The Materia

A botanical library, patiently sourced.

Every material has an origin, a season and a family who tends it. This is our library.

Sandalwood

Mysore, India

Grounding, warming, soothing on skin.

Aged heartwood, distilled slowly to preserve its milky depth.

Oud

Assam, India

Deep, meditative, long-lasting on skin.

Formed inside the agar tree over decades — one of the world's most precious materials.

Rose

Kannauj, India

Softening, romantic, luminous.

Hand-picked at dawn and distilled the same day in copper stills.

Musk

Botanical, ethical

Sensual, warm, skin-like.

A plant-derived musk with none of the ethical weight of the original.

Amber

Baltic Coast

Sunlit, resinous, comforting.

A blend of resins and balsams warmed by time.

Jasmine

Grasse, France

Radiant, intoxicating, feminine.

The white flower of southern France, picked before sunrise.

Vetiver

Haiti

Cool, earthy, grounding.

Roots sun-dried and steam-distilled for months of quiet depth.

Lavender

Provence, France

Calming, clean, herbaceous.

The classic Provençal note — soothing to skin and mind.

Vanilla

Madagascar

Comforting, creamy, warm.

Slow-cured pods with a honeyed sweetness that lingers.

Patchouli

Indonesia

Earthy, sensual, enduring.

Aged for years, deepening the woodier facets of every composition.

Argan Oil

Morocco

Nourishes and softens skin and hair.

Cold-pressed by women's cooperatives in the Atlas Mountains.

Aloe Vera

India

Hydrating, cooling, calming.

The gentle green heart of many of our skincare formulas.