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 : )
Eleonora Scalseggi has this to say “We are happy to introduce Honey Provence Firabs to our collection, a very powerful, convincing recreation of the scent of fragrant honey straight out of the honeycombs. Sourced directly from a Switzerland world-famous manufacturer, this material is obtained via a co-extraction of natural materials (chiefly beeswax) and synthetic molecules, some of which are captives. As such, this is a mixed-media product and not a 100% natural recreation. Also known as Honey Signature.
The reason why we have switched from our Acacia Honey absolute to this product is that unfortunately honey acacia absolute batch to batch supply has proved totally unpredictable and increasingly disappointing, forcing us to return the absolute to the producer a couple of times in a row lately, until we have had decided to call time on the absolute.
As we were rather sad and disappointed about the acacia honey absolute situation, we decided to sample Honey Provence Firabs and we are happy to say we have been positively impressed. Yes, the material might feel too powerful and require dilution to be better evaluated and appreciated, but once diluted, this honey scent recreation is very realistic and positively reminiscent of chewing honeycombs, the smooth waxy aroma entwined with the sweet gooey honey bursting from the fragrant cells (a must try experience!).
Surely the co-extraction with natural beeswax helps greatly creating a true-to-nature honeycomb impression, the material, however, is a very powerful one and needs to be dosed with a very light hand, ideally preparing dilutions in advance. A little truly goes a very long way.
Used in perfume compositions, Honey Provence Firabs imparts indulgent, sticky honey-like sweetness, richness and warmth along with boasting very good diffusiveness. It can find application in a very wide array of perfume compositions, starting of course from gourmands, but also amber, spicy and oriental accords, animalic and oud bases, with labdanum, woods and tobaccos, in florals like roses, orange blossom and osmanthus compositions (used also and especially in traces) and with a particular mention of narcissus-themed accords, where it can especially shine.
Of a deep yellow natural beeswax colour, subject to batch variation, this material’s room temperature consistency can vary from slightly liquid to pasty and it will go pourable with gentle warmth. Soluble in both alcohol and fixed oils, although the pastier batches might require some filtration.”
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zoltan C (verified owner) –
Oh my. It smell just like pure honey. It says, it’s half natural half synthetic but I can’t detect any unnatural tones. It’s just pure honey and it so potent. A little will go in a long way.
Joseph E (verified owner) –
Honey Provence is a very potent, very lovely honey fragrance. It smells clean and pure, with no hint of synthetics. I use this substance a lot to give that sweet honeyed edge to many types of compositions, especially floral and gourmand mixes. I rank this product in the top 25 items sold on this site, for its beauty, versatility and strength.
Nicholas M (verified owner) –
Goodness! I never want to be without this. It has such a pleasant, long-lasting honey smell. Instantly recognizable as honey even though most people have never smelled the real thing. Very long-lasting. I love smelling it on my scarf during the current Chicago winter. I mixed it with Hermitage’s Labdanum Honey (for a darker honey effect) and a bit of Hermitage’s Leather Liquid (for the charcoal smell) and the Oud Firbest Recreation (for a bit of smoke), and people at church said it smelled like the most beautiful honey candle imaginable. Everyone wanted to know where they could get that candle! Looking forward to mixing it with white florals in the summer. Probably could be the basis for an outstanding Linden scent.