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 : )
Adam Michael has this to say “The opening of this Oud Assam is cresole, varnish, dark woody, somehow soft but also powerful and non-offensive animalic. As this aromatic develops and softens coffee, dark bitter chocolate, woody resin, spice, aged tobacco and peppery tonalities emerge. This oud is a complete beast on the performance front, in fact I start to think generally Hindi ouds are not only the most beautiful of all, but also the most naturally longlasting due to the animalic backbones which seem to always be castoreum and hyraceum themed, regardless if the overall composition is deemed clean or skanky. Without digressing too much, social conformity often drives people to register such a profile as gross, like that of many animalics including civet. My point, however, is that they are not gross smells at all, in the same way many so-called weeds can really add character, charm and beauty to a garden. Simply I am genuinely in love with this aromatic, overwhelmed honestly, this oud only has a handful of strings yet it plays the most spiritually bliss inducing symphony for nearly twelve hours on my skin and over a week and counting on the strip.
The dry down of oud Assam is full of castoreum, hyraceum and tobacco effects with floral DNA plumes, clay bricks heated by the sunshine and heavy aged leather. One year aged, wood used estimated at 50 years old, 5 year resination time, 30 day soak, 10 day distillation in a steel pot.
The only other aromatic that can penetrate deep into my brain like this is sandalwood, something I have realised only properly across the past few years. I know it’s easier to scoff at something we don’t understand, to ridicule, to make jokes, but sincerely if you want a journey of illumination from within, an aromatic that can override you, then like me, I encourage you to try hindi oud, from me, or from others, but to just try and live the experience for yourself as it is indeed an experience to behold and cherish.”
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Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
Classic assam dna beauty of a superior quality. Rounded,smooth and warm with an powerful Animalic core revealing the classic hindi character without being overpowering and offensive even to people that are not oud lovers. Dark, deep,heavy handed with the most divine warmth of castoreum infused in waves of
purple plums , spices like ginger and hot cardamom with a heavy dose of sweet tobacco and deer musk that makes it
super sexy and full of masculinity..Above all these notes, imagine echoes of dark chocolate drying to dance together with
rather smooth barn nuances that here are done perfectly…hay, dark leather and i do get deep thick sweet honey still in comb somewhere in the wild jungle that all of them promotes such a powerful energy that puzzles the senses which i found unexplained. That’s why assam ouds are top tier holy Grail of hindi oils. It is powerful long lasting and robust and when you have tried this you will never go back to another oud oil.
Kai Leon Art Parfumeur (verified owner) –
If I’d live in another time and be a knight and had a pure-bred magnificent steed – as a vital companion animal – above all to behold its intense heart-warming natural beauty in all the raw power, and join it in the saddle for a ride of joy on forest paths, that well-groomed horse would be smelling just like this Assami Oud:
powerful, alluring, beastly and yet noble, captivating in its graceful stride – from the smooth-barnyard opening – to leather and then (surprising) spicy touches (for me akin of Allspice) and woodsy-resinous whiffs through the heart to dry down.
Just like a gorgeous horse, all it needs to become a celebrated ingredient in the perfume, is a touch of decorating accents – only to extoll its beauty – bridles and trappings of florals (today for me it’s Orange blossom and Frangipani), some earthy companions under its ‘hoooves’ like Orris root abd Vetiver, and some feathers for frivolous thrills on top – leafy greens and citrus of your choice. It can be a central mood of an animalic wonder, or it can be a hidden engine in a refined ‘virile’ tenacious composition, or a nuanse ‘for intrigue’ in the less obvious fragrance – it will greatly underpin an exciting sensuality and bodily vividity in any perfume worthy of such classy ingredient.