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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.

Il nostro olio di finocchio viene estratto tramite distillazione a vapore dei semi di finocchio, provenienti dalle coste rocciose dell’Andalusia, in Spagna. Originario del Mediterraneo, il finocchio vanta una lunga storia ed è un ingrediente fondamentale sia nella tradizione culinaria che in quella medicinale.

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.

Ffern’s bay oil is steam distilled from the leaves of Pimenta Racemosa (also known as the Bayberry or Bay Rum tree). This species from the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) is native to the Caribbean region.

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.

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.

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.

Scentless when fresh and native to Asia, patchouli is a member of the Lamiaceae or Mint family. Our patchouli is hand-harvested on the Indonesian Island of Java. It’s then dried in the shade and briefly fermented, helping to break down the cell walls before the copper still hydrodistillation.

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’.

Ffern mandarins are harvested in the months before ripening. Whilst still green, they are cold pressed on site to preserve their delicate top notes. The scent is notably sharper and more floral than their ripe counterparts.

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.⁠ ⁠

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.

Coltivato sulle colline calabresi affacciate sul Mar Ionio, il frutto viene raccolto a mano e l’olio estratto direttamente sul posto. La famiglia La Face piantò i suoi primi alberi di bergamotto negli anni Trenta e da allora ha continuato a perfezionare l’arte della produzione degli oli essenziali di agrumi.

Il nostro coriandolo viene coltivato da cooperative agricole nella regione centrale delle Terre Nere, in Ucraina, al confine occidentale con la Russia. Il frutto intero viene raccolto verso la fine dell’estate e distillato sul posto con un metodo tradizionale a vapore.

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.

Il nostro legno di cedro rosso (noto anche come ginepro rosso) viene coltivato e raccolto in Virginia, negli Stati Uniti. L’olio viene estratto tramite distillazione a vapore direttamente dagli scarti di lavorazione di un ebanista. Condivide le classiche note legnose del cedro dell’Atlante, ma introduce una caratteristica sfumatura che ricorda il profumo delle matite temperate.

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.

Il benzoino del Siam è una resina balsamica ricavata dalla corteccia dello storace, che cresce sui monti Annamiti, in Laos. A settembre viene praticata un’incisione a V nella corteccia dell’albero e, nell’arco di tre settimane, si formano fragili «lacrime» bianche di resina di benzoino. Questo processo è noto come «tapping», ovvero spillatura.

La nostra assoluta di fieno deriva dalle erbe Lolium perenne. Tagliate nel pieno dell’estate, vengono lasciate essiccare al sole come fieno, un processo che libera la cumarina dai germogli.

Una volta essiccato, il fieno viene sottoposto a estrazione con solvente, ottenendo un liquido scuro e viscoso con una base erbacea e mielata.