It’s the perfect Rose profile for my personal tastes, either wearing it alone or paired with Hindi / Malaysian Oud. Sparkly & clean, indeed.Recent ruh ward from An Najwa. Goood rich sparkly clean rose. Very pleasant strong balanced rose presence.
As always (and as I've said to others before) I'm happy to read that a homemade mix is successful.Homemade blend with:
Rose (Just a hint)
Jasmine (Can't smell but feel it. It but it's there and it's beautiful)
Borneol
Saffron
Musk(clean)
Brown Ambergris
White Ambergris (A lot of it. This was the whitest piece I have ever seen)
Mysore Sandalwood from 1980s
Laos Oud (Dr. Incense)
Tigerwood Royale
Frankincense (From Tyson)
Hint of Cumin
Hint of Pink Pepper
Hint of Orris Butter (when i say hint, its a tiniest drop of 5% tincture)
Smells very very good.
A little Hinoki is going on for a first couple of seconds, giving way to this most beautiful saffron-drenched spicy rose which eventually gets sweeter.
30 mins into the dry down, rose gets lighter. More airy. With powdery and musky characters.
The ouds in the base reveal themselves much later.
I love it, so far. Smells well rounded off. The ratios were adjusted after a series of failures. I had no clue that orris can be so overpowering in a blend. Same with rose. These two can just eclipse every other nuance if added to the slightest excess.
Thank you brotherAs always (and as I've said to others before) I'm happy to read that a homemade mix is successful.
It sounds beautiful, and u used some nice ingredients too.
Happy to read that you are happy with the results.
I’m literally sitting by the window watching for a deliver of Jasmine enfleurage from Enfleurage that I bought on their one day 25% Earth Day sale. Got that along with Gardenia enfleurage and one of their two Tuberose…in the early 90s, I was able to get a couple of little bottles of French jasmine absolute from enfleurage. I forgot that I had diluted a fair amount in alcohol for perfume experiments (in retrospect I would’ve saved every drop and never used it for blending, but I thought I would be able to get more). A while back, I actually found the bottle of diluted absolute in a box of miscellaneous unlabeled bottles i had accumulated. That was like an unbelievable gift out of the blue because I thought I would never smell it again.
This material is so wonderful, balanced and subtle compared to any other jasmine extract I have smelled. I had purchased two different batches of the oil and this is from the second one which was a little bit softer than the first. I wish so much that I had saved a couple of milliliters of that first batch because it is by far the best floral thing I’ve ever smelled.
Still, can’t believe I have this bottle after all these years… Like finding a unicorn
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Holy of holies that Jasmine. I thought both of the enfleurage would be soft considering how they are made (and even though I’ve smelled them both in store) but talk about a monster! Serious strength here and projection. The indole note in Jasmine is sometimes hard for me but here I cant get enough, the way it tangles in the green notes and the true to form flower essence. How can something smell purple and green at the same time? Hits of Violet too.Sweet! That is Jasmine polyanthum - or it was last time I checked. That has a very unique and especially charming fragrance for me. Quite distinct from grandiflorum. I believe Hermitage either does sell or used to sell a polyanthum enfleurage extraction as well.
The tuberose sounds especially interesting because the absolute extracts of that flower really don't smell like the fresh flower at all. It's a wonderful absolute but it captures a different aspect of the plant along with the aromas from the flowers and I've heard that only the enfleurage can approach the scent of fresh flowers. I have considered buying some from that shop more than once
Enjoy those rarities. Good times that we can order things like this online and have them dropped at our doorsteps!
Is this still available?Mellifluence An Nabi This stuff is heavenly. And is only getting better with time. Aged Kashmiri Musk with Ambergris, Oud, and Resins. The musk here is soft and chocolaty, with 0 pungency or punch, and the Ambergris lends this sweet and creamy touch. It's straight-up delicious. This and the Kasturi Musk macerate from Jinkoh opened my eyes to how much of an impact aging can have on musk.
It is not, unfortunately. It was released around 2-3 years ago.Is this still available?