Summer 25

We grow our *Tagetes* marigold on the hillsides of South Africa’s Eastern Cape, where the orange-gold blooms flourish in the warm, semi-arid climate. Hand-picked at the height of their bloom, when their aroma is strongest, the flowers’ petals, stems and leaves are steam-distilled onsite immediately.

We grow our pink grapefruit in sustainable groves in Veracruz, Mexico, where generations of farmers have perfected the practice of citrus cultivation. Each fruit is carefully handpicked before the rind is cold-pressed while still fresh.

We harvest our turmeric leaf in Tamil Nadu, India, where the spice is native and has been grown for over 5,000 years. The leaves, typically a byproduct of the turmeric root harvest, are hydro-distilled to extract the essential oil.

Our blood orange rind comes from the sun-drenched groves of Sicily, where the island’s unique microclimate, with its volcanic soil and temperate coastal breezes, create the perfect conditions for these distinctive fruits to grow.

This member of the magnolia family has orange and yellow petals, attracting bees and birds with its fragrant flowers. Its oil is extracted using a solvent extraction method. Our red champaca is sourced from the Indian Himalayas, where the flowers are often floated in bowls of water to scent a room.

Cardamom is a tall, reed-like shrub native to South India and Sri Lanka. The mature fruit takes the form of a capsule-like pod that holds within it small aromatic seeds. The cardamom we use is grown in Guatemala and the essential oil is extracted by steam distillating the seeds.

Lorsqu’on pense à l’absolu de foin, on pense d’abord aux climats tempérés. Cependant, la plante dont il est extrait vient en fait de l’Arctique. Le foin d’odeur Hierochloe alpina pousse à l’état sauvage dans la toundra du cercle polaire, en particulier sur l’île norvégienne de Spitsbergen, au Svalbard.

Davana belongs to the silver-leafed Artemisia family, and many tiny yellow flowers grow against its soft greenery. Native to India, the dried herb has a sweet, dried-fruit aroma that is reminiscent of tea.

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.

Our nutmeg grows on the Banda islands of eastern Indonesia. The fruit is harvested with handheld telescopic pickers and left to dry in the shade - the seed oil is then steam distilled at source.

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’.

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.

Le jasmin grandiflorum est l'un des ingrédients les plus prisés en parfumerie. Il faut huit millions de fleurs pour produire un kilogramme d'absolu : ces fleurs délicates, qui s'épanouissent la nuit, sont cueillies à la main à l'aube, entre juin et septembre, dans l'Himalaya indien, où elles sont considérées comme sacrées.

Our neroli oil is extracted from the blossom of bitter Seville Orange trees on Cape Bon in northern Tunisia. The blossoms are hand-picked in the spring at daybreak, once dew has formed. The flowers are immediately pressed and distilled.

Olibanum (also known as frankincense) is a resin taken from the bark of the Boswellia tree. At Ffern we use Boswellia carterii. The trees grow wild along the Gulf of Aden in northern Somalia, and the resin ‘tears’ are harvested by local collectors over a period of weeks.⁠ ⁠

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.

Le benjoin de Siam est une résine balsamique extraite de l'écorce du styrax, un arbre qui pousse à l'état sauvage dans les montagnes de l'Annam, au Laos. En septembre, une entaille en forme de V est effectuée dans l'écorce de l'arbre, et des « larmes » blanches et cassantes de résine de benjoin s'accumulent pendant trois semaines. Ce processus est appelé la « saignée ».

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.

With peach’s high water content, traditional extraction methods often fall short. To overcome this, our nose experimented with a bespoke white peach water; using a spinning cone column process, the fruit’s aromatic molecules are isolated and distilled to preserve the juicy, velvety scent of peach.