14 reviews for English Oakwood CO2 (8 YEAR AGED)
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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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€9.00 – €57.00
Adam Michael has this to say “The aroma of oakwood co2 is full of soft, soulful, balsamic woods. The heart is teacake fruity sweet, dry woody with hints of luscious vanilla cream. The base notes are strong aged oak barrels, rum fruity and dry raisin woody. This material is seriously good and of great tenacity, lasting two full days on my smelling strip. Oakwood CO2 is produced from medium toasted oakwood chips with supercritical carbon dioxide under gentle conditions. The colour is antique brown and of a pourable viscosity. This material is 8 years aged (06.05.21).
For a similar aromatic profile at an improved point, please check out our French oakwood CO2 here.”
Safety Data: This product contains ethanol and water and has a flash point of 27c. This material will not dilute in carrier oil or in diluents such as IPM due to the water content. Therefore this material is solely of use to the perfumer. We advise in perfumery that this material is used at up to about 10% of the composition. If you work with pre-diluted materials at 10% in ethanol then this material should be used neat. For those who prefer to work with pure materials, oakwood CO2 should be added last because the mixture will go cloudy at that point – once the ethanol is added to dilute to EdT strength it will go clear again – but leaving it clouded for days on end risks bacterial growth starting so isn’t wise.
Always keep the cap securely fastened on the bottle when not in use. The bottle should have plenty of air space and we provide this material in larger bottles to allow sufficient air space. Store and handle in a well- ventilated place. Keep cool.
Botanical Name: Quercus robur L
Origin: England
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Kostis Pap (verified owner) –
Easily one of the richest natural woody materials. It is rich aromatic, but somehow coffee bean-like with nuances of dried fruit (raisins) at the same time. Although rum has its own odor, is so closely connected to the odor of the oak barrels, that it cannot be easily distinguished. It’s almost the same that happens with a resinated wine stored in oak barrels for years: the woodsy odor blends for years with the liquid, so the wine eventually becomes oaky-like itself. There can be spotted some natural vanilla bourbon aspects, even from its opening. It is a little bit smoky and I can sense something that reminds me of birch tar as odor traces in there.
Robert (verified owner) –
Boozy, almost leathery, classic aged oak. Balsamic yet sweet and perfectly rounded, could easily be the central theme for a gorgeously suave cologne, if anyone comes up with a recipe please do share!
GinoF197 (verified owner) –
Smells great, I get rum and nuances of an oak barrel, I have to figure out how to put this in a perfume formula without the scent disappearing completely.
Alberto (verified owner) –
I don’t really have words to describe how wonderful this extract is! I am a fan of woody notes and this one really satisfies my olfactory sense, it’s basically like entering in an old barn full of freshly cut fire wood pieces of oak, smells like old oak barrel, an quintessential material for creating brandy notes, adding warmth and a cozy feeling to your compositions. Such a great material, used it plenty with success in one of my perfumes and also stands as a base for a few accords that I have. Exquisite
g.s.oldenkamp (verified owner) –
A typical oak barrel scent. Reminds me of whiskey. Great in masculine fragrances.
jan.go (verified owner) –
Instant mental picture – whiskey and cognac, though there is much more to this material once one has smelled it from the strip a few times. Chocolate, benzoin resin, oakwood, caramel… Which makes it perfect to work on gourmand accords as well as woody, oriental… This immensely rich and comforting material will go a long way.
randall.chelsea (verified owner) –
I instantly fell in love with this one, a great choice for bourbon lovers. Strong boozy, vanilla, and raisin notes, with a bit of spice underneath.
Kristina M (verified owner) –
The oak wood is such big, strong tree with a wide trunk, that you would never expect such a sweet aroma from an extracted and aged material.
It’s a caramelized sugar with the best vanilla in the world, dried prunes – it’s sweet but strong like a niche cognac just right from the oakwood barrel.
And you will not believe but i can even detect a very slight hint of ambrette seed note as well.
It lasts for few days on perfumers strip without loosing its unique charm.
Top quality, absolutely TOP – and i love it so much ! 🙂
Janey D (verified owner) –
A whisky lover’s dream! Interesting when paired with heavily diluted birch tar (I used 10% diluted at just 0.001 g) creates the illusion of sniffing peat whisky straight out of the bottle… stunning. This performs beautifully with the hay absolute (not to give too much away!)
chrisbrit1984 (verified owner) –
For anyone who has found this from a different supplier for cheaper, dont waste your money. THIS is the one to get. Im not sure if its just a higher quality or because its aged for 5 years but it is far superior to my other Oakwood.
I normally experiment with less refined version that I own and save this for the final blend. Lovely stuff.
Jolie T (verified owner) –
Starts rum raisin, almost sweet, conjuring everything from ice cream to rum , to aged liquor. Under the sweetness, is dry wood, which is amazing in its ability to build that image. And it is more of an image than a smell: walking into where they store the oak boards- a big air smell of dryness, but no other board smells like oak( my husband is a woodworker). I hear this is a great fixative base.
Daniel A (verified owner) –
This is a very warm, round, classy, and gourmand CO2 extract. To my nose, it is reminiscent of sherry or port wine, combining dry, woody notes with a certain vanilla sweetness and toasted notes as if of dark, almost burnt caramel. It gives off “dad”, gentlemanly, and classy gourmand vibes, enabling a lot of possibilities in creating and improving masculine perfumes. It is this overall flair and the associations it evokes that are the strength of this essence. The material gives a little bit of evolution, with sweetness first increasing, but after about two hours, it subsides and the burnt caramel becomes more prominent. Still later, it becomes sweet toasted wood. It does come with some sort of liquid sediment though. In the bottle, a gooey dark-brown mass sets itself apart at the bottom from the otherwise light-golden liquid. While notable, in practice it has not been a problem. The way around it so far was to simply leave it in the bottle, possibly even helping the material age better. This gooey sediment also smells superbly on its own, of toasted wood with a gentle sweetness, but nothing too strong. To me, this is one of the most interesting and unique essences offered by Hermitage. Aromatically, it is an absolute stunner, and an easy buy recommendation.
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
Excellent quality oakwood oil that by its 8 years of age you can understand the superior scent profile and richness this material provides..rich woody full of heavy rum/wine and myrrh notes,so rich and beautifully mature in a very old barrel somewhere in a secret basement of an artisanal distiller that I’m truly amazed!! Don’t missed it
Anton Bulychev (verified owner) –
It’s rich, thick, gourmand. I would compare it to a barrel of rum on a pirate ship. Brandy-like with a thick woody smell.
Incredible stuff!
Hugs, Oksana and Anton.