20th January: 20th January @ 9pm: First, we are unfortunately falling a little behind with work. Tomorrow we have a meeting that we can no longer postpone. Therefore, we must postpone all courier collections tomorrow. I absolutely promise though that we will be working through the weekend again and by Tuesday 25th we will have got on top of “retail” orders. As for big news, first Oakmoss Signature is now back in stock. This is a winter production, artisan produced, really labour intensive with low yields. The aroma profile is first class all the way, plus it is also not IFRA compliant. The only issues to report here is that batch two is aesthetically muddy-ugly and although it dilutes in alcohol, this batch benefits from filtration. All mentioned on the updated product listing. Next, although maybe a few months away, I can now confirm a project that is coming to fruition, we will be introducing Olive Absolute again, Italian made and exclusively distributed by Hermitage Oils. This is light years superior to anything coming out of Egypt. Next, my custom produced Hindi Oud (name still to be decided) will be released on Sunday 30th January along with a new big-ticket release that will be sold under the name of Vetiver Chocolate E.O. Subject to time I am also going to release another new oud on Sunday 30th named Oud Thai Sugar Orange (Maybe more musing is needed for the name!) I will write again on Monday and thanks sincerely to everyone for all the support. Adam Michael : )
17th January @ 8.35pm: Just to say all “retail” orders placed up to the 1st January have now been collected. This week we will clear all “retail” orders placed up until the 10th January. Of course, we will push to achieve better results but note we are working flat out. Beyond this, if you would like to see the return of MYSORE SANDALWOOD E.O, please do email to let me know as I am musing on bringing this back. Towards the end of this month I am also going to try to release my first WILD HINDI OUD e.o on the site, this is a custom distillation exclusive to Hermitage, it is extremely clean woody, floral, fruity and sweet in parts. It is pure perfection and will retail for just 1435 Euros per 10ml. This is a steal price. Sample vials will also be offered. I will write again by Thursday this week. Thank you, Adam Michael : ) 14th January @ 6.30pm update: Since I last wrote we continue to make progress. All “retail” orders placed up to the 29th of December have now been dispatched. “Retail” orders placed between the 30th December to the 1st January should all be dispatched now on Monday 17th January. And we continue to process little/quick orders we see regardless of date for one hour each day. Once we are on top of the workload, I will be working on product content for 12 new, big-ticket releases, and they will be added to the site throughout February. Across February the sites primary categories are also getting altered, because as we continue to transition into becoming a wholesale business, I want to draw attention to our Hermitage Oil custom distillations. A total of 84 SDS have now been uploaded to the site and as we get on top of our workload we will keep adding more : ) Also, emails, please note simply due to a lack of manpower, we are chiefly concentrating on responding to emails that are connected with orders still processing. Once back on track we will reply to all emails received of course : ) I think this covers everything for now and I will aim to write here again on Monday. Thank you, Adam Michael : ) Close
Adam Michael has this to say “This Civet Absolute is obtained from Indian material (not African), collected from the secretions of the female and male civet cats. The material is a solid waxy mass, golden brown in colour which quickly becomes pourable with gentle warmth. The initial aroma is overbearing, raw, vile and slightly faecal. However, well diluted the aroma of civet absolute is entirely different, displaying musky, smoky and heightened sweet animalic notes of sublime tenacity that in trace amounts will add soft velvet, animalic and musk qualities to many perfume bouquets.
This material rarely appears for sale as a true natural, I think at the time of writing (06/10/2015) we are the only business offering this online within Europe, which is largely because most perfumers choose the synthetic substitutes, entirely animal friendly and more cost effective compared to the natural, but unfortunately not on par with the real thing.”
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Edward Chiu (verified owner) –
This civet absolute is absolutely stunning. Alone it’s fecal, but it gives a powerful effect to any blend after dilution, making it more “multi-dimension” in a positive way. As little as 0.005% in a perfume, you can smell the difference.
farman1979 (verified owner) –
A must for any floral attar.
Also, more cruicually it lifts up all the top and middle notes in any concoction. I can literally now smell all the subtle notes even in a very complex and powerful attar I made.
Caution: One needs to be very careful with it though. Just a trace amount (say a pinhead/paperclip amount) is more than enough for a 3ml amount. If you let your attar age, it will make it even better.
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
I bought synthetic civet just to understand what is this material all are talking about that create miracles in attars and olfactory perfumes… But this real civet absolute is truly Amazing!nothing like the synthetic.i actually find it sweet and musky and smokey..It’s a true gift and worth every effort that Hermitage company offer this to us. Dont miss it.
Robert (verified owner) –
I would love to stash a larger quantity of this away, it’s absolute magic! What this does to a perfume is phenomenal, it adds multidimensionality, warmth and depth although it does make me feel quite nauseous handing it raw I had to wait a week after diluting it before going back to it.
KimRiccelli (verified owner) –
On the strip it smells like strong soft-ripened sheep’s cheese (perhaps I’m alone in enjoying evaluating this material undiluted? ;D ) There is a creamy sweetness behind the more cheesy and animalic aspects that I find quite charming, in its own raunchy way.
Blended, it’s something else entirely! It’s as if it creates a frame or context around which all other scent notes POP and are elevated. It adds dimensionality and character to most accords, heightening their presence and making them feel more alive, in the literal sense.
amine sef (verified owner) –
How to describe this..? I have the synthetic version, and it smells nothing like real deal. The synthetic one does smell terrible i have to say. To me, this absolute does not really smell fecal or disgusting at all. It almost smells like rancid butter, very intense. Must dilute and use tiny amounts, but glad i got this. I will never use the synthetic one again.
Carlos silva (verified owner) –
What a wonderfull asfixianting , routh cheese and fecal odour…hmmMmMmmm.So beautyfull but use it diluted otherwise….