Amber Oil, Fossilized - 5% EO

I've not heard even one review that indicates what I've discovered about this scent. Hopefully, what I'm about to say will explain the various reviews and the confusing and opposing views that our perfumers are having with it. This one adds a whole new letter to the perfumer's alphabet. The reason so many are having a difficult time identifying the aroma is because it doesn't vbelong in the category of organic, but instead, belongs to mineral. There is indeed a reminiscence of dried wood present. But the majority of the base note seems to invoke the thought of an underground mine or an old oil can. There is a mineral smell that occurs in geology more than it does in botany or zoology. And for that reason alone it has become one of my favorites already!

Review by Jonathan 1/21/2019

First, because I can only do it in a review, I want to thank Eden Botanicals for allowing this experience at all. I want to praise their generosity. As to Amber oil, I discovered I can barely smell it at all . It comes across as “oil” maybe heated up in a pan. I have bought 40 of edens oils and there are maybe 5-10 that I can’t smell well . I brought a friend to my oils and she couldn’t smell others that I smell fine. Then some of the oils have changed their profile to me completely. It might be a permanent defect or a lack of palette. I did discover some thing though- this oil blocked other oils if I layered it on top. I have also learned that some of the oils need to be seriously diluted to have a profile, so maybe this is one of those. I still have hope that I might learn to smell it, but I will try to use this to tame and meld.

Review by Jolie 7/15/2018

This oil is fantastic. Opening with a bright woody terpene-type note, it eventually deepens and gives way to resinous, smoky, and even slightly powdery scent. Very earthy. It is truly unique. I use some quantity of this oil in virtually all of my blends to add a layer of complexity and richness. It's an excellent substitute for patchouli, having all of the character but none of the cliché. Haven't found anything it doesn't agree with, and I have found it works beautifully as a way to really marry the separate oils one might be working with. It can step back and play a role of subtle support to the main notes in any blend, and give the whole thing a real 'je ne sais quoi' that would be missed if it were absent, yet is never too overt or obvious. This is a natural perfumer's secret weapon.

Review by Thibault 6/9/2018

I purchased this oil as a sample to try (while really wanting just the Agarwood I ordered). I was in the kitchen and kind of busy when I opened the package and decided to take a quick whiff of the amber sample. I opened it so unassumingly but was quickly transported into a completely psychedelic space. The smell was new to me, but it had reopened a memory that I *suddenly remembered the feeling of * but couldn't define specifically....Like I had known the scent all of my life and perhaps beyond, yet this moment was the remembrance of the smell. It's hard to explain. I just felt my deep, deep past. It is woody, leathery and OLD, but more surprisingly, I feel like it is the scent of reincarnation. Needless to say I purchased a ton of it and will forever.

Review by Hannah 4/18/2017

SO wonderful. Awesome tenacity--a little goes such a long way. Outlasts every other oil I put it on my skin with, even patchouli. I love the wet stone smell so much, like river rocks or a rained-on cliffside. The reviewer MD described the stoniness perfectly. There is also this very dry, black-pepperiness too that I just find very compelling. I know exactly what I am going to do with this oil...it will make many blends hugely authentic!

Review by Rebecca 10/14/2016