UPDATE: 21st April 2021 at 23.55pm. Adam here with an update. More orders are being collected tomorrow, we have still not fully completed some orders from the 12th April but the bulk of them are now done. We have also dispatched many small/easy to assemble orders from the 12th through to the 18th April. Once you see the completed status for your order and within your account, this means the order has been dispatched. I am hopeful by Tuesday 27th April that all orders should be dispatched. We will be working throughout the weekend and again if you have an order placed with us, you are our sole priority, so feel free to get in touch should you have any questions. Emails are being checked twice a day. I apologise to those who are wanting to place orders with us but sincerely right now it can’t be allowed to happen as we have more orders than usual still to process. Thank you, Adam : ) Dismiss
Adam Michael has this to say “The aroma of styrax absolute is described as woody-vanilla, leathery, animalic-castoreum, balsamic. In a leathery compound, this product brings a modern animalic and elegant note. Produced by fractionation of styrax absolute in order to respond to applicable regulations. This advanced process results in a material with a very animalic tone. The suggested use in cream is at 0.5%, shampoo at 0.3% and fine fragrance at up to 2%.”
Yuliya Y (verified owner) –
Animalic, leathery, and rather elegant at the same time. It pairs very well with any floral material and adding a depth and complexity.
Thomas (verified owner) –
Animalic ? Yes, but not that much. To me, this is a sweet version of an old fashioned musk composition (musk ambrette & musk ketone) with a hint of vanilla. To me, this one remains on the non-offensive side of Styrax : mellow and sweet, it would perfectly pair with benzoin and myrrh.
Indie Perfumer (verified owner) –
Though Asian (Turkish) styrax is traditionally preferred, the American (mostly Honduran) material is now more common, and the two resulting absolutes are more similar than the essential oils. The unpleasant, gasoline-like odour of styrene, so present in unaged American styrax oil, is here removed during solvent extraction, resulting in a material with a surprisingly fresh, smooth, animalic top note, a balsamic, spicy (cinnamon), floral (lilac, hyacinth) heart and leathery, ambery dry down.
Paschalis Gkesios (verified owner) –
Considering that this is an absolute,I was expecting this to be alcohol soluble,which was not the case .
Turned cloudy,the scent is nice though..
Dear Adam I have send an email regarding this,but I got no answer.