ROSE BOUQUET in VINTAGE SANDALWOOD - Our Own Rose otto selection in vintage Sri Lankan Sandalwood oil / 100% Pure & natural

Thank you for your extended review. As have exchanged privately since then, we will only answer here points that are of possible interested for others (and thus also a writing adressed to a general audience more than you directly).

Owing to your input we have expanded the product description.

This attar is indeed by purpose designed to be on the lighter side, as per request from our real life customers who enjoy a fragrant every day wear through an attar not too overpowering (we are in Switzerland where the local version of 'too much' is a big cultural faux-pas).

Both blending and codistillation are traditional techniques, both are interesting and have a rich history. It was always clear we used blending and active curing in the description of this attar, not co distillation. There has been 'infinite' ways to approach this historical pairing, with as many different profiles and purposes (en even current innovations in the methods or the formula's 'note building').

Our pure rose oil is very powerful and lasts several several hours worn on skin, so we recommend that for people who want the stronger rose experience, or to r explore other offerings that boost the queen of flowers, such as rose otto enhanced with ambegris or oud... or both.
Rosa gallica is the traditional rose of greco roman antiquity, and, more relevantly here, it is one of the three species of rose who 'merged' to give Rosa damsacena, somewhere around the silk road in the middle ages (see our blog for rose history). So it is normal some of its characteristics echo in damascena oils.
We use only pure Rosa damscena oil from our direct production in this attar (and pure sandalwoods of course).

Sandalwood in this attar and attars form the whole 'écrins' collection is chosen specifically to be a support act, a canvas, not the star of the show. It does offer longevity, but more in the fixative / second skin way, not in the buttery sense.
This attar is meant to be fragrant and joyful to wear, but not meant to be a powerbomb in any way.

For people who want a stonger sandalwood experience, we recommend layering rose and sanaldwood tailored to one's preference. And we make personal recommendations for specific sandalwoods based on customer tastes (that needs discussing first). We also offer bespoke blends.

Our general recommendations for maximum satisfaction :

° Write to us first. We welcome all questions. If you have expectations on how an oil or a blend should smell feel or perfom, let us know. We always give our honest assesment and we never try to push for any sale (quite the contrary

° It is wise and highly recommend that you order samples first, especically of the most pricey oils: they are listed as 0.25 ml, but we always fill at least 0.3 ml. Enough for plenty of uses (and we can send all quantities if you need more). And it allows you a full personal assesment at a little cost : Is is just a nice experience ? Or is it something I want a full bottle for long time use !

° Even, like in the case of the present reviewer, if you find us through solid and grounded recommendations, be it on online discussions spaces & foras, through our appreciative clients or partners (...) our offerings and your personal tastes, and expectations (if there are specific ones) still need matching to get to a mutual 5 star ;)

To get back to the orginal reviewer : we are happy that are enjoying our attar, though with reserves. It would have been optimal for both you and us to correspond first, so we could have oriented you immediately to other options. This said we are glad that you liked our Ganesh Gourmand sandalwood and delighted that you seem to really enjoy the other oils which came your way after exchanging and tailoring things to how we understood your preferences.