Winter 23

This perfumer’s ingredient is literally worth its weight in gold. Native to the eastern Himalayas, the osmanthus tree is a small shrub with pale spring flowers from which the oil is extracted. Its scent is beloved in China, where legend has it that a huge osmanthus tree grows on the moon.

Also known as musk mallow, ambrette seed oil is a wonderful plant-based alternative to musk. Native to India, the kidney bean-shaped seeds are dried before undergoing steam distillation. Our growers are in San Martín, Peru, a region dominated by biodiverse forest ecosystems.

We press our sweet orange oil from the rind of cold-pressed Hamlin oranges grown in the mineral-rich state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. Hamlin orange trees are among the most tolerant of cold and their fruit comes early, the season beginning in October.

Believed to come from the Latin ros marinus, which means ‘dew of the sea’, rosemary grows wild in abundance on Mediterranean coastlines. At Ffern, we work with a local firm to bid on wild harvesting rights, and extract the oil at source.

Our balsam fir absolute is extracted from wild-grown needles east of Calgary, in Canada. The scent is often compared to that of jam: intense, very long lasting, sweet, fresh and foresty all at once.

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.

Grown in Northeastern Madagascar, our clove trees are lush with reddish brown buds which burst into many-headed white flowers. It is from these buds that our clove oil is extracted - using a water distillation process.

Membre de la famille des Lamiacées, ou famille de la menthe, et originaire d'Asie, le patchouli frais n'a pas d'odeur. Le nôtre est récolté à la main sur l'île indonésienne de Java. Il est ensuite séché à l'ombre et soumis à une brève fermentation, ce qui contribue à briser les parois cellulaires avant l'hydrodistillation dans un alambic en cuivre.

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.

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.

Ffern’s tarragon is grown in the South of France. The plants do not produce fertile seeds - instead the roots are hand-split in early spring. In June, the leaves are trimmed and the oil distilled. Our variety has a distinctive aniseed facet, with an earthy undertone.⁠

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.

Présente dans les forêts montagneuses tempérées de l'hémisphère nord, la mousse de chêne est un lichen ramifié qui pousse sur les branches et les troncs des chênes. La nôtre est récoltée sur des chênes sauvages à Samokov, en Macédoine, avant d'être acheminée à Grasse, où l'huile est extraite par une distillerie familiale.