saffron

Hello all. Some of you will know me from the Logar rose thread. Both materials here I sourced from the land myself. The rose I picked alongside the growers in Logar at around 1,950m and stayed through the distillation. The saffron is a Super Negin lot I selected at the farm in Herat, tested ISO...

Made some Saffron Tincture with the best Kashmiri Mongra saffron(grounded) in Organic Grain Alcohol

If you crave for very traditional Ghalia, Banu Hashim is a must try. I had the good fortune of sampling it in 2022 and I have been waiting for my bottle ever since. It took some time for brother Jabir to offer me the bottle as he was working of acquing the right materials. He has made...

Experience the Rare and Exquisite Spice, Medicine and an all time great Perfumery Ingredient, straight from the fields of Kashmir Valley. From the vibrant colors to the intoxicating aroma, it's a sensory experience like no other! Families take to the fields to pick each flower and it's delicate...

I have been trying to nail down a solid source of Saffron Absolute openly available for quite some time now. Goodscents is very useful but it seems it hasn’t been updated in some time. Biolandes has a 5% Oleoresin dilution and offered through perfumersapprentice but quite frankly it’s a ripoff...

‘KUNUZ - Treasures' Secret formulae of Bakhoor are hushedly passed down from mother to daughter, from generation to generation. Crafting the Bakhoor is a joyous event - a gathering of wizened elders, the joyous sounds of laughter, the rhythmic celebratory hum of the Duff (drum) and an assembly...

After hundreds of rounds and rounds of trial and error and l a lot of $$$ lost in experimentation!! Ready to present to you the epitome of tobacco attars- Mythique This attar is a redefinition of tobacco attars, subtle, sexy, pheromonic, masculine, feminine, and incredibly dynamic. With...

Brown ambergris- Kashmiri saffron threads co-maceration in French honey absolute A very interesting sweet animalic attar/perfume experience. Macerations are a great deal of fun, and when they are just right, they are more than amazing, experience the quintessential olfactory sensation...

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Dear Ouddict members present to you one of my craziest and most beautiful macerations- Saffron-deer musk- Cohiban cigar shavings- The smell is incredible In addition to safranalic notes from the saffron infused with musk- there is a dirty leather jacket cigar smell that comes from the Cohiba...

Summer Gardens My 5th experimental attar Imagine a place where you get all the best summer flowers from the east and the west. You would end up with heady and indolic florals from the east and green, and spicy ones from the west. That's the idea. At least in theory! This is already quite...