5 reviews for Karo Karounde Liquid 100%
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26th April at 7.35pm: A quick update. Many parcels have left today. The situation is as follows, we still have one order left to process for the 10th (Paris retailer), one for the 11th and a lot more still for the 15th through to the 18th - mostly USA wholesale orders. The plan now is to work on orders across the weekend and by no later than Tuesday 30th - every order placed upto the 18th will be dispatched. Ideally they will all be out by Monday 29th but based on how I called it wrong recently I think it's better to call it for Tuesday. I'll update on order lead times for the 19th onwards on Monday 29th. It goes without saying that I am very sorry about the lead-time but like the lab and staff, it is now just a matter of a month or so before we are better organised, holding larger stocks of each aromatic, and in turn the lead-times will drastically improve going forward. Ok, back on Monday and thank you to everyone for the continued support. Thank you, Adam : )
23rd April at 4.10pm: Unfortunately, regarding the message below and lead-times, I called it wrong. My apologies. As such all orders placed upto the 15th - and about half of those placed on the 16th, will leave by Friday 26th. On Thursday no collections are possible by couriers as it's a national holiday here in Italy. On the subject of SDS, the company handling this for us, has written to me today, acknowledged more are owed to us (submitted in December and January) and that they are now working on producing the final lot of SDS for us. This includes Plantation, Wild and Jungle ouds that many of you ask about. Next, I have spent the past year (literally) sampling ambrette seed e.o and absolutes from various producers and resellers to no avail. They all smell really poor compared to what I carried. They are too nutty, too fatty, too vegetative, too lacklustre, falling away very fast, and really dont showcase the musky textured qualities of a top ambrette properly. Even the big naturals brands are all obtaining and selling sucky poor man's ambrette at the moment. Written as I have decided to move over to carrying ambrette CO2 and this will be in place until I can find a wow absolute and E.O again. CO2 is still not on par with what I had, but it offers a far better profile on the musky front than the abs and e.os in the market place right now. This CO2 will be in stock by early May. Next, we will put all the non.eu destinations we can supply to, back on our website on May 6th - so U.A.E, UK, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and Australia. On the new product front, the next batch of 10 superstars will be released on the 20th May - lots more roses planned. And I will get started on expanding the bulk wholesale side of the business very soon - more aromatics and offered in larger weights as standard - likely upto a kilo on the website. Ok I will write again by Monday. Thank you, Adam : )
19th April at 5pm: Quick update to first say I have now added the following big ticket aromatics to the website: Italian Oakwood Absolute, Organic Georgian Rose Raduga Otto and finally Persian P.E.A Intense Rose (Otto). Orders, as I type with exception to 3 orders, every order placed up until the 11th has left with the couriers. By Monday 22nd, all orders placed up until the 14th will leave with couriers and I will type again across Monday with another update. Bulk Wholesale orders that still need to be manually typed and billed will be done so by Tuesday 23rd. Thank you, Adam : )
15th April at 5.30pm: Today I am running behind but I am happy to say that along with all E.U countries, we now can supply to the USA again. USA switched on just now and the Mysore Sandalwood 4 year aged E.O offer is extended for a week for USA clients to enjoy too. By Wednesday 17th all orders from the 9th April will be dispatched with DHL. Although we are rather full-on with orders at the moment, the lead time will improve significantly very shortly. Reason being since reopening the focus has been solely on building stocks up and we have staff coming on as well now (at last!). I will write again on Wednesday regarding lead times. This week my tasks are to get on top of the SDS we are owed by the company we have employed to handle this. And other than this I am adamant I will update the bulk wholesale list with more aromatics. Finally for now - the following 11 aromatics have recently been added to the site - French Rose Geranium E.O, Sandalwood Mysore E.O 4 Year Aged, Tuscan Olive Leaf Absolute, Mitti Attar (Petrichor), Persian Queen of Roses (Otto), Tomato Leaf Absolute, Oud Assami Skank E.O V.1, South Indian 10 Year Aged Vetiver E.O, Bengali Nagarmotha E.O, VIolet Leaf Concrete, Italian Helichrysum Absolute S.G. Thank you, Adam : )
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€12.50 – €80.00
Adam Michael has this to say “The opening notes of this Karo Karounde Liquid 100% are warm, floral, waxy, and oriental, with a tang of steamed chocolate-orange pudding. Great intensity, the warmth glows and intensifies throughout. A sweet hue of gardenia appears in the middle with a delicate breeze of ylang ylang and jasmine flowers playing harmoniously together. Mild tuberose notes after the hour mark lead me to detect notes reminiscent of narcissus, again warm, but with a distinctive sweet nutty nuance. Plus I detect soapy aspects I find in jasmine sambac and champaca absolutes. Whilst this material is an all-natural compound I think it is still worth noting what Arctander has to say about the actual absolute as it is very hard to distinguish between this material and the absolute – which is seldom rare produced and of which is acquired mostly on contract by the major perfume houses.”
Arctander has this to say “The absolute of Karo Karounde gives very interesting effects in hyacinth, gardenia, stephanotis and tuberose bases and it can be used in a multitude of other heavy-floral or Oriental floral perfumes.”
This is a masterpiece material from a highly esteemed Grasse based producer. Whilst the exact recipe so to speak is proprietary information this karo karounde liquid 100% is an all-natural compound creation that delivers the beauty one can expect from karo karounde absolute material (Leptactina senegam) at a fraction of the price.
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VINCENT GAMBINO (verified owner) –
One of my favorites, it gives you so many incredible possibilities, both in feminine and masculine direction. Remember Timbuktu by l’Artisan Perfumer? So it means, think Vetiver, leather, Osmanthus or Poplar Buds, Vanilla, or White Blossoms and Ylang… It is for me a wonderfull replica and a perfect “Exoticizer”…
KimRiccelli (verified owner) –
Exquisite material. Note wise, it is very accurately described by Adam. The chocolate-orange pudding note is addictive, and keeps me coming back for more. Aside from being a nearly complete perfume its own right, it offers such a wide range of possibilities that it ends up inspiring one to create constantly. That, to me, is priceless.
M (verified owner) –
This is an absolutely gorgeous stuffs.
– It reminds me of Bakula flower (Mimusops elengi). Adam, get that oil for us too. It will put Jasmines (grandi. and off.) to shame.
– Initially, there are hints of very ripe apple and pears – especially pear’s is more pronounced.
– Hint of tanginess when I breath-in for longer than usual. I can also sense the humming tuberose, jasmines (common jasmine and Motia) in the background.
– Within 2-3 minutes, the tuberose, honey becomes quite clear.
– It gets sweeter every minute. After 25-30 minutes, it smells like a combination of honey, tuberose and jasmines, with gentle hint of gardenia.
– The tuberose facet lasts very long on my skin – 2 hours+
– The sweetness have some similarities with that of vanilla.
Whitney S. (verified owner) –
In combination with the Gardenia Absolute (which I am patiently awaiting to be back in stock 😉 ), the Karo Karounde is great material for providing richness. Sweet, tangy and mouthwatering, like closing your eyes and imagining soaking up the sun on a tropical island.
Nicholas M (verified owner) –
Smells to my nose like tuberose and clove, with a drop of something orange-like.