4 reviews for Oarweed MD Absolute
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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 : )
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Adam Michael has this to say “The botanical name of this seaweed (loose term) is Laminaria digitata, found within the North Atlantic Ocean. This Oarweed absolute along with the more commonly used (in perfumery) Fucus vesiculosus are both brown algae. However, aromatically they are entirely different. To my nose the opening notes of this material are reminiscent of the smell that greets you when you walk inside a pet shop crossed with the dry mustiness, green and slight vegetative qualities I detect when smelling geranium leaves.
The middle notes are more marine inspired, ambergris, moss, fungal, broken wood washed ashore covered in seaweed and morning salty water. Blends well with mosses – oakmoss, treemoss, cedarmoss, cedarwoods – virginian, texas, atlas, himalayan along with galbanum, labdanum, cypress white, vetiverts, nagarmotha. Provides a substantive, fresh ozonic note where required.”
Joseph Colbourne has this to say “The ultimate marine note, oarweed absolute reminds me of exploring the seashore, seeking out starfish and sand dollars. The brine of ocean water and impressions of all that lives in the sea—the fish and various flora, is captured in the opening. As it dries on the mouillette, this evolves into a calmer, smoky aroma of seaweed and driftwood drying in the blazing sun. A clear liquid of pourable viscosity, this absolute demonstrates a longevity of twelve hours. Naturally, this is a winner for marine/aquatic blends and can also enhance oakmoss and other mosses. Furthermore, it can provide unique dimension for leather accords.”
Botanical Name: Laminaria digitata
Origin: France
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kingjohnofengland (verified owner) –
Seaweed absolutes can be a bit ambiguous with fishy, phenolic or cod liver oil qualities or the “pet shop” aspect noted by Adam. Fortunately this is a good one, from oarweed, also known as kelp I think. I don’t get those off notes and it is also free of dark pigment, being a distillate. Years ago I did a number of TV broadcasts about the evocative quality of seashore smells, especially for those of us living inland. So that’s probably why I like this, it reminds me of when I was a TV star!
leha (verified owner) –
“Oarweed?” I thought, as I opened the package. “What did I order now?” Having no recollection of what it was sourced from, or why I had wanted it, I put a little on a scent strip and sniffed. I was immediately taken to the beach–the air, the dune grass, the sand itself on a foggy day. This stuff is amazing, and it stays true to that original experience throughout its dry down, just slowly becoming more background…
My only regret is that I bought such a tiny sample–but that will be remedied. 🙂
Justine O’ (verified owner) –
Beautiful and authentic, the seashore encapsulated; seaweed on rocks, the brine and sea mizzle-imbued seaweed wrapping its evocative deep-sea smells around you.
The scents of the seashore on a damp day – pure wet seaweed on slippery rocks; dense, green and vegetal, ..also leathery and woody; salty sea air, a touch of dry dune grass…mown hay….marram grass..tobacco.
A deep sea swimming with mossy musty green aromas ..oakmoss and sensual ambergris.
One smell and you have arrived…
dnushaj (verified owner) –
Without pointing to the obvious seaweed-quality, Oarweed smells wet, cool, and evokes decay, and the Pacific West Coast. Surprisingly, Oarweed is a delicate smell and works best in subliminal concentrations, like catching a glimpse of a sight from the corner of your eye. It adds a toasted, green-tea-like quality to other bases reminiscent of Genmaicha.