2nd October at 9.05pm: All orders placed upto the 20th September will be dispatched by tomorrow. All orders received up until the 25th September will be dispatched by 6th October. I will provide dispatch times here, for orders placed from 26th October to 28th October on 6th October. Thanks, Adam : )
September at 5.30pm: First apologies for not writing here yesterday as intended. As I type all orders placed upto the 15th September, will be dispatched by tomorrow with couriers, and orders placed upto the 16th will all leave by Friday 29th. Orders placed on the 17th will leave by Monday 2nd October. And on Monday 2nd October I will provide dispatch times for orders placed on the 18th to the 20th September. So at the moment the lead-time is about 2 weeks from placing your order. Normally what happens is we reopen, many orders come in and then things slow down and we normalise. However in this instance I suspect it won't happen this way. As we close in October (see below) I am seeing regulars buying much more to cover themselves across the period we are closed. Add to this my wholesale work which is now coming in really fast - as I have started sending out the stock reduction list, and therefore I forecast a 2 week lead time all the way to closing. Meaning once we stop taking orders - It's probable I will still need 2 weeks to finish before I can close properly for the year. Therefore if you do want something, plan ahead please and only buy if you can wait as with the utmost respect, I am not letting anyone queue-jump, even if they go on to tell me they haven't seen these updates.
On the subject of the stock reduction list - due to lack of time, I have to create it in two parts. Part one covers aromatics A-K and part two will be sent out on email (to those on the list) on October 6th. Regarding the new releases, they will happen, this I promise but I can't get that job done for this Sunday now. I'll need until mid October to make that happen. If you are interested in the new releases all I can advise is to keep checking back here as I will confirm the release date before, well, releasing the new aromatics! On the subject of Ambergris, it's a really touchy topic for me at the moment and I am going to comment on this in more detail shortly, but note I am rethinking decisions concerning ambergris. Back here with a final update on Friday afternoon. Thanks, Adam : )
22nd September at 4.35pm: A quick progress update. By Monday 25th all orders received up to September 11th will be dispatched. By Friday 29th all orders received up to September 16th will be dispatched. Of course, be assured I will push to get as many orders as possible dispatched. For business clients waiting on a copy of the stock-reduction-list, this will be emailed across to you by Wednesday 27th. I will be taking tomorrow off completely for family time and will be back at work across the early part of Sunday afternoon. Next mini update here will be on Tuesday 26th. Thank you, Adam : )
19th September at 6.55pm: Right, update time. First, I am now working on the orders placed from 1st to 17th September and I think within 7-10 days maximum they will all be dispatched, along with the gifts : ) Next, I am going to release Kerala Indian Sandalwood 1953 E.O by Sunday 1st October, along with Organic Moldovan Pink Rose Musk Otto, 20% White Ambergris Aged tincture and Phenyl Ethyl Alcohol by Fermentation. If I can find the time I will also release another Assami grown Oud (plantation) and a vintage offering of Indian Vetiver E.O and Red Myrrh E.O (sublime profiles) that I have held back for the past year now. Regarding closing for 2023 in October (please read below) I need to kindly put on record that I won't be able to make exceptions for clients - even those who have become friends, and to please keep this in mind and plan ahead should you need something specific from Hermitage. I will write again by the end of the week and thank you very much to everyone for the continued support. Adam : )
18th September Update. Please read carefully.
Although a month away, I need to announce that the LAST ORDER TIMES FOR 2023 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
🦋Non.EU Countries 18th October at 9pm Italy time. 🦋
EU Countries 25th October at 9pm Italy time. 🦋
Then once all orders are dispatched and delivered, we will close and reopen by mid-January 2024/as soon as the laboratory is finished.
Also please note as of 30th September we will stop offering ambergris aromatics for sale.
Thank you, Adam : )
Adam Michael has this to say “We sell the finest lemon essential oil from Sicily, the smell is so beautiful and contains none of the hazardous furo-coumarins which are found in the expressed material and responsible for photosensitisation. Lemon essential oil is cleansing and very refreshing. Highly astringent and antibacterial, very useful for relief of cold symptoms. Widely used in beauty care to tone and condition nails and cuticles and to treat oily skin types. Blended with tea tree, this is an effective way to clear any verruca, wart or corn. Once applied cover the infected area with a plaster, repeat process each day applying a clean plaster until the effected area has healed.”
