26th April at 7.35pm: A quick update. Many parcels have left today. The situation is as follows, we still have one order left to process for the 10th (Paris retailer), one for the 11th and a lot more still for the 15th through to the 18th - mostly USA wholesale orders. The plan now is to work on orders across the weekend and by no later than Tuesday 30th - every order placed upto the 18th will be dispatched. Ideally they will all be out by Monday 29th but based on how I called it wrong recently I think it's better to call it for Tuesday. I'll update on order lead times for the 19th onwards on Monday 29th. It goes without saying that I am very sorry about the lead-time but like the lab and staff, it is now just a matter of a month or so before we are better organised, holding larger stocks of each aromatic, and in turn the lead-times will drastically improve going forward. Ok, back on Monday and thank you to everyone for the continued support. Thank you, Adam : )
23rd April at 4.10pm: Unfortunately, regarding the message below and lead-times, I called it wrong. My apologies. As such all orders placed upto the 15th - and about half of those placed on the 16th, will leave by Friday 26th. On Thursday no collections are possible by couriers as it's a national holiday here in Italy. On the subject of SDS, the company handling this for us, has written to me today, acknowledged more are owed to us (submitted in December and January) and that they are now working on producing the final lot of SDS for us. This includes Plantation, Wild and Jungle ouds that many of you ask about. Next, I have spent the past year (literally) sampling ambrette seed e.o and absolutes from various producers and resellers to no avail. They all smell really poor compared to what I carried. They are too nutty, too fatty, too vegetative, too lacklustre, falling away very fast, and really dont showcase the musky textured qualities of a top ambrette properly. Even the big naturals brands are all obtaining and selling sucky poor man's ambrette at the moment. Written as I have decided to move over to carrying ambrette CO2 and this will be in place until I can find a wow absolute and E.O again. CO2 is still not on par with what I had, but it offers a far better profile on the musky front than the abs and e.os in the market place right now. This CO2 will be in stock by early May. Next, we will put all the non.eu destinations we can supply to, back on our website on May 6th - so U.A.E, UK, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Australia. On the new product front, the next batch of 10 superstars will be released on the 20th May - lots more roses planned. And I will get started on expanding the bulk wholesale side of the business very soon - more aromatics and offered in larger weights as standard - likely upto a kilo on the website. Ok I will write again by Monday. Thank you, Adam : )
19th April at 5pm: Quick update to first say I have now added the following big ticket aromatics to the website: Italian Oakwood Absolute, Organic Georgian Rose Raduga Otto and finally Persian P.E.A Intense Rose (Otto). Orders, as I type with exception to 3 orders, every order placed up until the 11th has left with the couriers. By Monday 22nd, all orders placed up until the 14th will leave with couriers and I will type again across Monday with another update. Bulk Wholesale orders that still need to be manually typed and billed will be done so by Tuesday 23rd. 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 : )
22/11/2021: We have how released a new batch of this White Ambergris, one year aged and with a very beautiful aroma profile that will keep improving with age. Please note that this material is not additioned with any aroma chemical to make its scent stronger or louder and its profile is naturally delicate and stays close to the skin. If you are not familiar with natural ambergris, please purchase the smallest size available first to be sure that this material is for you.
Adam Michael has this to say “The fragrant white ambergris used for the preparation of this tincture hails from the beautiful wild beaches of Ireland. Aromatically it is a very gentle material that definitely needs to be taken out of the bottle for evaluation. Personally when it comes to ambergris the most enjoyable way to evaluate it is by placing a few drops directly on the skin. The aroma is sweet, gently animalic, clean, with breezy salty ocean water notes throughout. It is actually a material that remains at all times very close to the skin until it merges with the natural skin’s scent itself and after a while you might be wondering if it’s the ambergris or if it is your skin that smells good, comparable to say laying in the sun after a swim in the ocean and the skin is refreshingly salty yet sensual and warm.
This is a real deal product with all of its gentle yet fascinating character. If you are looking for some loud ambergris-like material that literally jumps out of the bottle or that leaves a wake when added to your perfume then this is not the material for you.
Over the years the public has got used to the aroma of synthetic ambergris replacers (which some people prefer for a number of reasons and of course there is nothing wrong with that) to the extent that now there is the expectation that ambergris smells like the replacer rather than the other way around! Things seems to have gone so far that it has been even brought to my attention that a certain ambergris tincture vendor has added small amounts of ambergris-like aroma chemicals, likely ambrofix, to make that material smell louder – in other words closer to the smell of the synthetic replacers – and to what many have grown to expect, especially when smelling natural ambergris for the first time.
Well, I want to be clear this Hermitage tincture has undergone nothing like that, its aroma in all of its complex yet intimate beauty is all here to be known and respected in its true character. We absolutely love this material at Hermitage and we invite you to get a sample first if you are not sure whether you’ll love the scent of real ambergris too, or not at all. From beach combed material, two year and a half aged at the time of writing (13th June 2019).”
Origin: Ireland
Unfortunately, this material cannot be shipped to Australia or America
USA SHIPPING JUST €8.99 ON ORDERS OVER €350 STARTING FROM MAY 2024 shipping to Rest of the World will resume.
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thursturston (verified owner) –
Excellent! A very mellow ambergris tincture, I have various different ambergris and it’s amazing how they are fundamentally similar, but never can be the same due the nature of how they are formed. This tincture has the closeness of breath (not bad breath as such) or drying saliva on skin, not unpleasant just vaguely creepy. This is not as salty as some I’ve encountered but does have a touch of oceanic breeze, nor is it as dirty as less mature darker ambergris, it’s kind of a Goldilocks scenario really and this tincture is perfectly pitched in the middle. One fundamental truth is that Ambergris will improve your blends even if you can’t overtly smell it, the fixative and exalting qualities are legendary and highly prized with good reason.
