6 reviews for Osmanthus Concrete
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26th April at 7.35pm: A quick update. Many parcels have left today. The situation is as follows, we still have one order left to process for the 10th (Paris retailer), one for the 11th and a lot more still for the 15th through to the 18th - mostly USA wholesale orders. The plan now is to work on orders across the weekend and by no later than Tuesday 30th - every order placed upto the 18th will be dispatched. Ideally they will all be out by Monday 29th but based on how I called it wrong recently I think it's better to call it for Tuesday. I'll update on order lead times for the 19th onwards on Monday 29th. It goes without saying that I am very sorry about the lead-time but like the lab and staff, it is now just a matter of a month or so before we are better organised, holding larger stocks of each aromatic, and in turn the lead-times will drastically improve going forward. Ok, back on Monday and thank you to everyone for the continued support. Thank you, Adam : )
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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€45.00 – €90.00
Adam Michael has this to say “The opening notes of osmanthus concrete are awash with mouth-watering peach blossoms, juicy apricots, heavenly floral osmanthus warmth and finishing with a truly exquisite aged leather jacket aspect . The middle is soft, warm floral orientated with a bigger dose of leather qualities and tinted with light animalic aspect that I associate with smelling heavily diluted castoreum. The dry down mainly consists of soft yellow fruits and warm leather notes. To sum up this material it is like smelling the absolute but the leather notes in this concrete are pumped up on steroids by comparison.
This material has a very impressive longevity due to its natural waxes content that seem to help anchoring the fragrant compounds to the skin. Not perfectly alcohol soluble, so it will need to be chilled and filtered should you wish to use in alcohol based products. This material is however absolutely invaluable to those producing attars and oil based perfumes, where its natural chemistry can be fully utilised.”
Eleonora Scalseggi has this to say “A more masculine version of osmanthus absolute where the yellow fruit-apricoty floral aspect is paired with a very sensual leathery facet, that could work well with pink lotus absolute, mango leaf absolute and castoreum liquid. A waxy creamy dark yellow consistency.”
Botanical Name: Osmanthus fragrans L
Origin: China
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Yuliya Y (verified owner) –
Love this so much! I agree with the description completely, it is all about apricots and leather. Truly remarkable material.
Jolie T (verified owner) –
This was an extravagant buy for me, I have never bought concretes before, and I don’t usually buy high end w/o sampling first. I am so pleased I did . This is diffusive, persistent material! It is an elegant osmanthus. Certainly peach and apricot ,but rounded and subtle . Tea notes are present , but it is a delicate , invasive, wafting bouquet. There is no mushiness, it stays osmanthus in the dry down. The “leather “ presents as tea and wax to me, which I find is typical .I feel confident that I could work this into any formula, oil or ethanol . This was a very happy discovery .Ps I sampled this on skin, seemed wax would need a bit of heat.
Patrick S (verified owner) –
This is a wonderful material, very juicy and leathery to me, i absolutely adore it!
Marketa Mita (verified owner) –
It’ s not easy to review Osmanthus because I love all kinds of them. This one brings another level that expands the range. This Osmanthus Concrete is more obviously ’nasty’ than the more ‘innocent’ ones and it has stronger personality too – when I use it, I usually let it to play the main tone in the perfume. It consists of more well balanced notes and it could be a perfume itself.
James (verified owner) –
A unique addition to lovers of the regular absolute. Definitely more leathery and masculine. Works very well with clean smelling Oud oils (no barn/funk.)
Katharina Stefanich (verified owner) –
Absolutely adore this. It’s a full blend, credits nature. Wonderful raw material!