Independent since 1985 — Celebrating 40 Years of Creativity & Craft

Our Heritage

For four decades, Augustus Oils has supplied the fragrance and flavour world with an exceptional palette of aromatic ingredients, specialising in a core of naturals – our Essential Oils. From our home in the Hampshire countryside, we carefully source, honour provenance, and craft raw materials that inspire creators worldwide.

 

Our Evolution

What began with naturals has blossomed into a diverse Perfumery Division. Today, our team designs and supplies fragrances for:

 

  • Fine Perfume & Cosmetics
  • Toiletries & Aromatherapy
  • Candles & Giftware
  • Household & Industrial Products

 

Our Expertise

Backed by state-of-the-art laboratories and the latest analytical technology, we ensure every fragrance meets IFRA standards while capturing originality, quality, and emotion. Our Perfumer and his team bring many decades of experience, providing a wealth of possibilities.

 

Our Promise

Customers come to us for creativity, speed, and reliability—and stay for the partnerships we build. With swift turnaround times from brief to supply, we pride ourselves on flexibility, innovation, and service.

 

Let’s Create Together

We’d be delighted to:

  • Share samples of our fragrances
  • Review and enhance your existing products
  • Collaborate on new creations rooted in nature and crafted with care
  • Match your original aroma – if it’s possible, we can match it. All we need is a target

 

As we celebrate our 40th year, we look forward to continuing our journey of evolving, creating, and inspiring—together with you.

Review of Augustus Perfumery Bases and Specialities

Over the years Augustus has built a comprehensive portfolio of bases and specialities.  Collectively labelled as Augaflors, these offer consistent, cost-conscious substitutes or reconstitutions of a variety of natural complex and often rare perfumery raw materials.  Augustus bases support the fragrance creator requiring interest, substantivity, cost efficiency and regulatory compliant materials. They can provide a building block or note modifier and become a key and reliable component of many compounds

Civet Augaflor is a typical example, described as a

“Strong, long-lasting civet-like Augaflor, unmistakably animal with a woody background.  A good economical reproduction of the rare original and possesses good fixative properties.   May be used to advantage in toiletries where the price or availability of the natural material precludes use.”

At the other side of the wheel, Helichrysum Augaflor is a

“Sweet honey-like base with a delicate tea undertone, reminiscent of the flower.   A wonderful sweetener giving fragrances a very real lift.”

Bases can be used as a building block for fragrances.  Why try to re-invent the wheel?

The complete list and characteristics of Augaflors can be found here