2 reviews for Sandalwood Indo Gold CO2
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22nd September at 4.35pm: A quick progress update. By Monday 25th all orders received up to September 11th will be dispatched. By Friday 29th all orders received up to September 16th will be dispatched. Of course, be assured I will push to get as many orders as possible dispatched. For business clients waiting on a copy of the stock-reduction-list, this will be emailed across to you by Wednesday 27th. I will be taking tomorrow off completely for family time and will be back at work across the early part of Sunday afternoon. Next mini update here will be on Tuesday 26th. Thank you, Adam : )
19th September at 6.55pm: Right, update time. First, I am now working on the orders placed from 1st to 17th September and I think within 7-10 days maximum they will all be dispatched, along with the gifts : ) Next, I am going to release Kerala Indian Sandalwood 1953 E.O by Sunday 1st October, along with Organic Moldovan Pink Rose Musk Otto, 20% White Ambergris Aged tincture and Phenyl Ethyl Alcohol by Fermentation. If I can find the time I will also release another Assami grown Oud (plantation) and a vintage offering of Indian Vetiver E.O and Red Myrrh E.O (sublime profiles) that I have held back for the past year now. Regarding closing for 2023 in October (please read below) I need to kindly put on record that I won't be able to make exceptions for clients - even those who have become friends, and to please keep this in mind and plan ahead should you need something specific from Hermitage. I will write again by the end of the week and thank you very much to everyone for the continued support. Adam : )
18th September Update. Please read carefully.
Although a month away, I need to announce that the LAST ORDER TIMES FOR 2023 ARE AS FOLLOWS:
🦋Non.EU Countries 18th October at 9pm Italy time. 🦋
EU Countries 25th October at 9pm Italy time. 🦋
Then once all orders are dispatched and delivered, we will close and reopen by mid-January 2024/as soon as the laboratory is finished.
Also please note as of 30th September we will stop offering ambergris aromatics for sale.
Thank you, Adam : )
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Subtotal: €894.50
Subtotal: €894.50
€45.00 – €366.00
Adam Michael has this to say “Ok, let me warn you all in advance, I have got very lucky (09/06/22) and pulled off a real score here, so expect product content loaded with positivity, joy and plenty of superlatives!
This aromatic came about because I don’t leave any stone unturned. I became aware of this producer a few years ago, however due to falling in with some Indian producers I never looked at what this Indonesian producer was able to offer. But thankfully I did write his telephone number down in my contact book. A small diary sized leather bounded book that is stuffed to the brim with names and numbers of producers.
Now as most know, the Indians in question proved to be one-time wonders, sad but genuinely true. For me, in the moment, they showed us all a glimpse of sandalwood paradise in varying artistic forms, but also these producers showed us that they didn’t unfortunately have the skills to keep grinding out the results.
So recently, I was looking through my contact book, I noticed this Indonesian producer and made the telephone call. A few weeks later this sample submission followed, and low and behold I came away so impressed that I put in an order a few days later.
What I love about this Indo Gold is that true to CO2 form, it has a warm creamy woody buttery bright opening with a hint of lemon-orange candied freshness, cedarwood atlas character and tinged with gourmand qualities of sorts that is a little reminiscent of smelling bran absolute and Play-Doh. This opening also partly reminds me of the smell of homemade creamy-rice pudding with nutmeg spice worked into it. The smoothness of this aromatic is clear as day whether applied on skin, strip and even when directly compared with some of our more fancy Indian offerings.
The engine here is once again animalic tuned – clean-musky, clean-human skin and ambergris. At times I find leathery-woody-resinous tonalities, and scent that reminds me of walking into a carpenters work room, that instant explosion of wood shavings, freshness, dampness, dryness, sweetness, a smorgasbord of woody scents are all present here throughout. And in keeping with Indonesian materials I again find the saturated roasted nutty-wood DNA, different to our Kupang e.o though, as there is zero sharpness here.
Santalol content comes in at 70%, produced from S.album logs estimated to be around 50 years of age, a select extract, golden-amber to syrup-red in colour subject to weight/volume, of a slightly thick gloopy viscosity, and from 0.5ml applied on my forearms (neat) I get a respectable five hours of solid wear before the scent slowly fades away. Everything considered this really is a damn fine bottle of sandalwood that I think all sandalwood enthusiasts can enjoy : )
Botanical Name: Santalum album
Origin: Indonesia
Alcohol Soluble: Yes
Oil Soluble: Yes
Wholesale weights (all prices excluding vat): 50G = 300 Euros.
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Wilco L (verified owner) –
though i did NOT appreciate the vial it came in at all and ended up with me messing with it and wasting about 1/4 (with oud I would go crazy), be sure to hold the dripper against the side and most will fall back into the bottle, but since it’s so full it’s problematic. That being said I do love the warm inviting scent. Despite the initial vial stress I think somehow the image goes well with the scent. 🙂 It makes for a warm, relaxing and cozy attar, perfect in winter. I still want to try an alcohol solution as sandalwood tends to open up in alcohol, sometimes more sillage than the pure oil. So I am curious and about that and pleased with the purchase. I would give 5 stars but because of the vial 4.
Adam A (verified owner) –
From the five sandalwood samples I ordered from Hermitage, this one is my favorite. To start, this one has the strongest scent when smelling right out of the bottle. It is extremely smooth! It doesn’t have any of the sour notes that are sometimes present in sandalwoods. To my nose it has a very subtle orange pulp scent that gives it vibrancy and character. It has a subtle, almost Caramelized vanilla quality after about 15 minutes on the skin. am especially pleased because this one happens to be one of the more affordable sandalwood options on Hermitage. Creamy smooth and bright all at the same time. This is a gorgeous, high quality sandalwood CO2 and I will definitely be getting more!