Spring 25

Nuestras violetas se cultivan en los suelos ricos en nutrientes del valle del Nilo, en Egipto, donde, de diciembre a mayo, los recolectores locales recogen las hojas a mano desde el amanecer. Las hojas se transforman mediante extracción con disolvente, lo que da como resultado un líquido de color verde oscuro e intenso conocido como absoluto de hoja de violeta.

Our jonquil daffodil is grown in the hills around Grasse, typically blooming from late winter to early spring, their clusters of small flowers are intensely fragrant. Only the blossoms are gently gathered, leaving the plants undisturbed to encourage future growth.

The La Faces are a third-generation citrus farming family, growing our lemons on the northeastern tip of Sicily - just across the 3km straight of Messina and in sight of our bergamot on the Calabrian shores. The fruit is picked by hand, and the rinds cold pressed on site.

Originally developed in eighteenth-century Holland, Ffern’s Rose de Mai is grown in Morocco. Traditionally picked only in the month of May, our rose petals undergo solvent extraction immediately, to produce a dark, fragrant wax that can be processed into an absolute or oil.

El iris, elaborado a partir de las raíces secas, molidas y destiladas del iris barbado, es uno de los ingredientes más exclusivos de la perfumería. Tras tres o cuatro años de floración, las raíces del iris se extraen a mano y se dejan madurar durante varios años. A continuación, se muelen, se mezclan con agua y se destilan al vapor para obtener un aceite semisólido.

Peppermint is a cross between watermint and spearmint, a familiar sparkly note with a slight peppery edge. We partner with farmers in India's northerly Mint Regions to grow and steam distill our high grade peppermint oil.

Eucalyptus is a genus of over seven hundred species in the Myrtle family, Myrtaceae. We harvest our blue gum eucalyptus on the Yunnan Plateau, China; the essential oil is created through steam distillation of the leaves.

Our red cedar wood (also known as red juniper) is grown and harvested in its native Virginia, USA. The oil is steam distilled directly from a cabinet maker’s offcuts. It shares the classic woody notes of atlas cedar, but introduces a distinctive ‘pencil’ facet.

Grown on Calabrian hills overlooking the Ionian Sea, the fruit is harvested by hand and the oil extracted at source. The La Face family planted their first bergamot in the 1930s and have been mastering the craft of producing citrus oils ever since.

Hand-picked at night to preserve intensity, our jasmine sambac is native to the Eastern Himalayas. Also known as Arabian jasmine, jasmine sambac has a long history of connection with Persia and the Middle East. The oil is extracted at source using Joseph Robert’ solvent extraction process.

We chose Haitian vetiver over Javan competitors for its fresh, sparkling notes, and because the root provides sustainable employment for south Haitian communities. One year after planting, the roots are excavated, washed, cut, and sun-dried before they can be steam distilled at source.

We harvest our ylang ylang, the 'flower of flowers', on the island of Nosy Be, Madagascar, where the aromatic blooms are picked at first light for intensity. The flowers are immediately taken to small, family-owned distilleries, where steam distillation begins within hours of harvesting.