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.⁠ ⁠


Olibanum (also known as frankincense) is a resin taken from the bark of the Boswellia tree. At Ffern we use _Boswellia carterii_ - a species native to Somalia. 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.⁠ By limiting the harvesting to a few weeks of the year, the trees are able to recover and regrow - making it a sustainable and manageable practice.⁠
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Olibanum has been traded in the Middle East and North Africa for some 5,000 years. It is believed that the Babylonians and Assyrians favoured oliburnam for its sweet, woody scent and would burn it during religious ceremonies.⁠


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Olibanum- a fragrance ingredient from Gulf of Aden, Somalia, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Olibanum

Incense

Pepper

Old wood

Pine

Spice

Resinous

Red juniper, also called red cedar, is a coniferous evergreen native to the north-eastern United States. We harvest red cedar in Virginia, when the plant is young, and steam distil the wood to extract a pure red juniper oil. 


Red juniper, also called red cedar, is a coniferous evergreen native to Northeastern USA. We harvest red cedar in Virginia, when the plant is young, and steam distil the wood to extract a pure red juniper oil. 


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Red juniper- a fragrance ingredient from Virginia, USA, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Red juniper

Base

Sensual

Wood

Amber

Our cypress leaf oil comes from the branches of the northern white cedar tree, grown in its native northwest Canada. In the spring, new growth twigs and leaves are harvested and steam-distilled to obtain the woody, camphorous oil. 


Cypress leaf- a fragrance ingredient from North West, Canada, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Cypress leaf

Fresh

Sharp

Herbaceous

Our coriander is grown by farming cooperatives in the famously fertile soil of the Central Black Earth region on Russia’s western border. The entire fruit is harvested late in the summer, and distilled on site with a traditional steam-based method. 

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Coriander seed- a fragrance ingredient from Black Earth Region, Ukraine, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Coriander seed

Floral

Sweet

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 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 then distilled to obtain a honeyed, amber resin - labdanum. The plant remains are used as biofuel. Traditionally, labdanum was taken from the coats of goats who grazed the rock rose-covered hillsides of Crete - but times have changed. 


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Brown-eyed rock rose- a fragrance ingredient from Andalusia, Spain, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Brown-eyed rock rose

Leather

Honey

Plum

Warm

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.

Our neroli oil is extracted from the blossom of bitter Seville Orange trees on Cape Bon in northern Tunisia - a peninsula that juts out into the Tyrrhenian sea, across from Sicily. The blossoms are hand-picked in the Spring at daybreak, once dew has formed. The flowers are immediately pressed and distilled - every second they sit in the morning sun detracts from the characteristically fresh scent that wooed Anne Marie Orsini, Princess of Nerola, and won the oil its name. 


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Neroli- a fragrance ingredient from Cape Bon, Tunisia, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Neroli

Orange flower

Green

Citrus

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.


Our nutmeg grows on the Banda islands of eastern Indonesia. These islands - the original source of nutmeg - were a global secret throughout the 15th century, until in August 1511 they were discovered by a Portugese general, and the European race for nutmeg trade dominance began. Today the fruit is harvested with handheld telescopic pickers and left to dry in the shade - the seed oil is then steam distilled at source.


Nutmeg- a fragrance ingredient from Banda Islands, Indonesia, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Nutmeg

Powder

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. 


The La Faces are a third-generation citrus farming family, and the go-to source for citrus expertise at Ffern. They grow 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. 


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Lemon rind- a fragrance ingredient from Sicily, Italy, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Lemon rind

Lemon

Sparkling

Our bitter oranges are grown in a third-generation family orchard in Bauru, Brazil, where they are hand-picked in the early summer of the Southern Hemisphere. The rind is cold pressed on site to produce a juicy, uplifting oil. 


Our bitter oranges are grown in a third-generation family orchard in Bauru, Brazil, where they are hand-picked in the early summer of the Southern Hemisphere, our autumn. The rind is cold pressed on site to produce a juicy, uplifting oil. 


