Well as I stated on another thread, I bought some ambergris tincture from Dominique Dubrana (Profumo.it).
I requested it in stronger concentration so it is more flexible to use - I can dilute myself but I wanted to experiment with higher concentrations and I tend to make perfumes in quite small quantities.
I have now been fiddling with it for a few days. I am fully aware that I will need to wait weeks and months to fully realise its impact. I have used a little before and its profound effect didnt seem to settle in a Neroli centred blend I made until about a year had passed.
However, I have started adding it to blends and I am already seeing amazing effects. I made an "Amber Incense" fragrance - An amber accord of benzoin, vanilla, labdanum, a little sandalwood (maybe a touch of myrrh, I can't recall). I then overdosed this with a variety of frankincenses (including an unbelieveably good omani one also from profumo.it) and some other stuff - some florals - a touch of jasmine, a little citrus etc. This blend has been sitting about for a while. It sits somewhere between Creed's Acier Aluminium (without the orange tree notes) and L'Air De Desert Moroccain but quieter due to using only naturals and lacking the huge Ambroxan hit which that excellent fragrance delivers. I put in some Ambergris tincture and the transformation is striking. I cannot wait to see how this develops with age. Already, it is lifted and has that three dimensional quality. The amber has gained that animalic edge it needed. The incense sings....and it just smells better than ambroxan to me.
It seems the legends and myths are justified....
I requested it in stronger concentration so it is more flexible to use - I can dilute myself but I wanted to experiment with higher concentrations and I tend to make perfumes in quite small quantities.
I have now been fiddling with it for a few days. I am fully aware that I will need to wait weeks and months to fully realise its impact. I have used a little before and its profound effect didnt seem to settle in a Neroli centred blend I made until about a year had passed.
However, I have started adding it to blends and I am already seeing amazing effects. I made an "Amber Incense" fragrance - An amber accord of benzoin, vanilla, labdanum, a little sandalwood (maybe a touch of myrrh, I can't recall). I then overdosed this with a variety of frankincenses (including an unbelieveably good omani one also from profumo.it) and some other stuff - some florals - a touch of jasmine, a little citrus etc. This blend has been sitting about for a while. It sits somewhere between Creed's Acier Aluminium (without the orange tree notes) and L'Air De Desert Moroccain but quieter due to using only naturals and lacking the huge Ambroxan hit which that excellent fragrance delivers. I put in some Ambergris tincture and the transformation is striking. I cannot wait to see how this develops with age. Already, it is lifted and has that three dimensional quality. The amber has gained that animalic edge it needed. The incense sings....and it just smells better than ambroxan to me.
It seems the legends and myths are justified....
