Our Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood comes from a regenerative organization protecting the native sandalwood tree on Big Island, Hawaii.  Started by the Lee brothers almost a decade ago, this organization has stewarded extensive private land in Hawaii as a sanctuary for thriving Hawaiian sandalwood trees - growing, distilling and continuously replanting native Hawaiian sandalwood.

Royal Sandalwood is a species unique to the Hawaiian islands called Santalum paniculatum. It is sweeter and softer than most traditional sandalwood species and confers a beautiful, sensual aromatic base in natural perfumery.  Looking at the chemistry of Hawaiian Sandalwood, the oil is rich in therapeutic santalols, typically found at around 90% and above.  When we purchase this precious extract, we support regrowth of the Santalum paniculatum tree in the wild regions of these protected lands.

The Cacao tree was cultivated more than 3,000 years ago by the Mayans, Toltecs, and Aztecs, who used Cacao as a ceremonial drink and also used the beans as currency. The Mayans considered chocolate to be the food of the gods and held the Cacao tree to be sacred. Our Cacao beans are distilled in France, alchemizing wildcrafted plant material into an ultra-rich Cacao extract with a deep and delectable roasted chocolate aroma.

Our organic Ylang Ylang extract comes from flowers handpicked from a small regenerative oasis tended to by a local Kaua'i family who one of our co-founders has been lucky enough to know and love personally. With reverence and gratitude imbued in every step of the planting and harvesting process, it brings us so much joy to have watched this partnership unfold.

Our Ylang Ylang essential oil is also processed a bit differently than most distillations on the market. Ylang Ylang Extra is the finest grade of the ylang ylang flowers, yielded in the first hour of a 24 hour distillation process.  Ylang Ylang Extra is the most fruity, creamy, floral and aromatically rich of the Ylang Ylang distillates - and it is naturally our chosen grade to provide you with the finest possible formulation.

Since time immemorial, vanilla was used exclusively to fragrance shrines and temples. A sacred aspect of daily life, vanilla flowers were also placed inside amulets and worn around the neck to protect the wearer from the evil eye. Totonac Indians are believed to have cultivated the vanilla orchid indigenous to the tropical areas of Mexico and Latin America around 1115 AD.

Our rich organic vanilla bean extract comes from a fair-wage vanilla bean farm in Uganda, where the vibrant beans are grown with high intensity sunlight.  The organic vanilla beans are alchemized using CO2 distillation to maintain the full spectrum of aromatic constituents from the plant material, a beautiful golden nectar the result.