17th January @ 8.35pm: Just to say all “retail” orders placed up to the 1st January have now been collected. This week we will clear all “retail” orders placed up until the 10th January. Of course, we will push to achieve better results but note we are working flat out. Beyond this, if you would like to see the return of MYSORE SANDALWOOD E.O, please do email to let me know as I am musing on bringing this back. Towards the end of this month I am also going to try to release my first WILD HINDI OUD e.o on the site, this is a custom distillation exclusive to Hermitage, it is extremely clean woody, floral, fruity and sweet in parts. It is pure perfection and will retail for just 1435 Euros per 10ml. This is a steal price. Sample vials will also be offered. I will write again by Thursday this week. Thank you, Adam Michael : ) 14th January @ 6.30pm update: Since I last wrote we continue to make progress. All “retail” orders placed up to the 29th of December have now been dispatched. “Retail” orders placed between the 30th December to the 1st January should all be dispatched now on Monday 17th January. And we continue to process little/quick orders we see regardless of date for one hour each day. Once we are on top of the workload, I will be working on product content for 12 new, big-ticket releases, and they will be added to the site throughout February. Across February the sites primary categories are also getting altered, because as we continue to transition into becoming a wholesale business, I want to draw attention to our Hermitage Oil custom distillations. A total of 84 SDS have now been uploaded to the site and as we get on top of our workload we will keep adding more : ) Also, emails, please note simply due to a lack of manpower, we are chiefly concentrating on responding to emails that are connected with orders still processing. Once back on track we will reply to all emails received of course : ) I think this covers everything for now and I will aim to write here again on Monday. Thank you, Adam Michael : ) Close
Adam Michael has this to say “The aroma of myrrh essential oil is instantly recognisable, oozing sticky Oriental warm and sweet medicinal character with spice and rich amber qualities throughout. Stored properly myrrh will age like a fine wine, oozing aroma with even more depth and intensity along with being of a thicker viscosity.
Myrrh is full of history, documented within the biblical times, a staple in the early history of incense, a huge part of early natural medicine and as I write an essential oil that is commonly found within natural mouth wash products and also classed as a staple essential oil by the majority of professional therapists.
Produced by steam distilling the crude myrrh, ambery in colour and of a pourable viscosity. For the perfumer myrrh blends well with the majority of balsams and oleo gum resinous natural materials, pairing especially well with frankincense absolute and opoponax essential oil. A useful fixative, a must for patchouli rich Oriental accords, for building deep rich resinous amber bases, incense notes and woody accords that require a diffusive sweet ambery effect.”
Oiland (verified owner) –
It’s the gold of the east.
The multifaceted spicy notes of incense are indispensable for creating complex and sensual aromas
Justine O’ (verified owner) –
Instantly transportative, this Myrrh E.O. is sublime. Smooth, clean and comforting medicinal notes flow through a softly-spiced herbal amber. This is an amber microcosm of medicinal woods and bitter oakmoss, of spicy green roots brought up from cold earth; all-in-all evoking those strangely alluring scents of a Victorian sweet shop: soft peppery herbal toffee, dark woods infused with dark chocolate mints, a thin vein of metallic earthiness (like gall oak ink) and the sultry presence of smoke rising from the embers of a fading roses, whose wafts blend with a powdery licorice, nutmeg and clove and end in a creamy milky menthol swirl.
This is the stuff of healing rituals, of eastern lands and love balms, – as well as the familiar, soothing and homely twang of a very old medicine cabinet.
Perfect on its own and lingering long on my skin, this Myrrh E.O. is wonderful for adding nuance, mystery and depth to woody, amber and floral orientals, as well as being invaluable for medicinal blends. I can’t imagine finding a better myrrh.
M (verified owner) –
Begins with a slightly burning smell and also slightly ambery. It has hint of summer breeze – dry and warm in a very hot climate.
It later becomes a bit medicinal on my skin. quite balsamic (but not overwhelming), and gorgeous incensy.
I do not get any woody facets at the start, but it later can be, s.t. how warm the weather is.
In the dry down, it incensy and slightly medicinal throughout. This is an excellent ingredient for any blend that needs some balsamic and incensy facets or being the headline act. It goes beautifull well with every regional oud type I have tried so far.
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
One of the best myrrh essential oils i bought..incensy with spices but with rounded edges that makes it sweet orangey and amazing ..
Patrick S (verified owner) –
This is the best Myrrh essential oil i’ve ever smelled in my life, indispensable in leather accords and incense accords