Bitter orange rind- a fragrance ingredient from São Paulo, Brazil, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Bitter orange rind

Bitter

Juicy

Orange

Benzoin Siam is a balsamic resin taken from the bark of the styrax tree, growing wild in the Annamite mountains of Laos. In September, a v-shaped cut is made in the tree bark, and brittle white ‘tears’ of benzoin resin accumulate over three-weeks. This process is known as ‘tapping’. 


Benzoin Siam is a balsamic resin taken from the bark of the styrax tree. The trees grow wild in the Annamite mountains, Laos. In September, a v-shaped cut is made in the tree bark, and brittle white ‘tears’ of benzoin resin accumulate over a three-week period. This process is known as ‘tapping’. 


Benzoin Siam- a fragrance ingredient from Andalusia, Spain, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Benzoin Siam

Vanilla

Balsamic

The finest quality of cinnamon leaf grows in southwest Sri Lanka - our Sri Lankan cinnamon is harvested from two-year-old plants and steam distilled at source. 


You might be familiar with cinnamon bark - usually rolled, dried, and used in cooking. Cinnamon leaf has a much lighter, spicy scent. The finest quality of cinnamon leaf grows in southwest Sri Lanka - our Sri Lankan cinnamon is harvested from two-year-old plants and steam distilled at source. 


Cinnamon leaf- a fragrance ingredient from Southwest coast, Sri Lanka, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Cinnamon leaf

Deep

Clove

Ffern key lime is grown in the north of Peru. The fruits are harvested in the afternoon to avoid the oil loss caused by their early morning turgor. Next, they are passed through a pelatrice, and the gathered liquid is centrifuged to obtain a pure lime rind oil.

Key lime rind- a fragrance ingredient from Veracruz, Mexico, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Key lime rind

Zest

Ffern tolu balsam is wild harvested by a network of families in northern Columbia. Small incisions are made in the bark of the _Myroxylon toluiferum_ tree, from which ‘drops’ of thick, amber resin are collected.


Tolu balsam- a fragrance ingredient from Andes Region, Colombia, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Tolu balsam

Sweet-floral

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. 


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 1930’s and have been mastering the craft of producing citrus oils ever since. They are always our first port of call when it comes to sourcing bergamot and other citruses for our fragrances.


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Bergamot rind- a fragrance ingredient from Calabria, Italy, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Bergamot rind

Earl grey

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.


Hand-picked at night to preserve intensity, our jasmine sambac is native to a small region in the Eastern Himalayas. Also known as Arabian jasmine, jasmine sambac has a long history of connection with Persia and the Middle East - the name jasmine is derived from Persian _yasmin_, which means ‘gift from God’. The oil is extracted at source using Joseph Robert’s solvent extraction process.


Jasmine sambac- a fragrance ingredient from Tamil Nadu, India, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Jasmine sambac

Light

Clean

Clary sage is an excellent source of nectar for bees and other pollinators. Native to the Mediterranean, it grows wild in France, Russia and Hungary and can be used in cooking much in the same way as the more familiar _Salvia officinalis_, or common sage. 


Clary sage is an excellent source of nectar for bees and other pollinators. Native to the Mediterranean, it grows wild in France, Russia and Hungary and can be used in cooking much in the same way as the more familiar _Salvia officinalis_, or common sage. Sometimes known as muscatel oil, clary sage oil is used often in aromatherapies for its cooling, calming properties and as an antiseptic - it was used to treat sweating in tuberculosis and has a long history of association with women's medicines. The oil is pale and thin, herbaceous and slightly floral with a surprising, pleasant earthiness. 


Clary sage- a fragrance ingredient from Southwest, Russia, used by the organic fragrance house Ffern.

Clary sage

Earth

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Spain

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Ireland

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Netherlands

Sweden

United States

Floral broom, creamy tuberose and green petitgrain

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Canadian Dollar

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Summer 19 opens with green, incense-like notes of cypress leaf, lime and olibanum, which then blend into spicy mid notes of nutmeg and coriander seed. Its rich base notes include brown-eyed rock rose, which produces the amber resin labdanum.

Organic Eau de Parfum twice aged and bottled in Somerset, England. 32ml.

Green lime, spiced coriander and amber rock-rose

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