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Narcissus Absolute (des plaines)
Adam Michael has this to say “Narcissus absolute (des plaines) is a floral seductive masterpiece. The aroma exudes warm, heady floral goodness with delicately charged spiced fruit punch notes entwined with a splash of green crushed foliage. This is followed by delicate floral notes infused with soft cotton, honey, nuts and sweet peaches.
This narcissus absolute is dreamy dark orange in colour, of a pourable viscosity and produced by solvent extracting the concrete that is produced from the wild flowers. This floral wonder is useful for building orange blossom blends, gourmand creations, blends well with carnation, jasmines and mimosa.”
Botanical Name: Narcissus poeticus
Origin: France
9 reviews for Narcissus Absolute (des plaines)
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alexandra_karinawind (verified owner) –
Highly delightful
kingjohnofengland (verified owner) –
Really beautiful absolute with an intense golden colour reflecting the corona of the flower. One would love to use this material in copious amounts if price were no object, but as Adam says it is also a useful modifier for other blends. I would say it is not a million miles from Linden Blossom CO2, another favourite of mine which brings to mind a field full of buttercups and is the basis for Tilleul d’Orsay, a much underrated French fine fragrance. Narcissus absolute des plaines from the top Grasse producers is justly revered by perfumers.
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
Im in love with this oil..soft.sharp.heady too full of seduction..its a feminine oil ufcourse but just a drop won’t hurt no one 🙂
Ulrike S (verified owner) –
Another gem from Hermitage. A jewel. I have three bottles. One to save in the freezer, in case Hermitage stops carrying this. One to use in blends, and one just to smell when I need a bit of sunshine. Extra-ordinary, both in color and scent profile. A golden ray of sunlight to the senses.
Gabriella C (verified owner) –
I really love this absolute, its smells very much like golden hay to me.
ZHANG NAN (verified owner) –
In China, Narcissus are planted before the Spring Festival. It is a good day for the Spring Festival to open. I seem to smell the smell of the New Year.
benparkes21 (verified owner) –
This is an intriguing, pretty oil that upon first smell doesn’t jump out as being particularly powerful but surprisingly holds its own in a composition when dosed correctly. I get slight Pink Lotus vibes as well as waxy Crayola crayons, neither of which has been mentioned in any descriptors I’ve read about it, so that could just be me. Either way, whilst this doesn’t reach the status of narcotic, it is still a highly elegant, green leafy floral that’s definitely worth having in your collection.
James (verified owner) –
A lovely oil indeed. As Adam points out it is not quite in the same league as the Co2 gold version. Though it is still an amazing oil. I love wearing a little of this oil as a perfume in it’s own right.
Kai Leon Art Parfumeur (verified owner) –
At my second buy of wild Narcissus from Hermitage, I am honestly smitten by this inimitable contender to the title of my favourite non-Rose (as who can compete with the glory of Roses) floral essence, rivalling Orange Blossom and Frangipani – in its luxuriance, originality and euphoric force.
For a full and adequate appreciation of its alluring – and dare I say ravishing and hallowed – Beauty, one needs to let it breathe, so its densely condensed and powerfully complex essence will take the proper ‘air space’ – to expose all the facets, including even the subtlest ones – in full Glory!
Not in vain it is aptly described in the classification as ‘poetic’ – its aesthetic sway is instant and lushly gratifying, its emotional clout is profound, its evocative potential is fit for the ancient Greek mythos – which gave its fantastic name.
It opens with intense verdant blast of flourishing grass; and later on, this note shapes into a persistent green undertone quite similar to Tobacco Flower absolute – turning it into another ‘sorceress of intoxicating flower’, enticingly getting ‘Smoke in Your Eyes’.
Then it bathes you in waves of ambrosial intense honey spiced with piquant pollen touches, with intermingling and fleeting in and out undertones of European water lily – that has somewhat funky animalic edges.
Under these silky undulations lies its soul – a demigod entity of rarefied beauty, endowed with the Gift of irresistible seductive magic, that if you take too much of it, prepare to be fully bewitched, intoxicated and bewildered.
In the dry down, some delicious faint gourmand note appears, akin of a whiff of creamed coffee or sweet-musky Ambrette.
This Narcissus is deservedly embodies the ‘Narcotic’ trait in the character of ‘exotic white’ flowers – right on par with Tobacco Flower and subjectively for me – above Tuberose.
Due to its redolent might and gorgeous complexity, Wild Narcissus abs. can easily hold the company of other intense materials without ever getting lost, like Labdanums, Spices, Galbanum, animalic Ouds…
On the other hand it can give its tenacious powers to the mass of light-hearted ‘malleable’ or soft-character essences – like suave herbs (Clary Sage, Petitgrain, Lavender) or muted woods.
Inimitable, mythical, poetic intoxication, what a rare treasure of Natural beauty and superb artisanal production.