€14.00 – €100.00
Seaweed Absolute
Adam Michael has this to say “Deep green in colour, seaweed absolute exudes an aroma that will delight, dazzle and stimulate. The smell is exactly like fresh seaweed that has found its way onto the shore in the early morning, possessing that unique and refreshing ocean smell, very clean and invigorating with stunning aquatic green notes throughout. This material is of a paste to solid consistency and unless you are intending to dilute this in perfumers alcohol it is not wise to buy this material, instead a better option would be the seaweed colourless absolute we offer which is pourable.
Invaluable for the creation of marine accords, building ozonic and pine bases, and offers interesting modifying and boosting effects within moss creations and green top accords. Blends very well with mosses, pines, galbanum, vetiverts and incense wood.”
Botanical Name: Fucus vesiculosus
Origin: France
5 reviews for Seaweed Absolute
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Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
Imagine its summer, walking on the beach and close your eyes and let your senses by sniffing this gift from the bottle and enjoy the experience..such a powerhouse..well I’m so happy i find this oil and can’t wait to see were it will lead me with my creativity..
EMG (verified owner) –
A tough one to dilute! If you don’t have a hot plate this paste absolute will make you work. Quick tip: Even if you use hot bath, in mere seconds this goes back to being sticky. I mean, even if it’s bathed and fluid in its own bottle, by the time you pick/drop to dilution bottle, it will become sticky again in 1-2 seconds due to sudden heat loss.
Pure form smell: Pungent, phenolic, seaweed, ash-leather nuances, salty and mossy.
10% dilution smell: Less pungent, fresh aspects more noticeable, less ash-leather, iodine bomb, with ammonia nuances. Very realistic seaweedy shore breeze, you have to like that dirtiness a bit.
I think in trace amounts this would add that throat scratching iodine feeling. Can’t wait! Great product Hermitage & Adam!
Simon D (verified owner) –
Masterpiece material! – I never imagined I woud use that term for a smell that I don’t particularly like. I think it is wise to dilute this heavily before evaluating as it is strong stuff. I had mine at 2% and it still was super strong and very diffusive. Ok, lets face it, the first 15 minuted are not pleasant (Smokey-harsh-leather-fishy-pungent-compact), but when you get beyond that, an aroma of leathery kombu appears. Much like the beautiful Oarweed Abs, which is only sold in sample size here. It is so realistic and fascinating. After that, the experience gets more and more bedazzeling. An ocean scene opens up in your minds eye with hard waves washing up seaweed baking in the sun. As the material evaporates the notes become fresher, cooler, more aquatic and ozonic and start to contain everything in this scenery: The water, many kinds of seaweeds, the fresh breeze, the sea mist, shells, fish, sand, salt…In the drydown I get gentle oyster mineralic notes and the freshest sea foam. SUPER complex, diffusive, roomfilling, long lived and in that sense, very economical. Much better that the “colorless abs” also offered here, in my opinion. You just have to be prepared to dilute the whole thing at once, at 20% for instance, you will never use it in a higher consentration anyways. its very sticky and dark and not pourable at all. But it’s all worth it. This is a long review but I just have to state, as a person who mainly works with aquatic notes and seaweeds ONLY for clients I do bespoke perfumery for, as I don’t enjoy these aromas usually for myself, this one took me on a journey an may have triggered something in me, made me eager to explore and enjoy marine aromas more!
Paul V (verified owner) –
A complex aquatic green profile with bundles of iodine, moss, leather, and animalic notes. Exceptionally powerful and diffusive, reminiscent of seaweed washed ashore and an essential component to a few of my aquatic perfumes. I use it both neat and at a 10% dilution, even when diluted it’s still a powerhouse material, however it reveals different facets in dilution. A must have for any perfumer’s organ.
Kai Leon Art Parfumeur (verified owner) –
Without repeating everyone, including Adam, on how indispensable, original, truly unique in the Aromatic Pallette Seaweed absolute is,
I point out that beside supplying the whole Marine vibe in all its living pungency, iodine saltiness, with touches of molluscal raunchiness and sea-water spray freshness, filtering into itself the Life of the Ocean,
It can play Other roles – when highly diluted to the threshold and below concentration – while losing its instantly recognizible kelp nature,
– it comes out as chest-opening Maritme breathe, or in slightly higher dosage – mossy wet Florest Floor compositions,
– or in minimal traces – the edge of Novelty & Mystery, putting a fresh spin on too common aromatic combinations:
In this aspect, I am trying its edge in Florals, Citrus or heavier earthy acoords 🙂