21st October @ 21.25pm : Adam here with the second update: On the subject of orders, we have received an incredible amount of wholesale and retail work across the past several hours today. Once we stop accepting orders tomorrow at 8pm, I will be in a better place to provide lead-times, but as I type, we will possibly need 5 to 6 days before we clear all of the work on our books now. Rest assured we are working throughout the weekend again so if you have an order placed we are here if you have any questions.
Once we close many seem to think we are taking time off! Its not true and we will still be working. Once I am off (so to speak) I am aiming to put in place wholesale pricing for every single product before the end of November and this is a huge job that I need to solely focus on, thus needing to close. You will also now see a new category called Core & Limited. Across the next few weeks we will be working on the sub-categories and all aimed to create a better experience for the many perfumers we work with. On top of this, we have lots of super luxury aromatics in the pipeline and again we both need time away from the day to day, in order to properly evaluate and write about each of the new aromatics.
Finally for now, I do want to draw perfumers attention to the strong possibility that raw materials are going to rise sharply across the next months. Example, the new batch of Pink Lotus Abs (on its way) is costing us 25% more, our possible Sandalwood India Gold 3.0 candidate (grade one heartwood) is going to cost us an extra 50% per kilo. I was in touch with a Chinese supplier today for Aglaia Flower Abs and was told that the cost is up by 30%. Our popular Tobacco Abs are all up by nearly 20% and our new batch of Rose Bourbon Abs will cost us 10% more. Whether you buy from us or others, if you can, I’d encourage all perfumers to start thinking ahead with your buying if you want to secure your materials at the best prices.
21st October @ 12.15pm : This is the first of 2 updates today. For now typing just to say all orders placed up until the 18th will be leaving by tomorrow. Back later this evening with a detailed update. Thanks, Adam : )
LAST ORDER TIME FOR OCTOBER IS THIS FRIDAY at 8pm Italy time. After this time no further orders will be accepted. Once we have dispatched all orders we will close and reopen across late November/early December.
Adam Michael has this to say “Myrrh absolute is rich amber red in colour and of a very thick, almost solid, sticky paste consistency. The aroma is a more intense experience of the steam distilled material. We now offer myrrh absolute diluted at 50% in ethanol, providing a pourable and easy to use material.
This material exudes a never ending rainbow of sticky warm liquorice, exotic sweetness and oriental spice. This myrrh absolute is not produced straight from the crude via alcohol extraction (resin-absolute) and is instead produced by solvent extracting the resinoid. Myrrh absolute blends especially well with benzoin, frankincenses and opoponax”
Botanical Name: Commiphora myrrha
Origin: Somalian material solvent extracted in France
Thomas (verified owner) –
I have tried many, this one is the true thing, at last. I was looking for this “matte” effect that myrrh brings, in my opinion. In an amber composition (I mean “classical” amber, not aggressive synthetic ambergris renditions that you can smell in any public transports), myrrh is used to tame other loud notes like styrax (very animalic, close to castoreum) or civet. To me, it has this functional “hush” effect paired with a powdery and mystic note. Intriguing, discreet yet brilliant, myrr is definitely a contradictory beauty.