Amber Oil, Fossilized - 5% EO

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

This is such an amazing scent!!!!!!!! Its almost like a new-car scent, like leather, except a tad bit more woodsy. I loveeeeeee this scent! I only bought a sample but i will definitely be buying more! And i love that I do not need to dilute it because its already diluted!

Review by Raafiah 12/18/2015