Description
Tolu Balsam Resin-Myroxylon balsamum-Peru
Collected from the bark and trunks of Myroxylon balsamum and other trees of the Myroxylon family, Tolu Balsam is found from Peru through Brazil and east to the West Indies.
It has a delightful Sweet Vanilla & spice scent with dry, peppery, powdery fruity/floral notes.
Traditionally, Tolu Balsam is used as a fragrance ingredient, in cough syrups for its expectorant qualities and in skincare products where, like Benzoin, it helps with chapped, chafed and cracked skin, but also, like Benzoin, it may cause sensitization if overused. So, use thoughtfully and make sure to dilute well.
Like most other resins, Tolu Balsam acts as a fixative in perfumes and other fragrant blends.
When warmed it can be kneaded with aromatic powders to create incense pastilles for the coal or burner.
Do not take this product internally and use it in moderation in topical formulas.
This batch seems to dissolve readily in warm oils which makes it easy to use in beard dressings, soaps, candles, oil-based and solid perfumes. It is quite strong in aroma and a little will go a long way.
It came as a sticky semi-solid resin so we packaged it in an inner bag and a pouch. if it is still sticky it will need to be chilled or frozen to remove the resin easily from the inner sleeve.
For incense use, it should be frozen first or dissolved in alcohol and added to the incense blend in this liquid form.
Dan
Rozella Treutel –
So fresh, sweet and spicy! Rich vanilla, deep balsam, and spicy cinnamon mixed with dried plums, lemon, ginger, clove and floral black peppercorn. It basically smells like vanilla cola and Christmas. I haven't figured out what to do with it yet but I'm thinking it needs to be incorporated into a wintertime chest rub.
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Autumn Corwin –
Very nice vanilla and slightly amber-like think resinoid. Great for perfume bases.
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Daija Dibbert –
smells sweet like vanilla. amazing quality!
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Melyna O’Connell –
Für meine Parfumserie MGO Duftmanufaktur nur das Beste. Dieses Balsam geht schon fast als eigenständiger Duft durch. Ich liebe diesen Stoff!
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Faye Ward –
Incredible vanillary, slightly cinnamon-spicy and smooth. A great substitute for vanilla absolute, but with its own velvety character.
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Josue Feest –
Wow! This is amazingly scented and so thick!
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Monserrate Lakin –
lovely to mix in my blends!!!
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Noe Koelpin –
Delicious smelling heaven! Tolu balsam has this fragrantly dark vanilla tone to it; think vanilla beans steeped in amber and faint florals. On its own, very reminiscent of balsam of Peru, but in my opinion the latter has a bit of a woodier, medicinal note. This does too, mind you, but it has more of a sweetgrass feel to it–or perhaps freshly cut yarrow.
I put a few sticky drops into a perfume that needed balancing out, and had no issues with blending. (Note: this was with a fractionated coconut oil base, and a little goes a LONG way. )
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Leanna O’Conner –
Absolutely fabulous, super high quality, cant wait to use it in my new perfume collection. .
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Lavinia Hudson –
Beautiful vanilla like scent, love it!
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Lucile Eichmann –
Beautiful quality and speedy delivery
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Britney Boyle –
very nice material and easy to work with
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Bettie Casper –
Weak products rancid and
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Araceli Hansen –
This smells absolutely amazing! Looking forward to using it regularly!
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Bulah Spinka –
This is really great. Highly recommend this.
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Araceli Hansen –
Very warm, sweet and comforting smell. Delicious!
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Norene Dickens –
Gorgeous! To my nose it is sweet, warm, vanilla-like with slight tonka bean undertones, cinnamin-like, fleshy-floral (think frangipani) with barely ripened banana fruit notes. Otherworldly.
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Marcus Moore –
Thank You so much for you high quality items from far away places
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Clarabelle Oberbrunner –
Provides a wonderful vanilla-like scent to blends. Similar to benzoin, but slightly less sweet and a bit more cinnamon-spicy. Layers wonderfully with attars and oil-based perfumes, or just some straight-up sandalwood oil. It's a great fixative to maintain the blended scent. This shop's products never cease to amaze! Customer for life!
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Blanche Cummings –
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Jazlyn Batz –
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Birdie Wunsch –
Excellent quality as always. This one in particular smells amazing! Thanks!
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Santina Veum –
Resplendent, transcendent, sublime, elevating, sensual, transfixing. This is the most delightful balsam on earth.
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Odie Cremin –
Came quickly, smells wonderful, packaged nicely.
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Pearlie Lakin –
Absolutely the cream of the crop, high end beautiful scent, super fresh quality!
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Percy Olson –
This is my 3rd purchase of resin, the first from this seller. I have not burned any yet, but everything is already so fragrant compared to the others. I wish my first two purchases were from Dan. I now understand people's love for opal. It's such a great, fresh scent. I don't even know what I received in the past.
I was curious how the resins weighed out. Everything I ordered was heavy. Dan has a "generous pour." This was a big purchase for me. I am delighted I went with Apothecary Garden. I can't wait to try them all.
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Crystel Graham –
Smelled really bad I waited a long time for this stuff just for all the items to smell terrible 45$ wasted I guess
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Hollie Roberts –
Smells really lovely ! !
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Armando Kessler –
Such a lovely scent. I combine this with the Guatemala Balsam from this shop. 🥰
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Armando Kessler –
My first time burning this and it definitely reminds me of Peru balsam.
It's easy to break off a piece at room temperature.
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Koby Hagenes –
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Nellie Kassulke –
One of the most amazing smells I've ever encountered. My only regret is that I didn't pick up more. Wonderful. As is everything else I ordered from this shop.
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Marisa Buckridge –
This is really fresh! I have experienced a more resinous product in the past. This one is sticky and FRESH.
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Hollie Roberts –
It's smells and heats up so nicely!
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Norene Dickens –
Deliciously sweet and deeply fragrant, spicy and balsamic. Top drawer material.
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Araceli Hansen –
This is one of my favorite scents. It is vanillic, balsamic, sweet, spicy and I would bathe in this if I could. Yummy!
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Kailey Luettgen –
One of my very favorite scents. I usually combine this with Spanish Labdanum Resin to create a delightful incense in the lab.
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Kailey Luettgen –
The Aroma of this Tolu Balsam is divine.
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Nestor Stokes –
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Leola Huel –
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Jackson Murazik –
A wonderful vanilla smell with rich notes that differ from benzoin. I looked high and low for this , always thankful Dan carries the highest quality products , and has the fastest shipping.
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