2 reviews for Tonka Bean Absolute (Brazil)
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17th April at 2.15pm: Quick update to say all orders placed on the 9th have been collected just now by DHL. Orders placed on the 10th and 11th will all leave by the 19th. I will type again on Friday regarding orders placed from the 12th onwards. Other news, by Friday I am releasing a few more very big ticket rarities including our Italian Oakwood Absolute and a super grail rose otto. 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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€9.00 – €70.00
Arctander has this to say “Tonka bean absolute is a semi-solid or crystalline mass of pale amber or pale brownish-yellow color. Its odor is very rich, sweet and warm, distinctly coumarinic-herbaceous, with a prune-like or carmellic-sweet undertone. The absolute consists of from 20 to 45% coumarin, but the effect of a true tonka absolute goes far beyond that of the coumarin contained in the absolute. In this fact lies the explanation for the continuous use of tonka absolute today, almost after a century after the appearance of synthetic coumarin on the perfume and flavour market.
Tonka absolute is used as a fixative and non-floral sweetener which introduces warm notes in chypres, fougeres, new mown hay bases, lavender bouqets, Oriental bases etc. It blends very well with lavender, lavandin, clary sage, flouve, phenylacetates, salicylates, cinnamates, styrax products, heliotropine, bergamot, oakmoss products, geranylesters, citronellylesters, menthylesters, etc.”
The large seeds which are known as tonka beans are solvent extracted, the colour is sandy beige and of a very thick to solid consistency. If you submerge the bottle in hot water the material will eventually become pourable. We now also offer Venezuelan material.
Botanical Name: Dipteryx odorata
Origin: Grown in Brazil, Produced in France
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Robert (verified owner) –
This is a great staple tonka absolute to have in one’s organ, its not too overbearing as I’ve found with other tonka materials it’s quite tame in comparison dare I say it! This slightly muted aspect means it can blend harmoniously more easily with other materials so I find. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still very much full power tonka it just has a smoothness I find easier to work with.
Anag (verified owner) –
Much calmer and a bit more rounded than Venezuelan offering (both are awesome, though). Slightly propolisy with interesting marzipan-like emphasis, hay abundant, of course and sweet and warm throughout. Spring turning to summer, yummy loveliness.