22nd September at 4.35pm: A quick progress update. By Monday 25th all orders received up to September 11th will be dispatched. By Friday 29th all orders received up to September 16th will be dispatched. Of course, be assured I will push to get as many orders as possible dispatched. For business clients waiting on a copy of the stock-reduction-list, this will be emailed across to you by Wednesday 27th. I will be taking tomorrow off completely for family time and will be back at work across the early part of Sunday afternoon. Next mini update here will be on Tuesday 26th. Thank you, Adam : )
19th September at 6.55pm: Right, update time. First, I am now working on the orders placed from 1st to 17th September and I think within 7-10 days maximum they will all be dispatched, along with the gifts : ) Next, I am going to release Kerala Indian Sandalwood 1953 E.O by Sunday 1st October, along with Organic Moldovan Pink Rose Musk Otto, 20% White Ambergris Aged tincture and Phenyl Ethyl Alcohol by Fermentation. If I can find the time I will also release another Assami grown Oud (plantation) and a vintage offering of Indian Vetiver E.O and Red Myrrh E.O (sublime profiles) that I have held back for the past year now. Regarding closing for 2023 in October (please read below) I need to kindly put on record that I won't be able to make exceptions for clients - even those who have become friends, and to please keep this in mind and plan ahead should you need something specific from Hermitage. I will write again by the end of the week and thank you very much to everyone for the continued support. Adam : )
18th September Update. Please read carefully.
Although a month away, I need to announce that the LAST ORDER TIMES FOR 2023 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
🦋Non.EU Countries 18th October at 9pm Italy time. 🦋
EU Countries 25th October at 9pm Italy time. 🦋
Then once all orders are dispatched and delivered, we will close and reopen by mid-January 2024/as soon as the laboratory is finished.
Also please note as of 30th September we will stop offering ambergris aromatics for sale.
Thank you, Adam : )
Fir balsam absolute is green-brown in colour, of a thick viscosity and produced by solvent extraction of the Abies balsamea needles. We now purchase this direct from an artisan producer in Canada and the quality is outstanding, rich, full of depth, great development and far better than what is offered by any of the big raw material companies.
Arctander has this to say ”Its odour power is easily underestimated, and the apparent suave sweetness has a tremendous penetration in most fragrances. Obviously, this material is particularly useful in pine and spruce fragrances, “Christmas tree” odours, ect.., but the real pleasure of such a material is primarily obtained when it is used in the more unusual places, e.g. chypre, fougere, muget, cologne bases, violet bases, opoponax, hyacinth, carnation etc.”
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Mauricio (verified owner) –
A perfumist friend of mine that used to work in a lab once told me she avoided Fir Balsam like the plague because its scent reminded her of some material they used all the time. That was the first time I seriously regretted not becoming a biologist.
Since in Brazil Christmas occurs during the Summer and it is an often hot and rainy night, I can’t really make the connection most Americans and Europeans do with this offering. To me, Fir Balsam sits proudly alongside other resins and is a special, although limited, tool in my organ.
It is caramel-sticky and even has some burnt sugar nuances mixed with smoky traces. It blends well with Labdanum, for an in-your-face approach, and dark woods, overpowering the lighter ones if not highly diluted. My favorite experiment, though, was mixing it with Verbena and Patchouli Heart for an intriguingly moisty combo that would fit as the scent of the Ents from The Lord Of the Rings.
farman1979 (verified owner) –
Velvety smooth item with a lovely sweetness that can inject something special in an incense note/perfume. It is slightly astringent/dry similar to myrrh (EO & CO2), opoponax. It also has a green note (at the start) which is quite similar to that I get during the dry down stage of oakmoass absolute (another stunning material). Overall, it is somewhere in between benzoin abs and styrax resinoid and less leathery than labdanum.
If you love resins, especially frankincense, benzoin, labdanum and myrrh, you’ll love this too.
Thomas (verified owner) –
What a beauty ! This is the exact odor of the sticky resin on a Christmas tree : refreshing and at the same time warm and comforting. Lasts days on a strip. The 5ML abs comes in a very handy 10ML vial, so you just need to add alcohol to get a 50% dilution, much more easy to use.
Per Filipsson (verified owner) –
This is one of my favourite materials, using it extensively in many types of blends. It is almost a finished fragrance in itself, with an inviting, complex and lovey scent. It starts with a sweet, warm top, a bit jammy but not childish. Contines to grow darker ad woodier. Some hints of cherry, and quite balsamic. There is no recollection of essential oils from fir or other conifer trees, but still very useful in forest perfumes, however as a heart- and base note. It can be dominant, so be aware of how to use it. It may take some time to learn to master it, but orking with it is a joy. And it helps to dilute it.
enachison (verified owner) –
This is a beautiful Fir Absolute. Rich, resinous and deep with a smoky burnt sugar aspect.
Robert (verified owner) –
Bright red jammy sweet and really fruity base note that seems to last forever on the skin, really easy to work with once diluted, it goes well with almost anything and ‘locks’ together with more volatile oils beautifully , I’d never know this was conifer but blending with other fir oils does something magic and christmassy.
innasany (verified owner) –
Amazing! I love it. So resinous, so sweet, so forest, so labdanum…a truly versatile fir with wonderful energy. It’s surprising how he makes friends with everyone and everything..this is a real friend until the rain! It offers great peace and joy. Thank you Adam.