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 : )
Special Note: Adam Michael here, as I type it is the 2nd May 2020. The batch now available for sale was 6 months aged as of the 19th April 2020.
Adam Michael has this to say “If you are not familiar with civet materials this could be a good place to start from. This tincture is over one and a half years aged at the time of writing (6th April 2018) and available in very limited amounts so if you are interested I’d encourage you to buy whilst we have this material.
This mind blowing tincture showcases the classic aroma profile of civet materials with unusual grace. The poo notes (due to the presence of the compound skatole) are always there, of course, but everything is softer and overall more pleasant than the absolute material, with subtle floral notes also present in this legendary aroma profile. For those who are not familiar with civet, it may be also worth mentioning that this material is not one for the faint of heart (or nose!). The paste itself is actually obtained from collecting the perineal secretions of civets, that have a habit of rubbing them around to mark their territory or when angry.
The supplier of the civet paste used for this tincture is currently trying to invest the revenues of the civet paste sold to create a friendlier value chain capable of offering better living conditions and respect to both the civets and the families involved in the paste production. As for uses there was a time when there were very few perfumes that would not contemplate the addition of a little civet, today this material is no longer used in mainstream perfumes but its repulsive yet compelling and fascinating animalic notes can still deeply transform perfume compositions, imparting unparalleled depth along with its notorious tenacity. Best used in trace amounts so that this little stinker can perform its magic whilst remaining below the threshold of conscious perception, and is therefore here offered in small amounts and can be further diluted for better control and shading. A little goes a very long way.
Scientific Name: Viverra civeta
Origin: Ethiopia
Unfortunately, this material cannot be shipped to Australia or America
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Kostis Pap (verified owner) –
If you happened to smell a synthetic civet product before you try this material you will be amazed. It’s not even close. After the ethanol evaporates the smell is almost a twisted urinal kind of floral. This product is amazingly complex and rich. It is animalic in its true sense. It reminds me of the smell of the fleece of an african animal (it’s the smell near lions in a zoo), dry, almost sweaty, like having layers of savanna dust on it dried out by the blazing sun. Not as obviously over-cheesy as the synthetic civets I have tried, there is a note reminiscent of the smell of a dirty goat’s wool. I could relate it somehow with the animalic smell of the violet flowers extract. It’s almost crazy how those two smells are associated, sharing some odor impression, given that we are talking here about a) a flower and b) a raw material which is produced by an animal’s anus.
The dryout is rich, animalic and musky with some balsamic nuances and violet references, almost gives the perception of a dark raw floral note.
chrisbrit1984 (verified owner) –
If you’ve never blended with Civet before I would highly recommend this tincture over the absolute. Not only is this cheaper it’s much easier to work with and gives a similar overall effect, obviously less powerful, but in this case thats a good thing as this one is a little more forgiving.