Time is part of the formula.

There is very little urgency in the way we work. Many of the botanicals we use begin as dried flowers, leaves and bark. They are placed in carefully selected oils and given the time they need to release what we are looking for from the plant.

It is an old and remarkably simple idea. The plant gives something of itself to the oil, and the oil becomes the foundation for what follows.

Colour deepens. Aroma shifts. The character of the material changes. What begins as a group of individual ingredients gradually becomes something new.

THE MACERATION

Maceration is at the heart of much of what we do. Different parts of a plant hold different qualities, so we work with the flowers, leaves, bark or other material that matters to the formula. Once immersed in oil, the botanicals are given the time they require to release the constituents we are looking for into the infusion.

Some materials give themselves readily. Others ask for considerably more time. Certain botanicals remain in maceration for weeks before the oil develops the depth and character we are looking for.

There is no reason to force the process. Time does much of the work.

THE FORMULA

The infusion is only the beginning. From there, every formula is built through balance, proportion and restraint. Botanical materials are brought together with oils, waxes and carefully chosen supporting ingredients until the texture, stability and performance feel right.

Botanical materials are living materials before they ever reach us. No harvest is completely identical to the one before it.

Working in small batches allows us to stay closer to those differences. We can observe the infusion, the texture and the behaviour of the finished formula, making adjustments where the material asks for them.

We are not interested in complexity for its own sake.

Each formula is built around what it needs, and little else.