Spring 25

Our violets are grown in the nutrient-rich soils of the Nile Valley, Egypt, where from December to May, local harvesters gather the leaves by hand, starting at dawn. The leaves are transformed through solvent extraction, yielding a rich, dark green liquid known as violet leaf absolute.

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.

Cultivés sur les collines calabraises surplombant la mer Ionienne, les fruits sont récoltés à la main et l'huile est extraite sur place. La famille La Face a planté son premier bergamotier dans les années 1930 et n'a cessé depuis lors de perfectionner l'art de la production d'huiles d'agrumes.

The frilled, lacy umbels of wild carrot create that pale, high summer froth along hedgerows, in meadows and coastal dunes - and though their roots are edible, they are not as palatable as the plant's familiar cultivar. A sweet, earthy, woody oil can be extracted from the plant's seeds.

Notre bois de cèdre rouge (également appelé genévrier rouge) est cultivé et récolté en Virginie, aux États-Unis, d'où il est originaire. L’huile est distillée à la vapeur directement à partir des chutes de bois issues de l’ébénisterie. Elle partage les notes boisées classiques du cèdre de l’Atlas, tout en apportant une touche caractéristique rappelant le crayon.

Our rock rose grows wild on the plains of Almaden de la Plata outside Seville, Spain. In late summer, the leafy stems of the plant are sickle harvested and plunged into hot carbonated water. This mixture is distilled to obtain a honeyed, amber resin - labdanum.

Le géranium de Ffern, Pelargonium graveolens, est également connu sous le nom de géranium rosat. La légende raconte que cette fleur est apparue lorsque le prophète Mahomet, après s'être baigné dans une rivière, posa sa chemise sur une branche de mauve pour la faire sécher. La mauve fut si honorée qu'elle se transforma en ce magnifique géranium rosat.

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.

Grapefruit oil is cold pressed from the fruit’s golden rind. Native to the Caribbean, grapefruit is thought to have been born from an accidental union of pomelo, the largest citrus fruit, and sweet orange. An eighteenth-century Welsh sailor described it as one of the ‘seven wonders of Barbados’.

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.

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.

Our palmarosa grows wild in the Himalayas and in the Radjmahal Mountains on India’s Afghan border, where it is harvested by indigenous tribes. The grasses are then dried for a week to increase the essential oil yield before undergoing steam distillation.

Ffern’s pink peppercorn oil is extracted from plants grown on the volcanic Réunion Island, 680km east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Our 100% pure oil is extracted with the CO2 extraction process.

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.

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.

Gurjun balsam is a natural resin drawn from trees of the Dipterocarpus genus, native to Southeast Asia. It’s obtained through tapping the tree bark - a traditional extraction method that allows each tree to rest and replenish for months or even years before being tapped again. It carries a woody depth with smooth, slightly leathery undertones.