Description
Whole Costus root-Saussurea Costus. Used extensively in incense, perfume and traditional medicine.
One of the few Botanical ingredients that come close to the aroma of an animalic ingredient, Costus root has a beautiful, musky, tenacious soft scent that is similar to that of warm animal fur.
I adore the fragrance of Costus. To me is reminiscent of the smell of one’s lover in the morning.
Costus, called “Kosht” in the Old Testament, is another one of the ingredients used in the Sacred Jewish incense, “Ketoreth” used in the time of the First and Second Temples.
Aromatic artist Justine Crane from “The Scented Djinn” produces a wonderful incense she named “The Ram” based on Costus root. This has been my favourite incense to burn at home for a few years now. If I haven’t purchased all of it you will find it in her Etsy shop here-https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/TheScentedDjinn
I chose the whole root rather than pre-powdered material because if given the chance, I always prefer to powder my own ingredients. This is for two reasons-
1-Keeping the material whole usually helps preserve the aroma of herbs.
2-Sometimes, the powdered material is adulterated with less expensive or sub-standard material such as old or very small pieces and dust from the bottom of bags. Even though you may be buying from an honest and reliable retailer, materials often pass through the hands of numerous middlemen and brokers before they reach your supplier and they may have no idea of the material’s history.
Though it may seem a challenge, (It really isn’t!), these whole pieces of costus root can be easily powdered in a clean coffee grinder, (or mortar & Pestle), after breaking up into smaller pieces.
My trick is to put them in a ziplock bag and smash them with a hammer first. Costus is not a fibrous root and will shatter nicely into smaller pieces. Easy-Peasy.
Costus root not only adds an animalic musk note to perfume blends, it also acts as a fixative. The root can be used to prepare a perfume tincture once it is ground and macerated in 95% alcohol. I suggest leaving it in a warmish place for at least 4 weeks before straining through a paper coffee filter and storing it in an airtight container in a cool dark place.
Dan
Ulises Deckow –
2nd batch that I have bought from the Seller in a space of 6 months. Very honest Seller with authentic Costus root. It's worth the money.
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Blanche Cummings –
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Mollie DuBuque –
Thank you! Great quality product.
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Mertie Dicki –
I was excited about this item and I am satisfied with it. It is as described.
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Marisa Buckridge –
Wonderful cost us root. Perfect product.
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Letitia Mante –
I am doing my own tincture right now, using perfumers alcohol. The smell of the costus root is similar to sniff your cat's neck 🙂
Smooth, cozy, and a bit animalistic.
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Audra Rowe –
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Marisa Buckridge –
This costus root has a wonderful spicy scent. Top quality
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Joannie Upton –
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Jade Kassulke –
alles super, danke Dan.
gute Premium-Qualität
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Chaim Jacobs –
Herbal remedy teas good blend.
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Telly Nienow –
Woody, musky, violetty goodness! A new favorite for Saturnian workings. 🪐
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Kianna Schoen –
one of those type of materials that not many people know about it's amazing scent but yet it's so beautiful. it really has that leather jacket smell. legit
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Fritz Corwin –
Wow! What a fragrance… Thank you
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Benjamin Mitchell –
Great product and Fast shipping!
Thanks Dan!
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Theodore Anderson –
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Ernie Welch –
Intensely fragrant! Such a strange and beautiful musky scent that I'm happy to experience in the raw format.
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Mikayla Walker –
I wanted to try Costus for quite a while now. To me, it has a warm, slightly spicy sweet scent; the animalistic part of it reminds me of goat or sheep. I'm curious how it will add to blends.
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General Leuschke –
Very good quality just as it appear on photo
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Norene Dickens –
Oh, my! Deliciously animalic, musky, rooty, earthy, and deep (smelling). These are big chunks of root. Really great goat-y scent profile. One of my absolute favorites.
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Carley Considine –
It was ok wood like to get some more
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Dominique Boehm –
Another real deal…it powdered easily enough, and smelled bizarre, in a good way. I can’t wait to see what kind of tincture I get.
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Camille Deckow –
High quality products and exceptional service
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Donnie Krajcik –
Perfect for my presentation, great price and quality.
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Emery Ankunding –
Lovely quality and beautiful fragrance, thank you!
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Barton Schneider –
Such a smoky smelling root but deliciously and sweetly so, reminds me of hickory sticks. Got it is part of my attempt to make Ketoreth incense. Very fragrant and high quality.
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Kailey Luettgen –
Extremely High Quality Whole Root
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Bianka Schultz –
Exactly what I wanted shipped very fast.
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Berry Becker –
Fascinating scent, and masterfully prepared as always. This smells of the hair of your loved one as you hug them tightly. It’s personal but comfortable. I’m curious to see how it works in perfumery blends.
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Cecil Lueilwitz –
bonne qualité, correspond à la description
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Shanel Kuvalis –
this is a big root! spicy, unique smell.
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Dawn Fadel –
Fast shipping and Good advice
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Nayeli Hill –
Amazing product. Really helps me feel healthy
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