at 8pm Italy time. After this time no further orders will be accepted. Once we have dispatched all orders we will close and reopen across late November/early December.
Adam Michael has this to say “This castoreum recreation unlike the one previously offered has been re-formulated by the supplier and now consists of a blend of both natural and synthetic components. There are no aromatic differences to speak of – at least to my nose – and this material remains very true to real castoreum materials yet without containing any animal derivatives and therefore makes an excellent alternative to castoreum absolute.
The aroma oozes gorgeous animalic and dry leathery character throughout with leather floral, ambery, musty incense soapy, hop fruit boozy and methyl methylanthranilate qualities. This aroma is less raw when compared with smelling castoreum absolute and the leather jacket smell is far more pronounced. Longevity is impressive but not comparable with the absolute. I would sum this material up as a cleaner, gentler and more feminine orientated castoreum offering.
As for uses, absolutely brilliant material for building dirty rose notes, dark edgy floral accords – especially when used with osmanthus absolute, adds depth to chocolate notes, great for building soft leathery bases and of course works in harmony with tobacco, hay, musky, patchouli and amber materials.“
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
a real true to natural castoreum with personality that surpass the real castoreum as it is exceptionally well built from the producer to be a complete sex bomb..sweet, animalic, floral with no hard edges around but rather its a complete perfume..first time i accept a rather recreation to be so beautiful and smell so real..although its a tornado and needs to be diluted well cause it can overcome the whole composition..
john2 (verified owner) –
Ive used real castoreum for years and to my nose this is not the same thing. However that’s not to say I don’t like it, it simply lacks the depth and complexity that makes real castoreum a truly unique ingredient. I live with beavers, they swim through the river that runs by my house and they haul themselves very cutely over my garden to get from A to B. So I struggle with the idea of killing them for their perfumery qualities, even if that quality is in my view aromatically quite extraordinary. So I’m going to vote for this material, I don’t think it compares to real castoreum but it makes a good stab at recreating the experience x