Eucabid III

417 Eucabid III

Eucabid III is the newest version of attars 264 Eucabid II and 168 Eucabid.

This is an oriental, red floral, with an incense core and creamy, powdery profile.

I found some of the original Eucabid which had matured really well, this inspired me to remake it, incorporating the aged feel of the original. I used a lot of ambergris absolute, beeswax absolute, osmanthus and boronia to achieve the creamy smooth notes the original had developed after around 5 years ageing in an almost empty bottle.

The main core of Eucabid III and it's predecessors is a high quality blend called Queen of Egypt, made of just 3 materials: Frankincense, Myrrh and Petitgrain, but the balance of  notes I get from this are quite spectacular. I wanted to enhance this profile and give it layers of depth.

I used:

Red Smyrna Absolute: Kindly sent from Alex, this has a warm, resinous, papery / dusty profile, reminds me of some long forgotten temple.

Red Champaca Absolute: My favourite red floral, vibrant, ambery and oozing warmth, this fits the profile of Eucabid perfectly.

Beeswax Absolute: This helped a lot with the creamy notes.

Jasmine Sambac Co2: A vibrant fruity juicy Jasmine.

Socotra Myrrh Absolute: A delicate, golden, creamy myrrh.

Sa Kaeo Thai Oud: An uplifting woody, fruity Thai Oud

Ambergris Absolute: I also make my ambergris tinctures into absolutes, this greatly enhances the creamy factor and aged feel of attars, adding smooth tones that effect all other materials.

Osmanthus Absolute: This is another of my favourite florals, so creamy and uplifting, without any sharpness. This works beautifully alongside ambergris.

Boronia Absolute: The queen of florals, creamy, pink petals. Fells like it already is infused with ambergris.

Sargol Saffron Absolute: A really vibrant and deep saffron oil Made by Alex and kindly donated for new attars.

Persian Rose EO: One of my favourite rose oils, this was the last of an old batch I had.

Papuan Vanilla Absolute: Had to revisit my new favourite complex vanilla oil.

Civet Absolute: I often evaporate my civet tinctures to make an absolute, I feel this has a better effect than civet tinctures, as creamier notes develop when using the absolute.

Australian Sandalwood EO: A musky, creamy sandalwood.

The main elements of Eucabid are: powdery / papery / creamy / red floral / petals / incense / fruity floral / soft musk / amber warmth /

Smelling from the bottle, Eucabid III has a soothing, warm, powdery pink feel. The Red Champaca, Osmanthus and Boronia open the gates to the deeper core incense notes of Eucabid, which are not typical smoky incense qualities, but more fine frankincense and warm well balanced myrrh, not too earthy, the Petitgrain component of the Queen of Egypt trinity adds a really nice delicate spike of woody citrus, which matches the Sa Kaeo Thai Oud perfectly, aligning the top and base notes.

There are many elements that show when sniffing the applicator, it feels creamy, with some sweetness, and very attractive florals which verge on fruitiness, a powdery, musky haze that shimmers like dew on early morning grass, and a warm ambery core of fine incense and floral nectar that sunk into the deeper central notes.

Smelling on the skin, Eucabid III opens with smooth, creamy floral notes, the Ambergris and Osmanthus shine together, the same pink powdery notes of Boronia and the Queen of Egypt blend sensed from the applicator are dominant throughout the wear, slowly developing over time. The Sargol Saffron and Red Champaca bring this deep ambery warmth which connects to a warm spicy undertone of Socotra Myrrh and Beeswax. This attar feels light at times but also very deep, the notes used are in quite a vast range, from very deep, dark floral red Champaca, to very high crisp notes of Osmanthus and Petitgrain.