Tauhid Shaikh
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Extracting An Najwa saffron at long last
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Mr.P
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A bit of CK resin absolute that I made. Resin absolute is a term typically used for a direct alcohol extraction of a resin followed by evaporation of the alcohol if I have things straight. This is from good quality CK shavings. The scent is quite mild - i see it as the "white ambergris" of oud - gentle, sweet, earthy but not loud at all and devoid of funk. This stuff absolutely explodes on a mica plate on the subitism - I know some folks here have experienced how intense extracts can be when heated. Funny how the potential for such intense aroma can be contained in something with such a mild presence. On skin that performance translates to a very long lasting beautiful dry woody base note that feels a bit like having your nose in a batch of nice clean sweet dry wood chips. A little delicious mineral aspect, ck tang.
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ihopeismellnice
Oud Fan
How is the saffron project going now?
Can you also compare the fragrance of santalol pure vs sandalwood oil?
That was an interesting idea to combine both tinctures..?
Can you also compare the fragrance of santalol pure vs sandalwood oil?
That was an interesting idea to combine both tinctures..?
Mr.P
oud<3er
I decanted some of the santalol extract just so i can experiment. Absolutely love it.
I have not yet extracted saffron into sandalwood oil though - just santalol isolate.
The extract in alcohol went more quickly and seemed to reach equilibrium a while ago. I'm not as crazy about the scent - harsher, drier, a bit starchy... and I have not yet worked on any alcohol fragrances with saffron so I don't have a whole lot to add other than I'm very glad I made both extractions. I probably should've ground up threads going into the santalol just to speed things along.
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