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Hyraceum Absolute
Del (Denver, US)
beautiful and nostalgic for a former horse girl

Smells of healthy horse manure, fertile, deep, earthy and hay-like, horse-like. If you love horses, you might love this. I instantly teleported back to my stable days, my purest and most innocent memories... it's beautiful and comforting and I can't wait to see how I will use it in a perfume.

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Frankincense Serrata Oleo Extract
Priya E M (Bengaluru, IN)
Serrata Oleo extract

Love it. Felt a difference in my skin after using it for 2 days. Recommend it 💯

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Muskrat musk-Perfume Tincture
jose cedeno (Homestead, US)
Great product

Great product and fast shipping one of the best place to go for a real product with the quality need it, I will buy again soon!!

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Benzoin Siam-Almonds
Rebecca Driscoll (Fallbrook, US)
Beautiful Benzoin

I absolutely love this resin. Beautiful musk and vanilla notes when burned

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Royal Green Hojari Hydrosol
Rebecca Driscoll (Fallbrook, US)
Love this

Beautiful and clean. Love using this as a skin toner

Excellent product and seller!

I highly recommend Apothecary's Garden! Excellent products, and excellent seller! AAAA+
Definitely 2 thumbs up!👍👍

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Beaver Castors Whole
DrJean (Austin, US)
Happy to have the Whole Part

Beautiful packaging, great service, and feeling very fortunate to have this to work with for making my own tinctures. If I remember to set up for video, will try to post some snippets of how it goes breaking down the castors. I pulled off a bit to toss into a little vial of a new perfume and it's great. It feels a little like beef jerky and smells fabulously smoky.

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Sweet Castoreum
DrJean (Austin, US)
Sweetest Choice for Leather & Smoke Notes

Tincturing the materials offered by Apothecary's Garden is one of the pleasures of makeing natural perfume, but if I needed a premade material it would be this. It is sweet and fruity as described, and though it lacks some of the deep, earthy (dirty) smoke and leather of cured material, it gives me an easy-to-work with option for lighter, brighter perfume blends.

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Muskrat musk gland paste
DrJean (Austin, US)
Oh My Gosh! Who knew?

I was dubious about adding this to my order for fresh supplies of civet, castoreum and hyraceum, but there is no doubt that muskrat is hands down my all time favorite of all animal musks!!! This year I'm researching each of the musks for my animalic collection. Muskrat's primary musk molecule is muscone, like in deer musk, and I find it much more beautiful than the deer musk. It sweetens up very quickly in 190 proof organic grain alcohol, and even a tiny film of straight paste on skin transforms within an hour from barnyard smell to dreamy sweet creamy intoxicating musk that lasts for hours. In a few quick trials it pairs very well with agarwood/oud, sandalwood, neroli and no doubt many other precious perfume ingredients, adding musk without as much leather or earthy notes as castoreum or hyraceum.

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Civet Paste
DrJean (Austin, US)
Must-have for the musk collection

Some years ago I purchased civet here and tinctured it up in the orris root powder. For this new purchase I will be preparing the entire amount straight up in organic grain alcohol. At one week a pea sized bit is already showing all the finest aspects of civet, with its unmistakeable musk, including indole and a light phenolic note. It should be sublime in about 6 months!

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Ambergris-Raw
J WILLIAMS (Roanoke, US)
Thoughtful cut included outer edge

I got a small piece and an even more very small piece. I didn't know what to expect because I've never even seen this stuff before but I have some understanding that the outer portion is most prized. The larger of the two had a very generous portion of outer edge. The smaller piece was so little that I did not expect it would have any outer edge but it thoughtfully and generously does! Thanks Dan!!! Got some soaking in PA now and can't wait to see how it turns out

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Great Northern C & C B
Judy G. (Calgary, CA)
Great Northern Cough Cold

Dan has perfected this product over 25 years. I have been using it for 10 years; for myself, my kids and our grandkids. It is effective and has always exceeded my expectations. I never want to start a cold and flu season without this in my arsenal. Shipping is fast and the customer service is unbeatable.

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Black Fasoukh-Oriental Spruce Resin
Sharon Oakley (Hayes, GB)

Very pleased with my purchase.

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Ambergris Tincture
Joel Innes (Seattle, US)
Darker ambegris

This ambergris, to me, has more of a clean skin scent than white ambergris. It’s less marine but more musky. I like mixing it with civet which makes it a nice neutral base fixative. I like that I can mix top or middle notes with a fixative like this and they for hours instead of minutes.

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Civet oil-Natural Musk
Joel Innes (Seattle, US)
Strong scent

I’m relatively new to using civet but this is fairly concentrated. When I wear it on it’s own it has a sort of indolic, fecal note with a scent of corn tortillas. Not my favorite on its own but it does make other materials shine. Mixed with other animal materials like ambergris, musk and castoreum it makes a wonderful base.

My new favorite

When I opened the bottle I got hit with cinnamon scented gasoline! It is very well described as being like styrax but without the cloying styrene note which is exactly why I bought it. It starts with a mix of spicy amber but oscillates between fruity notes but has a sweet fuel note that reminds me of palo santo (except not like kerosene). It’s elusive in that when you apply it the scent comes and goes but lasts quite a while. Very versatile material that blends well with almost anything I’ve tried.

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Poplar bud Absolute
Joel Innes (Seattle, US)
Beautiful oil

Honestly I have never had poplar bud so it was not quite what I was expecting but it’s very nice. It does have the wet leaves and night air quality I thought it would but then it has a sort of dead leaves note in the dry down that is useful to me. I do detect some vanilla notes in the dry down as well,

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Frankincense Occulta Essential Oil
Joel Innes (Seattle, US)
Prima Donna of scents

One of my all time favorite materials. I bought the resin here before but didn’t know how to use it which is why I’m glad the oil is available. It’s different from most frankincense but it does have the same woody, resinous base. But it has a beautiful fruity, sweet, soapy, crunchy candy top note that cuts through almost anything you mix with it. It’s a material that refuses to be in the background- she’s a lead vocalist not a backup singer. (And sorry the US President is a degenerate lunatic but I didn’t vote for him).

lovely, thick paste

Absolutely lovely, very rich waxy product with a stunning scent

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Mastic Chios Resin Absolute.
Carolyn kenny (Quincy, US)
Great stuff

Smells fantastic

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Opoponax Absolute
Carony (Quincy, US)
Awesome high quality merchandise

I will order more definitely

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Frankincense Serrata
James Cleaves (Milton, US)
Frankincense tea- try it!

What a great beverage is frankincense tea. Tastes great in an exotic way, very easy to make, quite cheap, and lots of health benefits. What's not to like?

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Siberian Cedar Resin
Sarah Grondin (Nanaimo, CA)
Fresh and potent

I am never disappointed when receiving my orders. Dan is incredibly personable and goes above and beyond expectations. I love the scent of my resin and have made beautiful batches of balms. Thank you :)

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Serum-G, A nighttime serum
Shelley Young (Delray Beach, US)
Serum-G

I use this Serum every night before bed. I mix it with my regular moisturizer to get a beautiful, deep and hydrating experience for my skin. It is part of my skin routine that I truly enjoy each day.

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Royal Frankincense Balm-Back in Stock!!
Karen Rhoda (Vineland, US)
Relief at last!

Finally a safe balm that relieves sore muscles and achy joints. I love it!!