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 “Luscious green in colour, Chinese geranium possesses an instant hit of fresh geranium and rose, rich, a little fruity with a distinct metalic dewy rosy floralness. As a high impact top note, this Chinese geranium is my firm favourite of all the geraniums we offer and it is a must for rose accords. However the heart and base notes are weak and lacking in comparison to Bourbon or the Egyptian offering in my opinion.
The chemistry of this geranium is ‘citronellol’ rich, accounting for just over 40% of the oil, that’s 50% more than commonly found within the Bourbon offering and about 25% more than Egyptian material. Citronellol is a key natural constituent of rose, the amount presence can vary greatly but it has been found at up to 40% in rose oils as well. Also you will find between 10-15% of citronellyl formate within this Chinese geranium which in isolated form has a very clean fresh smell with a hint of rosiness and fruitiness about it.”
A little story about Algerian geranium by me Adam Michael : )
Whilst Egypt and China are the big producers of geranium oil today, it is worth mentioning that back in the 1950’s and into the early 60’s, Algeria (part of African continent) was under French rule and was actually a very big producer of eudesmol rich geranium. At this time you had all the French ex pats in Algeria who would have farms producing this geranium which was classed as a luxury product for the Western world. However it came to an end for political reasons, the Algerian civil war broke out followed by the eventual independence from France in 1962 and subsequently the French farmers were driven out of Algeria. The land was taken over by Algerians who used it to produce food for the local population, opposed to luxury oil for the Western world.
Also on the subject of Moroccan geranium I see listed by various resellers, it does not have the right climate and has never been a country with great success producing Geranium as it’s plagued with drought. I know you may ask about Egyptian material but that all grows near the Nile Delta which has a brilliant irrigation system in place. Reunion material is subject to plenty of rain as well and if it doesn’t rain, the morning dew and mists combined with the ever rich volcanic soil are enough to feed the Reunion plant.”
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Simona Dailydaite (verified owner) –
This essential oil is one of my fav. Smell is a very floral, but some how remind of roses as well.
Aurelya (verified owner) –
Fresh, green but modern to my nose. It’s remind me rose – perfect component to make rose accord.
Anag (verified owner) –
I kid you not, in an ultrasonic essential oil diffuser this smells like a hybrid between a geranium and a lychee!
Joseph E (verified owner) –
Wow…my new favorite Geranium! So smooth and lovely, and with just the right amount of that metallic Geranium note we all know and love. Gorgeous rose-y subnote with just the right amount of fruitiness, very balanced, performs well in a composition.