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

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

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In-house blend of vintage cured rose and young distillation (our own single estate production) in Sri Lankan vintage Sandalwood oil (distilled january 2018). It showcases both deeper honey notes of our vintage rose and the brighter and greener notes of the fresh distillation. 

This blend is designed as per request from our customers who enjoy having a lighter everyday wear. For a more intense rose experience, our essential oil can be worn pure and lasts several hours. 

Like for all our blends in the écrins collection, the sandalwood oil we choose is distilled form relatively younger trees (circa 25 years). Its role is to serve as a canvas for the other aromatics (here the rose) and offer them fixative poperties and a sandalwood presence. Sandalwood is not meant here to be the star of the show.

For people looking for a stronger sandalwood experience, we recommend using oils form our dedicated sandalwood oils ollection that are mentioned as such and either layer them with the rose or blend them according to personal taste (or aks us to prepare a bespoke blend).

We recommend you write to us if you are unsure of the best oil, or blend, for your purpose and that you order samples first to see if our offerings match your expectations.

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For optimal longevity:

Keep away from (sun)light, heat, oxidation and external materials in the bottle : they degrade your aromatics.

Keep in the dark at room temperature, ideally below 25 Degrees Celsius

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Sascha Brauer
Airy and etheral rose underpinned by subtle sandalwood

This blend of rose oils and sandalwood oil, in my view, places a clear emphasis on the rose components. This is also reflected in its relatively thin consistency. Nevertheless, the intensity of the rose scent is rather moderate—almost restrained. In contrast to a classic rose attar obtained by co-distillation, it’s noticeable that both the rose note and the sandalwood content are weaker.

In this rose–sandalwood mixture, the rose scent is very delicate: fresh-floral, lightly peppery, with citrus accents. The rose reminds me somewhat of distilled rose oil from Rosa gallica. The overall impression is light, unobtrusive, airy, and ethereal. Very comfortable and enjoyable to wear (and smell)!

I am a little disappointed with the sandalwood oil in this blend, as I had expected an intense, long-lasting sweet santalol note on the skin, like the ones I know from oils of this provenance. Yet here, the sandalwood oil is oddly inconspicuous and pale. I can’t detect the kind of enduring santalol base—still perceptible the next day—that I was hoping for. A pity.

Accordingly, my overall verdict is merely average. The enclosed sample (thank you very much!) of the sandalwood oil “Ganesh” would probably have been better suited for this project, as “Ganesh” exhibits exactly the long-lasting santalol base I was looking for.

Would I purchase the product again? Probably not. Would I recommend it? Yes, but I think it's probably not a first choice for experienced/seasoned noses. Nevertheless, this is a lovely and high-quality rose-defined blend, hands down. That may also be because essential oils—and thus sandalwood and rose oils—have been part of my life for 40 years. Over that time, I’ve smelled a great deal and built up a modest level of expertise. Again: this 3-star-review reflects my personal impression and subjective feelings.

Finally, the glass attar bottle is a piece of art in itself and a please to use!

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.