7 reviews for Fir Needle Absolute Super Premium
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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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€18.00 – €30.00
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.”
Botanical Name: Abies balsamea
Origin: Canada
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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.