Jarreau bowhay (verified owner) –
My first ambergris tincture… I couldn’t smell it at first so added two drops to my wrist and wow. Such a fascinating scent. Also find my self overdosing mixes with this stuff, so just test drop by drop, let it sit and come back to it.
Thomas (verified owner) –
Sweet and delicate. What coud you expect ? This is a 3% tincture, therefore the effect is mild but persistant, as Adam commented. However, this is an intriguing scent. I just spilled a tiny single drop of this tincture on the back of my hand an I could not stop smelling my hand. Very intriguing, indeed.
Joel R (verified owner) –
A truly beautiful material, as always very well described by Adam.
The effect of skin after bathing in the sea is there, not so much in its salty facet than the complex, alive aroma of seawater. Alive is the crux here, as it has a striking humanness, so much so that it has a fascinating, “closeup human” character
Indie Perfumer (verified owner) –
I have evaluated ambergris tinctures from numerous online suppliers based in Europe and the United States. Due to ambergris’ cost and rarity, it may not surprise that most offerings – even that of one reputable dealer – are not genuine. Some appear to result from miscellaneous beach refuse, and others, a deceitful mixture of aroma chemicals, seaweed absolute, animalic products, labdanum fractions, etc. Hermitage Oils is, to my knowledge, the only online supplier selling a genuine ambergris tincture made from white beached amber, the rarest and most expensive variety. The odor of this tincture is relatively discreet, clean, elegant and woody, with marine, mossy and warm animalic facets recalling seaweed, civet and Tonkin musk, and a slight olibanum note. While not especially diffusive, this tincture lends a composition unique roundness and fixation. Should any evidence be required of Hermitage Oil’s vital contribution to the independent perfumer’s palette, this material is proof.
Charlotte D (verified owner) –
I have been using ambergris tincture from Hermitage Oils for a few years to make scented paste. It is a key ingredient as it helps preserve the fragrance of other ingredients in the beads that I make from the paste. In North Africa, where such beads have been made for centuries, a set would have been made for a bride and would be expected to retain their perfume for a lifetime. So far, the beads I make have maintained their wonderful aroma!
Charalambos Charalambous (verified owner) –
This is my first ambergris tincture from hermitage company and i don’t know from where to start evaluating this gem..for sure is not a scent that someone can easily evaluate from sniffing directly from the bottle..but this is the true stuff.no chemicals or overly animalic and musky fake scents as some other suppliers swears that they have real ambergris..it has a soft salty ,seaweed and musky touch when you drop it on your skin but … actually it creates miracles when you use it as you should in a perfume composition..what an amazing transformation and how amazingly it gives soul to a perfume ..wow !!
CATHERINE A (verified owner) –
A very subtle and tenacios odor, enhance all compositions , sweet but salty , a little animalic but clean , fantastic !!!
Aurelya (verified owner) –
I can’t stop sniffing it, a wonderful sweet and delicate perceptible smell, this tincture is very good, it smells much better than Scottish, which I bought from another supplier. I wish I could buy a few liters of it 🙂
hajjikram (verified owner) –
Hermitage Oil’s Irish white ambergris is my favourite ambergris by far. It’s very difficult to pick up its scent when sniffing it straight from the bottle but once your nose has become more refined, you’re able to pick it up with out applying it on skin.
On skin, the aroma is sweet, slightly salty, fresh, a bit musky and caramel-like. It does an amazing thing in a composition by lifting the other notes and enveloping them. It gives the perfume an enchanting and ethereal feel. It’s a raw material that does wonders with all materials it is blended with. There’s no synthetic that can compare to it.
Patrick E (verified owner) –
When I cook food, I put butter in practically everything. And when I make fragrances, I put ambergris in practically everything. I love it that much. Glad to see it back in stock! Thank you!
Santeri P (verified owner) –
Wow, what a fascinating scent! This has a striking resemblance to the air inside my apartment building’s laundromat. Humid and thick air filtered through dryers and washers. Various musks from fabric softeners lingering in the air. Synthetic musk alone doesn’t smell like this, but combined with stale humid air it creates a distinct “laundromat aroma”. It’s very warm, thick, musky and cocooning. Almost as if the air became more dense than usual.
This particular white ambergris also smells totally clean. There are zero fecal / halitosis undertones. It is slightly animalic with a “living skin” faucet. Complex, biological, oceanic, mineralic. Almost as if that laundromat aroma of thick, cocooning warm air came alive… Will be interesting to see how this affects the blends it’s added to!
Juho (verified owner) –
My first time smelling real ambergris. I was quite surprised by the smell because I have had a kind of synthetic ambergris base or fragrance oil before and this doesn’t really smell similar. That one was rather sweet and clean musk-like scent and this real thing has to me only a very subtle sweetness so I wouldn’t even really call it sweet. It is also not salty or some kind of fresh oceanic type of scent. Instead my first thought was “musty” when smelling this. It reminds me of a type of stale damp smell I have experienced around some swimming pools, changing rooms and public showers. Also there is some type of waxiness in the smell which reminds me a bit of swimsuits. I also get a bit of that seaside smell like seaweed, wet sand and mud. Even though the description doesn’t sound like such a good smell I still quite like it. This tincture is understandably quite light in smell. I mostly detect it only a little while on my skin. But the slight waxy feel lasts. I have to yet experiment with it in blends and how it affects them.