Mark Evans has this to say “Citrus essential oils such as lemon can be extracted from the peel by cold pressing, like olive oil, or by steam distillation. The vast majority of lemon oil that you will find out in the market is cold expressed which has a lovely fresh, realistic, juicy lemon scent. This oil, however, is the distilled version. So how does it compare and why would you use the distilled oil over the expressed? To help answer these questions, I did a direct comparison between a top of the range expressed lemon oil and this distilled oil.
The result?
Well, there was surprisingly little difference in the scent and performance. Both had the bright freshness from the limonene content as well as the sweet sherbet strength of the citral component. It was only after about 20 minutes on the strip that a small variation appeared between the two with the distilled oil actually retaining its fizzy lemon while the expressed oil turned more juicy smelling. But then another 20 minutes later and the two are indistinguishable again. There is one HUGE difference between these oils though – the process of distillation does not retain the photo-toxic ingredients that do remain present in the expressed oil. So you have no worries about using this distilled lemon oil in products that are to be used on skin! In fact IFRA has approved this oil for use up to a whopping 15% in the fragrance concentrate! This is why I personally am switching over to this distilled oil in my perfumery – you can’t go wrong.”
This material is produced by a world leader of citrus within Italy. If you reside outside of Italy you have to buy this material via the producers official distributors list, who in turn sell smaller weights onto little businesses like Hermitage and our online competition. As we live in Italy we can buy directly and resell the material in small volumes and weights at unbeatable prices. Store this material in the fridge when not in use and you can enjoy this material at its best for 12 months.
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opollock14 (verified owner) –
Who said citruses were short living top notes? Definitely I would not say so about distilled lemon.
Zingy fresh, sharp and vibrating beautiful lemon lasts for ages.
I tried it in chypre natural perfume, oh my, you have to be very careful with this performer. It lasts proudly in the blend. 24 hours later distilled lemon was still there on the strip!
This material is completely different from expressed lemon and does exactly what you expect from fresh lemon in the formula.
I understand now why Mandy Aftel prefers distilled lemon where lemon is required.
Indie Perfumer (verified owner) –
I was pleasantly surprised by this distilled lemon oil from Sicily. Compared to the raw, expressed oil, this material’s odor is sharper, more intense, aldehydic and slightly terpenic, with a citric richness as exists in high-quality citronella and verbena oils. While this product may be somewhat harsh, I find it characterful, recalling carbonated lemonade soft drinks. My thanks to Hermitage Oils for introducing me to this intriguing and unusual product, which I will use creatively.
Robert (verified owner) –
You can’t go wrong with this, there is literally nothing not to like about it! It’s as if the distillation process has preserved the oil. It seems slightly sweeter than expressed lemon oil does yet its still fresh and zingy and true to life as you’d expect, I’d choose this over expressed lemon oil for perfumery any day.
gergely.e.nagy (verified owner) –
Beautiful, bursting and joyous. This one is my favourite citrus scent from Hermitage, the Bergamot is also wonderful. A few drops will brighten your composition.
John (verified owner) –
Very clean. Opening this bottle is just like squeezing a freshly sliced ripe lemon in your hand.
Aleksey P (verified owner) –
I love distilled citrus oils! They smell like citrus peel, while cold-pressed oils always have a note of fruit juice. And this lemon lived up to my expectations. It is drier and more tart, brighter and more powerful than pressed lemon oil. In addition, the resistance of distilled citrus oils is slightly higher than that of pressed oils-based on my personal experience, at least.
Patrick E (verified owner) –
Delicious clean lemon, fantastic top note. Like the other citruses offered, this is especially clean and pure in character. I’m not detecting any harsh notes.
Alexandre C (verified owner) –
Brightness in a bottle, zingy, juicy, fruity. Might be in the top 3 of my fav citrus eo, it’s fizzy and just pops. With pink pepper wild and ginger eo, you might just have a carbonated drink in your bottle. Store in a fridge though, after 1 year stored at 12°c it’s still considerably less fuzzy than a newer oil.
innasany (verified owner) –
That’s a delicacy! This FCF Lemon is so beautifully pure that at some point it reminds me of May Chang or Verbena. It definitely reminds me of fondant sweets in chocolate wrapped in colored foil, which we hung on the Christmas tree as children. I think it will be a significant element in my work, I can imagine it in so many combinations that I don’t know where to start. And once again – thanks for the FCF Lemon!