2 reviews for Tonka Bean Absolute (Brazil)
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17th March Update at 9.45pm: All retail orders on our books placed between 6th to 13th March will be dispached by no later than the 19th March. All retail orders placed between 14th to 17th March will be dispatched by no later than the 22nd March. Thank you, Adam )
8th February Update at 1.40pm: The website has now been tweaked with the message below. Until early May we now supply to European Union countries only. By early May we will be better organised and able to handle a much larger workload per day. Once in place, USA, Hong Kong and United Arab Emirates will be switched back on. I have also updated the FAQ and mention this within that page. On the new product front, within the next 3 weeks, I am releasing Tuscan Green Olive Absolute Signature Gold, this project has been two years in the making, the end result is the most incredible olive absolute you will ever experience - it is light years superior to the Egyptian offering we and others carry. I am also going to release Italian Oakwood absolute, another custom production for Hermitage, plus I'll introduce Violet Leaf Concrete, and at least one of my 5 new Persian Rose Ottos for sale. If time allows I am going to release a wonderful Mitti Attar and two new Nagarmotha offerings as I want to put together a collection for Nagarmotha to showcase the vast differences in profile you can obtain. And finally I am definitely going to ramp up the wholesale list even further by introducing many more of our existing aromatics this month with wholesale options. Thank you and I will write again now here across early next week. Adam : )
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Subtotal: €4,201.75
Subtotal: €4,201.75
Arctander has this to say “Tonka bean absolute is a semi-solid or crystalline mass of pale amber or pale brownish-yellow color. Its odor is very rich, sweet and warm, distinctly coumarinic-herbaceous, with a prune-like or carmellic-sweet undertone. The absolute consists of from 20 to 45% coumarin, but the effect of a true tonka absolute goes far beyond that of the coumarin contained in the absolute. In this fact lies the explanation for the continuous use of tonka absolute today, almost after a century after the appearance of synthetic coumarin on the perfume and flavour market.
Tonka absolute is used as a fixative and non-floral sweetener which introduces warm notes in chypres, fougeres, new mown hay bases, lavender bouqets, Oriental bases etc. It blends very well with lavender, lavandin, clary sage, flouve, phenylacetates, salicylates, cinnamates, styrax products, heliotropine, bergamot, oakmoss products, geranylesters, citronellylesters, menthylesters, etc.”
The large seeds which are known as tonka beans are solvent extracted, the colour is sandy beige and of a very thick to solid consistency. If you submerge the bottle in hot water the material will eventually become pourable. We now also offer Venezuelan material.
Botanical Name: Dipteryx odorata
Origin: Grown in Brazil, Produced in France
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Robert (verified owner) –
This is a great staple tonka absolute to have in one’s organ, its not too overbearing as I’ve found with other tonka materials it’s quite tame in comparison dare I say it! This slightly muted aspect means it can blend harmoniously more easily with other materials so I find. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still very much full power tonka it just has a smoothness I find easier to work with.
Anag (verified owner) –
Much calmer and a bit more rounded than Venezuelan offering (both are awesome, though). Slightly propolisy with interesting marzipan-like emphasis, hay abundant, of course and sweet and warm throughout. Spring turning to summer, yummy loveliness.