African Origin

Steam-distilled Boswellia carterii oil — bright terpenic lift over a dry, resinous, faintly citric body.

Steam-distilled Commiphora myrrha — warm, bitter-balsamic, medicinal and deeply tenacious.

Steam-distilled vetiver root oil — earthy, smoky and rooty with pronounced tenacity.

First fraction from Comorian ylang distillation — the most volatile and most prized cut.

Steam-distilled bitter orange blossom — green, honeyed, radiant and unmistakably fresh.

Solvent-extracted bitter orange blossom — honeyed, indolic and far more tenacious than neroli.

Rosa centifolia absolute — deep, honeyed and spicy, with far greater tenacity than otto.

Solvent-extracted Jasminum grandiflorum — warm, fruity-floral and richly indolic.

Hand-sorted Boswellia papyrifera tears — sharper and more turpenic than the Somali species.

Osyris lanceolata — CITES Appendix II and subject to national export controls. Listed for reference; not currently offered.

Washed, dried and chopped vetiver root for distillation, tincture and direct use.

Acacia dealbata absolute — powdery, honeyed, green and softly waxy.

Hand-picked Crocus sativus stigmas from the Taliouine region — leathery, honeyed and metallic.

Eriocephalus punctulatus — a deep blue Cape endemic, fruity, herbaceous and unusually soft.