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 : )
Adam Michael has this to say “Whilst the aromatic DNA of this Ethiopian material is of course similar to smelling Somalian, please keep in mind that at the time of writing (28/07/22) that what we have here is actually 8 year aged opoponax from Ethiopia, and of which has aged like a fine wine. The appearance of the material is gloopy looking, comparable to the absolute resin we offer and as such will benefit from bain-marie prior to use. The aroma is classic opoponax, hitting you with a gorgeous mellowed toffee, vanilla ice cream and caramel combo and underpinned by comforting resinous warmth, old charcoaled woody tones, and peppered with hints of mushrooms found in untouched woodlands. Without doubt you get notes resembling myrrh and frankincense wafting in and out of detection as Mark states, but for me, that undeniable sticky sweet resinous character opoponax is so known for, is always present, strong and due to ageing, so mellowed, balanced and as you may read a lot when I write on aged materials, every aspect of this aroma works in harmony, as you work through the aromatic gears it’s all seamless, smooth, no rough edges, no harsh surprises. Simply this is a damn fine bottle of aged opoponax to be treasured and brought out for special projects only. Also concerning the frankincense nuances – for me at least, they are comparable to evaluating a bottle of frankincense rivae – due to its unique gummy/creamy sweet candy note.”
Mark Evans has this to say “This Ethiopian opoponax essential oil is created from steam distillation and is a yellow, free flowing liquid. Smelling opoponax oil straight from the bottle will give you a head-rush and probably a headache as it initially has a strong resinous, terpene, paint fume smell and it is this intense aspect which makes it so useful in small amounts as a top-note to brighten any Oriental perfume.
After a few minutes on a smelling strip, the opoponax settles down to become bright, sweet, bergamot and frankincense-like with conifer and terpene notes and a hint of mushroom. An excellent performer, opoponax is also known as sweet myrrh which can be confusing as myrrh is the resin of a related, but different species and has a completely different smell. In natural perfumery opoponax oil is not used so much for its smell, more for its effect within chypre, fougere, leather bases, oriental bouquets and heavy-floral perfumes.”
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Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
Its a sticky resin of exceptional beauty..i cannot take my nose out of the bottle. Its a sweet ambery..lemony..caramel, creamy like mixture..amazing product. It can soften any blend and give it a more creamy aspect..as usual an excellent product like this you can use it as a perfume alone… of course diluted in a drop of sandalwood..
Ccfabre (verified owner) –
Love this Opoponax. The characteristic plastic smell of some Opoponax is definitely absent, making this Opoponax a delight to use, with a little bit of acid, almost lemony note tempering very well heavy base scents.