22nd March at 10.05am: Hello World, Adam here with a quick progress report! First thank you of course to the many who have placed orders, most appreciated. As I type should you place an order, please note the lead time is 5 working days before we will be able to assemble your order. This Sunday by 3pm Italy time I am going to release my Onycha Shells co-distilled in 33 year AGED Mysore sandalwood for sale. 10ml price is 350 Euros due to age of the sandalwood used. Also, if you are shopping around for Jasmine Absolute, Violet Absolute or Rose Absolute Turkish, my current batches are exceptionally beautiful – zero gassy aspects in the top, incredible body, excellent development and just so blissfully perfect from start to finish. For those musing on larger weights I can offer my Turkish Rose Absolute (batch TRSGAA01) at 2450 Euros plus vat per kilo and can offer this for 2300 Euros per kilo on a 3 kilo buy – 6900 euros plus vat. I will write again on Sunday afternoon. Thanks, Adam : )
APRIL NEW RELEASES: Across April, we will be releasing, Artisan Indian Sandalwood, produced last year from logs estimated at 90 years of age. Azerbaijani Rose Otto, Persian Otto Royal, Georgian Musk Otto, Verbena Absolute, Patchouli Classics Absolute, Patchouli 8 Year Aged Absolute, Aged Wild Borneo Oud, Onycha shells co-distilled with 33 year AGED Mysore Indian sandalwood (so distilled 1990), Kenyan Rose Geranium E.O, Indian Ambrette, NEW SEASON Green Bergamot E.O, Blood Orange E.O, Orange Bitter FCF E.O.
Joseph Colbourne has this to say “A Hermitage all natural creation, amber in colour and of pourable viscosity. Smoke Liquid enchants the nose with wafts of liturgical incense smoke, evoking colourful stained glass windows, stone walls, wooden pews, solemn prayer, divinity, and metaphysical beauty. How wondrous to find the sensation that one derives from smoke plumes in liquid form.
The lemon-pine-terpenic facets of olibanum resin, resinous, pungent myrrh, sacred copal, embers and ashes emanate from the top through its smoldering dry down. This blend demonstrates sensational longevity, remaining on the mouillette for up to five days. Meditative, devotional, and symbolic of sanctification, “Smoke Liquid” naturally would make a spectacular addition to incense compositions, sacred blends, even campfire and burning leaves accords.”
Our website uses cookies to give you the best experience. By clicking “Accept All”, you consent to the use of ALL cookies. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" for options.
This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
Cookie
Duration
Description
cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics
11 months
This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional
11 months
The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary
11 months
This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary".
cookielawinfo-checkbox-others
11 months
This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance
11 months
This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance".
viewed_cookie_policy
11 months
The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
USA SHIPPING JUST €8.99 ON ORDERS OVER €350
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
Excellent introduction from the first sniff!lemons +pine resin dripping and around you a wooden smokiness but yet so sweet.. !! Actually you cannot understand if you want this oil to use it alone or blend it with more incensy oils to give it a stronger boost or just use it alone as a smokey feather around you…i can’t believe what a blessing is to have all that experience in one bottle..don’t missed it for your collection !
joseph1 (verified owner) –
I don’t think I can review this as well as how Joseph describes it. I am so grateful for this it truly takes my respect and awe for Hermitage Oils to a whole another level. I literally feel like I am in good hands when relying on Adam and his creations (hopefully more like this)
Angela St John (verified owner) –
I very much enjoy this aroma. It is a complex take on a smoke accord and I love the liturgical lean with a really nice frankincense. The frankincense is apparent in the opening but after a few minutes, it melds and becomes one with a lovely smoke. It does remain detectable but the smoke comes forward more. The smoke brings to mind a highly diluted birch tar. I can definitely detect an an ash note and the dry down is very warm, diffusive and pleasantly smoky. The frankincense remains to give body but it is very well balanced. At times, I catch a whiff of smoldering frankincense on charcoal. A very well done accord. This would be ideal in creations meant to capture the atmosphere of a church after Catholic Mass, where the smoke from the thurible still lingers, paired with woods and bolder resins. It would also be excellent put to use in campfire or smoky forest blends. Feels primarily useful for autumnal or winter perfume creations, though a light hand in a bonfire accord for an aquatic (beach bonfire) could be lovely for a unique summer scent. Well worth sampling due to the complexity – not flat or run-of-the-mill. For those who may have had trouble working with cade, birch tar or fossilized amber resin in a smoke accord, this could add the depth you’ve been looking for. This would go very well with guaiacwood, in my opinion, as well.
Maragio (verified owner) –
The previous comment described a detail that I agree too: an old church at the end of the mass, still with the haze and the scent of incense used a little earlier in the liturgy, with the acrid scent of the charcoal now ash that burned the frankincense in the censer; but I would also add the smell of the old wooden benches of the sacristies, ancient and blackened by time, that perfume that I love: a mix of woody, smoky, leathery, balsamic, but also a slight aldehydic, terpenic and fresh hint. I find it a multifaceted material, I think it can also go well in mixtures of agarwood, cypriol and a nice aged java vetiver. Irreplaceable to give the note of smoke to the frankincense blends, so much sought after by frankincense lovers and found when burning (or heating up) the wonderful resins of olibanum and family. A material that I highly recommend.
Justine O’ (verified owner) –
An ancient stone church at the end of mass, everyone has left but the atmosphere is still warm and heavily-saturated in sacred frankincense; a frankincense whose scent is both pure and smoke-infused; both intensely resinous; having a citrusy fresh and terpenic ring, (an elevating and clarifying scent of pine resin and lemon over bitter green leaves), – and smoky.
Heavier liturgical smoky scents hang in the air, moving forward and swathing us in a divine cloud: the thick lick of extinguished candles; heady and solemn, merges with the scent and smoke of frankincense. The smouldering charcoal of the thurible and deep wafts of tarry dark wood embers appear, along with soothing fatty beeswax and metallic ash.
Very soon the smokiness increases in pungency; liquorice, soot and leather, all the while the frankincense remaining as a beautiful backdrop, and what started out as warm mysteriously turns to winter’s day; a snow-covered forest, the pure scent of pine and lemon meeting the smoke of a fading embers through an icy air.
At the end, the dry down takes us back inside the church. The scent is now stone cold; church flagstones beneath a veil of powdery violet and leather smoke, traces of frankincense still lingering over the redolent scent of church pews; ancient oak infused with centuries of candles, olibanum, wood resin and candle wax.
Liturgical, solemn, smouldering, mysterious, beautiful. This is an inspired accord that is layered, balanced and infinitely evocative.
KimRiccelli (verified owner) –
There’s a Frankincense-centric formula that I’ve been working and reworking for several years, using a blend of the best Frankincense materials that I’ve come across over the years (many of them sourced here at Hermitage). Smoke Liquid was EXACTLY the missing piece, perfectly complementing and elevating the blend by giving it depth and maturity. It is pleasantly ashy and smokey without ever being overpowering, which is almost aways the case with phenolic scents.