Botanicals and oil. Double maceration.
Every bottle on this shelf started as plant material and carrier oil. Nothing else. The results are unctuous, concentrated, and unlike anything you will find anywhere else.
Two full macerations. Same botanical. Stronger result.
Most infused oils run one cycle: herb into oil, heat, strain, done. These go through double maceration, meaning the strained oil is loaded back with a full charge of fresh botanical material and the process begins again. The oil you see in the bottle has extracted from that plant twice. The difference in color, viscosity, and potency is substantial.
Carrier oils are selected to match each botanical's character and intended use. Jojoba for botanicals that belong on the face and scalp. Camelina for its affinity with skin-repairing herbs. Sunflower for warm, all-purpose application. The carrier is part of the formula.
Double maceration is not standard practice in commercial botanical oil production. It takes twice as long and requires twice the plant material. The result is an oil with a depth of extraction that single-pass products cannot replicate.
Unctuous is the right word. These are not thin. They absorb slowly, work longer, and leave skin with something it recognizes.
In stock year-round
Botanicals selected for their track record, sourced for quality, made here. These are on the shelf as long as the harvest holds.
Warm, golden, and genuinely useful. Body, face, dry skin, anything that needs soothing and will not wait.
Not lavender essential oil. The whole flower, slowly drawn into jojoba. Quieter than the EO. More skin-compatible.
Sensitive skin, reactive skin, skin that has been through something. This is what it is for.
Fragrant, hydrating, made with actual rose petals. Face oil, décolleté, dry cuticles. Use it like you mean it.
Scalp oil first. Also a warming massage oil for tired legs and tight shoulders. The kind of thing you will use up and replace.
Bright, slightly herbaceous, lighter than most of the collection. Body oil, pulse points, anything you want to carry through the afternoon.
Deep red-tinted, antioxidant-dense. The whole dried flower, extracted slowly. Face and body.
The backyard herb with a long history of skin use. Cooling, soothing, and deeply practical. Body and spot application.
Named source. Named harvest. Limited to what the batch produced.
When it is gone, it is gone until the next one. Single-origin batches are sourced from specific international harvests, noted on each label.
Sourced from Paris, summer harvest. Lighter and more floral than German chamomile. A different plant entirely, worth knowing.
Linden blossom from the Loire Valley. Soft, slightly honeyed, calming without being sweet. One of the more quietly extraordinary botanicals in the collection.
Red vine leaf from France. Roughly 8 bottles from the entire batch. Antioxidant-dense, slightly astringent. If you are here when it is available, that is the one to pick up.
Some batches exist for one season and one season only.
Pumpkin Seed. Spiced Camelina. Winter botanicals. Whatever the season calls for. These are announced when they are ready and pulled when they sell.
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A few things worth knowing.
Essential oils are steam-distilled concentrates. Infused oils are carrier oils that have absorbed botanical compounds through slow maceration. They are gentler, more skin-compatible, and intended for direct application. No dilution required.
The oil goes through two full rounds of botanical extraction with fresh plant material each time. Most products on the market are single-pass. The difference is visible in the color and in how the oil performs on skin.
12 months from the batch date on the label. Store away from heat and direct light. The cobalt glass is doing work. Let it do it.
Domestic botanicals are sourced from regional growers, and direct farm relationships. Single-origin batches are sourced from specific international harvests, noted on each label.
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