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 “Often called “magic” indole is indeed a very fascinating material whose importance in perfumery cannot be overstated. Depending on its concentration it can be terribly repulsive or immensely seductive, featuring in the aroma profile of some of the most bewitching floral scents on earth like jasmines and orange blossoms as well as in excrements. Indole is the seductive weapon devised by the most intoxicating night flowers to attract pollinators – usually moths. Funnily enough traces of indole in the aroma profile of a flower make it irresistible for humans too, capable of transforming a delicate, clean yet insignificant floral scent into a narcotic elixir.
In perfumery too minute additions of indole are crucial in order to impart sultry seductiveness to floral compositions, and unlike the synthetic offering this natural offering really gets so close to the real thing.
Quite an experience to smell it neat with its unbearable stink of putrid flesh and faeces this natural indole dilutes down beautifully into a curiously very pleasant sweet animalic – heady floral scent that will improve the naturalness, wearability and tenacity of perfume compositions. With a purity of 98% this natural isolate is here offered at 1% in perfumer’s alcohol for ease of use but it can be further diluted down for even better control and nuancing.”
Mark Evans has this to say “In perfumery, the term “narcotic” refers to that paradoxical, decayed, skanky, floral fragrance that jasmine, orange blossom and tuberose blooms develop when they wilt. If you have ever picked a sprig of jasmine and left it in the room overnight, you will know what I mean. In the morning, you have to get the wilted flowers out the door straight away and yet you can’t stop sniffing them on the way. The smell is both repulsive and yet seductively erotic. It is the smell of decay, mothballs, mustiness and phenols and yet you continue to go back for more, like a drug.
It is indole that provides this experience and with a light hand and just this single element, you can provide realism and depth to the floral notes of your perfume creation and at the same time ‘dirty it up’ and maybe head it more in the direction of classical French perfumery with their heady Orientals and exotic flowers. This purely natural extraction of indole is the real deal and provides even more depth and realism than the synthetic recreation ever could.”
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MissLayla (verified owner) –
I’m having an “It’s not you, it’s me” moment. Even diluted at 1% I am terrified to use this material. I bought this because I feel like I’ve been seeing an Indole craze in the Niche perfume scene. I wanted to understand the raw material on it’s own, as it’s usually paired with a ton of other notes. I purchased some as a reference material. Uncapped, with the orifice dropper plugging the opening- I can still smell Indole 1% 11 inches away from my face! My nose has been assaulted and I can’t get the smell out of my nairs (nose hairs)! Be easy on me… this is my first time. Maybe with time (when I better understand Indole) I’ll be able to fully appreciate it on it’s own. Thanks Adam for popping my Indole “cherry.” Haha!
MissLayla (verified owner) –
An addition to my previous review – I can totally see how this occurs naturally in flowers. I’ve definitely smelled this when my orange tree is in full bloom.
kamilyosha (verified owner) –
One of the materials which must be diluted even if it is sold as diluted and then diluted again (no joke!, do it 1-3 times). Only then you will be able to appreciate its qualities. Indole will help extend floral accords, especially jasmine ones. A tiny amount will add that heavy floral tone of jasmine grandiflorum. The bottle must be kept and sealed well as the heavy smell easily escapes it.
joseph1 (verified owner) –
Honestly, all this brings me back to is smelling a particular medicinal herb I once experimented with, and I like it 🙂 I am creating a very seductive, and sensual perfume using Vintage Sandalwood, along with some pretty narcotic flowers, including this lill powerful gem.
Samantha L (verified owner) –
I think I must have been a complete harlot in a previous life because I absolutely LOVE this stuff and confess to dabbing it on neat at any opportunity (works wonders on just about any perfume I’ve layered it with too). It’s the first time I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing pure Indole and it’s everything I wanted it to be. I don’t get skanky at ALL. It’s just beautiful white, narcotic, balmy – heady, yes – but absolutely true to that unfathomably alluring scent of night blooming jasmine, orange blossom, gardenia or ylang ylang. If you love those kind of nuances, this is your gal.
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
Excellent indole that can be a great tool to create leather accords and heavy floral composition..but also fantasy metallic and modern compositions..what amazed me is the unique character that this oil has.its fresh and the same time Gothic..so beautifully strange.as we became more experienced with different smells and materials and our knowledge expands in many directions these oil is a must to try and work with..