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 “From the bottle, the aroma of this plantation Prachin Buri Thai Oud is decaying woody, Thai fruity sweet, with a big standout dose of maple syrup and finished with breezy, trace medicinal menthol qualities. Applying a single drop to the skin, I find the top oozes rich resinous woody character and is complemented by powerful plumes of sticky candied exotic sweetness. All very true to the classic DNA of a bottle of Thai oud but its the maple syrup richness that really stands this apart from a bottle of the usual Provence of Trat produced ouds.
Over the course of a few hours you are hit with notes just like that of opening a bag of licorice candies, following on with a firework display of voluptuous exotic fruits and coupled with stacks of rich resinous woody warmth and traits of incense character sitting in the background. All finished off with a whisper of cresol. Working through the gears, this material goes onto indulge you in some of the finest earthy, green jungle, lightly spiced, rooty and “after the rain” aromas you could ever wish to smell. Comparable to smelling our organic cultivated South Indian vetiver crossed with an age old bottle of mitti attar/ petrichor. The dry down is warm, almost buttery woody, liquorice fruity infused, with the most minute traces of cresol, coconut and caramel chocolate.
One drop of this Thai oud applied to my skin lasts for 5 plus hours. I personally find this scent profile favours colder temperatures and it pairs spectacularly well with our Super Premium Patchouli Absolute and also our Sweet Incense E.O. Of a pourable consistency, aged for one year prior to being offered here for sale, plantation produced and in this instance a material that has all the signature hallmarks of a wild bottle of Thai oud without the crazy price tag. Highly recommend material.”
Botanical Name: Aquilaria crassna
Origin: Thailand (Prachin Buri)
Plantation Material (3 Year Aged as of 28th July 2021)
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info35 (verified owner) –
A pleasure. Well balanced between woody and animalic notes
S C (verified owner) –
A beautiful oud of which the consistency is easy to work with. Woody with sweet and animalic inflections.
Aurelya (verified owner) –
Great quality, very interesting smell – love it!
Aidan A (verified owner) –
This is a beautiful offering of cultivated oud that I find wonderfully multifaced and non-linear depending on the concentration, carrier, time after application and of course what you may choose to combine it with.
Overall It is loud, tenacious and seductively sensual. Smelled straight out of the bottle you definitely pick up a slightly bitter, medicinal aroma that quickly gives way to a near indescribable nebula of aromas. I get impressions of creamy warm wood, light muskiness, wafts of scotch, maple syrup, cherries, plum, black berries, raspberries, and balsam. Definitely an extremely enjoyable and precious ingredient.
Jolie T (verified owner) –
When I decided to buy some of Hermitage’s ouds, I felt as if I was indulging my slightly (?) obsessive hobby. I am not rich, but fortunately I could to buy them-,I felt I really needed to understand this oud thing. I am so very grateful that I took the plunge, equally grateful that hermitage offers them at all.
Ouds are unlike any other essential oil. Their complexity, diversity- the effects they create are in a league of their own, so there is no way to experience this w/o purchasing quality oud-
So of the 3 ouds I got, Laos , Cambodia- and this one, they are all very different from each other.
This one is delicate- it is still very present, perfectly strong enough- the balance of notes are very well blended, lighter in mood.
It is all still right there, blond woods, light smoke,sweet fruit- even the licorice Adam speaks of. The animal is distant.there are berries too.
This is the oud to cry over, this one reaches into my heart, this one whispers secrets. Again a tiny drop of blood on the tongue.
This is a song or a poem.
I am so very glad I did this.
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
Wow what a wonderful rich and complex oil..full of character and for me perfectly balanced between leathery, spicy and fruit..such a mind and soul expanding gem..amazing !!
Zakaria B (verified owner) –
Prachin Buri oud aka the jungle candy. A fierce gourmand oil, upon applied to the skin, a 3-D hologram of sugar-glazed fruits trapped inside a medicine cabinet. Think of ripe papayas, apples, and dried berries, a generous bowl placed on top of a freshly varnished wooden table. Japanese incenses qualities can be picked up easily, making the aesthetic of this oil very easy to work with. After the initial 40-60 minutes the medicinal camphor/borneol notes are tamed down to reveal a mellow round blond tobacco with a cushion of benzoin, vanillin tones sparkling gently along its 6 hours ride. Fading to a natural white musk skin scent. In terms of color and texture visualization, this one will be a milky orange velvet fabric. I intend to pair it with white florals, raspberry, grapefruit, and guaiac wood. Thank you for this wonderful offering, Adam!