5 reviews for Saffron 1% Tincture
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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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€16.00 – €29.00
Adam Michael has this to say “The entire body of this D.O.P saffron which is renowned as the worlds finest saffron oozes fulsome leather goodness throughout. The scent of new leather and soft warmth swirl around within the top notes. The heart notes provide never ending leather charm entwined with boozy-oakwood and finished with a splash of spiced fruits. The base notes are rich leathery, warm spicy, with faint fatty floral aldehydic qualities.
Grown in the famous Navelli upland this saffron has a longer and more complex agricultural cycle with exceptionally favourable soil and climate conditions. The result is one of the finest saffrons in the world with a higher content of aromatic compounds compared with the conventional saffrons commonly available.
In my opinion without any doubt this Italian 1% saffron tincture is aromatically light years superior to the previous Spanish material we offered. Vibrant orange in colour and of a pourable viscosity.”
Arctander has this to say “Minute additions to violet perfumes, narcissus or even neroli bases can produce quite beautiful results, unobtainable by other means.”
Botanical Name: Crocus sativus
Origin: Italy
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MissLayla (verified owner) –
I can’t get enough of this stuff! This tincture is a beauty! My best friend is Persian. She is everything Saffron and Rose! Growing up with her is where my love (and knowledge) of saffron began. This Saffron Tincture 1% is rich and versatile. It can pair with anything but it really ramps up fruits, florals, and tobacco to create a fantastic backbone. Very impressed. 4/5 stars only because I wish it lasted longer. It’s not as volatile as citrus, but it dissipates quickly. A note to users: This is a natural material, as with a lot of naturals, they lack staying power. This is not a knock on naturals. This is quality juice!
Kostis Pap (verified owner) –
The characteristic note of Saffron blows the place apart. It has something of an ancient kingdom in it that literally transcends you ages back in time. It’s like Persian clothes designers used to smell saffron to be inspired for the preparation of the Royal family’s upcoming clothing collection. It’s a natural dark and rich leathery note, powerful, warm and boozy but dry and absolutely balsamic. I could see some strong edible notes in the heart, which could be related to the odor of a boiled zucchini put inside a container filled with a myrrh solution, let there to macerate. The leathery note is quite similar in my sense to the osmanthus absolute odor. This one has also an animalic note reminiscent of the violet flower absolute. Some herbaceous notes are obvious too.
thursturston (verified owner) –
This is clearly a carefully produced and aged tincture, made with fine quality saffron.
Saffron has a depth of character that is so fascinating, rich, warm, leathery but also sharp, bitter and plastic like at times, like the most fascinating and beautiful things…it’s a bit of a challenge.
I like the way it stays very pungent as a top note but effectively retreats reasonably quickly in most contexts. I’m working it into leather accords and clearly pairs with rose and oud fantastically well.
Robert (verified owner) –
Whilst this is clearly a gorgeous tincture made from quality materials, the delicate unique aroma blends in all too easily with other things. This should work in your favour if you’re not looking for Saffron to dominate a composition, it certainly has a chameleon character that subtlely enhances almost all it touches
Kristina M (verified owner) –
Saffron, a queen of all spices, and the most expensive spice in the world, appreciated for thousand of years in Egypt, loved by romans, and greeks.
It welcomes me with a kind of hay note, bitter herbaceous, earthy, somehow little sweet as well, medicinal, leathery.
It is so mysterious for me, so multilayered and at the same time just very one and typical note of those dried, heated colored stigmas of crocus flower.
Saffron was one of 11 spices that compounded the sacred incense and sacred anointing oil that were used in Sacred Temple in Israel – but the story about that is another big study.
I like this spice really a lot and will try it with some woods and in floral compositions as well. Really want to play with it with different materials, i think it can play a big role in a fragrance 🙂 🙂 🙂