26th April at 7.35pm: A quick update. Many parcels have left today. The situation is as follows, we still have one order left to process for the 10th (Paris retailer), one for the 11th and a lot more still for the 15th through to the 18th - mostly USA wholesale orders. The plan now is to work on orders across the weekend and by no later than Tuesday 30th - every order placed upto the 18th will be dispatched. Ideally they will all be out by Monday 29th but based on how I called it wrong recently I think it's better to call it for Tuesday. I'll update on order lead times for the 19th onwards on Monday 29th. It goes without saying that I am very sorry about the lead-time but like the lab and staff, it is now just a matter of a month or so before we are better organised, holding larger stocks of each aromatic, and in turn the lead-times will drastically improve going forward. Ok, back on Monday and thank you to everyone for the continued support. Thank you, Adam : )
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 “Happy to type the Italian batches of genet absolute (also known as broom absolute) that we sell, are EXCLUSIVELY produced for Hermitage Oils and from fresh flowers only.
As many know, I live in the countryside of Tuscany and am surrounded by fields of genets. When walking past them in the summer afternoon the air is saturated with the aroma of genet. Mentioned because it never compares with smelling the absolute neat. The reason being because genet absolute is so heavily concentrated, and you will find more resemblance by heavily diluting the absolute.
Aromatically this is the best genet absolute we have encountered so far, sweet and intensely fragrant, like the best millefleur honey and literally oozing the aroma of an outstanding golden nectar-drenched homemade plum jam. It then unfolds, displaying soft agrestic notes of a freshly mown hay in early summer, joyous softly sweet coumarin notes and a touch of blond tobacco.
This material is of a liquid jam pourable consistency (please don’t eat this!) and very easy to use and handle. It is alcohol soluble but will require some resting time after diluting it in order to enable the residual waxes micro-particles (particularly hard to get rid of in the case of genet) to precipitate at the bottom of the beaker, leaving you with a perfectly clear solution. Only partially soluble in oil.
As for uses, aside from obvious new mown hay, tobacco and floral compositions, its fulsome golden aroma can lend invaluable naturalness to a blend, helping to round off sharp edges and/or harsh chemical notes”.
Arctander has this to say “Broom absolute is a dark brown, semi-solid or viscous liquid, with an intensely sweet, floral-haylike fragrance. The deep herbaceous-coumarinic background has great tenacity. The honey-rose notes are particularly useful in certain types of rose bases, tuberose, cassie, mimosa, violet, honeysuckle, etc. It blends excellently with ionones, vetiver, castoreum, etc. in “tabac” notes, and it is generally useful in modern aldehydic perfume types, green notes, etc.”
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Kristina M (verified owner) –
For me smelling this Genet absolute is like walking in a countryside from late spring till e the end of summer – warm earth heated by the sun, honey, hey, medicinal herbs such as cornflowers, blue camomiles, dried herbs and fruits – just flowery meadow to breath in every day 🙂 – just so much i love it.
Soft and mild but tenacious and persistent – uplifting and calming at the same moment.
It is used in aromatherapy as anti-arrhythmic and for cardio tonic, diuretic, hypertensive and narcotic treatment, as well as for treating pain, stress, mental fatigue and depression – all of the information that you can find on line.
In my humble opinion it’s a must have for beautiful floral creations.
benparkes21 (verified owner) –
This is a very special and unique oil that finds its way to snugly fill in the gaps of a composition. I sense elements of boronia abs, but without the raspberry – they both have that sweet honeyed rose character – and can see what Adam means about the dark fruity element that you’d perhaps find in a Tunisian orange blossom abs. The herbal, hay-like aroma lying underneath might even smell more like hay than hay absolute (!) which naturally makes them a good pairing, along with other coumarin rich materials. It does indeed blend well with the notes mentioned by Arctander in the main piece, and also sits nicely with beeswax, opoponax and jasmine grandiflorum.
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
Wow this Genet is better than the previous offered in the store as i found it more fruity and mouth watering more fresh and vibrant..the previous batch was more hay / dry coumarin and iris 1% irones but this is a superior quality..its sweet and full of summer rays blended with rich fruits and lots of water freshness qualities i feel..excellent stuff!!