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 “This is a beautiful and very precious hydro distilled oud from North Malaysia (Borneo Island) that we have just added to our collection (11.07.21) and that could be summed up as being a well-polished, smooth dark wood affair with zero barnyard and plenty of incense character.
Initial opening is cresol orientated and then warm resinous nuances start coming through tinted with incense, over ripe fruit traces and a melody of dry through to slight bitter woody notes. Within the early stages I find the now warm fruit qualities start to take on a medicinal profile, in the form of a quite sweet but also astringent shape whilst somehow vaguely reminding me of smelling aged cistus oils. As time progresses the aroma is like breathing in cold mountain air to your maximum, tinged with a trace mint nuance and showcasing yet more incense in the background.
Another note to mention is Sarawak black pepper note which does clearly feature albeit entangled within a heavy, dark and somewhat incense spiced segmentation. At various intervals of this materials development, I also detect heavily aged real-leather notes that I have come to understand better across the last few years by living in Tuscany.
The notes mentioned above do seem to be the general theme and within an hour its clear that the backbone of this aroma is ultimately, spice incense through to dark resinous woody orientated.
Overall a very well-balanced super smooth oud offering that should have appeal to a broad spectrum of oud enthusiasts. This is also an enjoyable material to evaluate and wear and blends effortlessly in woody, oriental, through to sacred-wood accords.”
Due to the cost, no blind buys beyond the 3ml volume are allowed. Should you purchase, evaluate and approve of the material, please get in touch and you will be welcome to purchase the 10ml volume.
Botanical Name: Aquilaria sinensis
Origin: Malaysia
Plantation Material (7 Years Aged as of February 2023)
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Juan P (verified owner) –
Translated with translate google:
It was to open the lid of the vial of oud Malaysia, and feel like a fireworks burst of smells: the velvety smoothness and powdery sweetness of fruits and flowers, the fragrant warmth of spices, the dark balsamic and hot opening of resins, wood and earth, the smell of light in a distant and delicate note of mint.
The uniqueness of the oud, that which makes it as valuable as its weight in gold, is the rich variety of its textures, the sensation of smelling life in all its complexity in a single oud. This oud doesn’t have that barnyard, stable note, which might scare off beginners. Those of us who love oud are not afraid of that corral note, but we know that that stable note (so common in Indian oud) makes oud a non-sociable aroma in the West. This oud, Malaysia 2YRS, does not have that stable note, which makes it an oud that you can wear to carry among the people, and that people marvel feeling next to a jungle, a forest and a garden, hot, dark and bright. In my oud collection I have oud from some of the most prestigious sellers in the world, and I can say that Hermitage Oils oud are at the top of my best oud, with the great advantage that at Hermitage I can buy them without customs problems that I suffer when I buy them from Eastern countries.
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
Really beautiful oud full of a huge spice aura and a rich myrrh resin base note ,along with strong leathery notes just like entering a very old prestigious Japanese incence shop..a true gift from nature for its complexity and it has a good longevity on my skin..
Aidan A (verified owner) –
The diversity of oud genuinely never ceases to blow my mind. The personality of this Malaysian oud is intensely leathery combined with old antique woods in the best way possible. A very compelling balance between a sense of antiquity, revered ancientness, and the timeless divinity of such a rare fragrance.
Kevin A (verified owner) –
Passionné de Oud, j’ai découvert ce site par hasard, j’étais plutôt habitué aux sites spécialisés dans la distillation de bois d’agar.
Et j’ai vraiment été surpris de trouver une qualité si pure et raffinée. Cette huile me fait vraiment voyager dans une forêt énormément verte et puissante mais sans aucun côté animal.
L’évolution sur peau est aussi excellente.
A tester absolument.
Kevin
France