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 “First, Fenchyl Alcohol Natural Isolate is without question, a super power. Therefore it must be handled with extreme care, best suited for the semi-professional perfumers and beyond. I kid you not, take the cap off the bottle for a few minutes and your immediate environment will stink, spill a drop and your home will smell like a damp mouldy wooden staircase. And if like me, your partner is house proud, well, you will find yourself in the dog house for a few days, this I assure you with experience!
Now, here in the beautiful and very picturesque Tuscan countryside I always stumble across old buildings and more times than not, they are in a somewhat dilapidated and abandoned state. I write this because Fenchyl Alcohol Natural Isolate in pure form through to 50% dilution smells exactly of old abandoned countryside buildings, dried out doors and windows with the paint work peeling off, plaster falling away from the brickwork, plant life growing in the crevasses between the bricks and near the drainage, the damp, the cold and light mouldy aroma throughout, all of that is encapsulated within this natural isolate. Incredible. I think its worth as well to mention that most literature suggests this material exudes a sweet lemony scent, its not really entirely accurate concerning this natural isolate. You really only detect a lemony scent should you warm the pure material via bain marie – as the pure material can crystalise. And in this instance, whilst the material is warm, you detect a lemony scent that leans more towards a boiled lemon rind aroma. I think most of the sweet and lemony commentary must apply to the synthetic offering, as the notes are really not overly representative of this natural isolate.
Another point to make is if you are familiar with Geosmin, you will be aware key word descriptors include, cold, dampy, earthy, rain like qualities – even though for me, at a 1% dilution, it always reminded me of an aroma comparable to smelling the inside of a fish tank that has just had all the water removed. The point is you find very similar structure, body and general behavior with Fenchyl Alcohol, it too saturates the environment, it has a very “cold” presence , you will unearth damp and earthy aroma similarities.
Regarding uses, many dream and discuss the idea of recreating that – old church aroma, well now you can. Fenchyl Alcohol Natural Isolate pairs exceptionally well with frankincense materials, especially olibanum resinoid. Works wonders with my one and only creation – smoke liquid, useful for building forest floor notes, pairing nicely with both 3 octanol and mushroom absolutes. Also works well with patchouli and both oakmoss and treemoss.”
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Alberto (verified owner) –
Cellars, old buildings, churches, ancient prisons (concrete and metal) moist and damp, earthy, these is how I can describe this intriguing material. I can also detect the lemony notes that Adam mentions, right from the start after I take off the cap. One special material that opens the doors to so many combinations and possibilities. The first thing that came to mind when I opened the bottle was actually a scene from a movie, where some ancient tombs and passages are found beneath an old church. Somehow, the scent of this material associated very well with that scene.
Marketa Mita (verified owner) –
As a person who loves a cellar smell I am happy I don’t feel the urge to visit weird undeground places any more and I can now saturate my addiction from this bottle. Suprisingly authentic smell of a noble cellar, or could be a cathedral or a church – there’s a hint of frankensence somewhere very far away, there’s even the touch of cold coming from the damp air, itś a silent place where you can feel the ticking of the time stopped for a while. One on the best materials for dreaming and mind travelling. I use it often in tiny amounts, it brings elegance.
Robert (verified owner) –
Whaaaoooo! This is a very unique powerhouse material! Description is spot on, its all in there, the damp the cold the metal the barrenness. I’m a little afraid of this one but can’t wait to play around it, highly diluted of course! Frankincense is an obvious pairing but I’m wondering how vetiver, some citrus and tuberose might work? Only 1 way to find out!
Simon DTW (verified owner) –
Oh I love this material so much!
The perfect accent material, but honestly such a beautiful note on its own if you ask me! I have used it in scentscapes in combination with other mossy, earthy, mushroomy, damp, musty materials. Im incorporating it in a tropical floral scent I’m working on at the moment. It’s so fascinating and useful if you want to recreate certain environments or create some drama in a composition. Or to add naturalness to a blend if used in really low doses.
Juan P (verified owner) –
Translated with translate google:
There is something noble in this smell: it is a clean but old smell, as if when opening a large abandoned house, the very fine dust would be disturbed and tickle your nose (that tickle is what some may relate to the lemon), in a it notes something balsamic, camphor, hence its brotherhood with incense. And there is the point of humidity, of the room not airy but clean. A scent more spiritual than sensual. Something unique and precious.