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Bois d'Hiver Nerikoh evokes a snow-laden forest of ancient conifer trees. Picture in mind the towering pillars of a forest cathedral, made entirely of giant redcedars, Douglas fir trees and Hemlock Spruce, their evergreen branches laden with impeccably white snow. 

Bois d'Hiver Nerikoh was created especially for Yule - the Winter Solstice. To celebrate the spirits of the forest and anticipate the return of the sun with fragrant smoke from resins and foraged botanicals carefully blended and shaped into tiny round soft-pellets that produce a aroma, redolent of precious resins (frankincense, myrrh, sandarac, and wild harvested piñon resin and spruce pitch by my friends in Canada and the USA), mingled with forest-foraged needles and saps from spruce, balsam fir, and juniper berries, and many other fragrant spices, and brightened by clary sage from my garden and bright grapefruit blossoms from my orchard. It is anchored in cedarwood, sandalwood, and a pinch of agarwood and snowy Borneol camphor.

Nerikoh is a traditional Japanese kneaded incense, that is hand-rolled and aged and fermented underground for several months or years. It is less known in the west and often burnt during the tea ceremony because they are a refined and smoke-free form of incense. Precious woods, herbs and spices are finely ground and bound together with honey and dried fruit, then rolled into tiny balls. 

To use Nerikoh: Kneaded incense is not meant to be burnt, but rather warmed in traditional Koh-Doh cup, or for more convieneinct and accessible technique - place on top of an electric incense heater or aromatherapy lamp/diffuser. You'll only a tiny pinch of each ball to scent a room for hours on end, releasing  gentle yet enveloping and exotic aroma. 

Fête d'Hiver incense evokes a snow-covered rose garden, cobblestoned ancient city, blanketed with snow on the longest night of the year. Whiffs of fragrant mulled wine escape the door as someone enters it, shaking the snow off their furry coat collar.  Picture yourself entering an ancient stone cathedral for Midnight Mass, lit with beeswax candles on the darkest night of the year, and shrouded in a thick cloud of frankincense smoke mingled with roses, lilies and orchard breeze from far away lands. 

Fête d'Hiver incense was created especially for the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year. The fragrance is redolent of frankincense, amber, rose, jasmine, orange peel, grapefruit blossoms and spices. It is rich, dense and 

Fête d'hived Winter Solstice Incense cones come in a box containing paper-wrapped bundle of 18 incense sticks. 

To burn the incense sticks: Place the lit stick (light the tip and then blow out the flame) on a bowl full of ash (preferably rice ash). This will enable the stick to burn without any bits left off. If you have a designated incense dish with a hole you may also use that. It will leave a tiny bit of incense unused though.

Leo
Sweet and sunny incense, cinnamon and orange blossom makes leo perfume as warm as its ruler, the Sun, and full of potential for growth, will power and determination. The warmth of the Sun and warmth of the Heart.
From the centre of our being descends our will and power to love.

Top notes: Neroli
Heart notes: Roman Chamomile, Rose, Cinnamon
Base notes: Frankincense, Vanilla

Fragrance Family: Opulent Woody, Fruity Floral

Leo birthdate: July 23 - August 22

This fantastic soap bar is made from olive-oil and water infusions of lavender from my garden in all of the soap's phases, creating a beautiful bar of soap, with a clean yet rich scent, underlined with an infusion of frankincense resin.  

Like all of our soap, it is superfatted - which means it has wonderful moisturizing qualities due to high content of unsaponified oils within the formula. It is the same rich-lathering formula we've always had for our soaps, now handcrafted in our new studio in Clil by yours truly! 

We're using olive oil that was cold-pressed from olive which were organically grown in a Druze village near Mt. Meron infused with lavender and lavandin leaves and flowers from my garden in Clil, frankincense resin in jojoba oil for superfat and fragrance; Oganic virgin coconut oil (both are food grade quality), palm oil and castor oil for that extra emollient quality. The finely ground and infused frankincense resin provide both healing and nourishment for the skin, as well a bit of "peeling" effect for renewed and rejuvenated skin, further softened by the honey. 

The result is a hard, long-lasting bar with rich lather that is very moisturizing - a real treat for your skin, hair and even for shaving; dyed with natural plants and clays and the occasional golf mica (in the picture we have indigo dyed soap with gold mica lines; but that is not the only colour on hand).

Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (coconut, olive, palm, castor), water, frankincense (Boswellia carterii) resin*,  honey, lavender and lavandin essential oilS 

*Wildcrafted

This fantastic soap bar is made from organic olive, local wild honey and nourishing organic goat's milk from my village. It is superfatted  with - which means it has wonderful moisturizing qualities due to high content of unsaponified oils within the formula. This time with apricot kernel oil and almond butter! It also has a delicious almond fragrance, a lot like marzipan.

We're using olive oil that was cold-pressed from olive which were organically grown and harvested by my family in Clil, Organic virgin coconut oil (both are food grade quality), palm oil, almond and apricot kernel oil for their skin conditioning properties. Finely ground oatmeal is both soothing to the skin and provides a gentle exfoliation effect for renewed and rejuvenated skin, further softened by the honey and organic goat's milk.  

The result is a hard, long-lasting bar with rich lather that is very moisturizing and soothing to the skin - a real treat with mild exfoliation from oatmeal. And with a delicious almond, marzipan-like aroma. 

Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (coconut, olive, palm, almond, apricot kernel), water, almond butter, oatmeal, honey, bitter almond essential oil. 

Facial salve that is 100% natural & preservative free! This luxurious and nourishing  gel-like face unguent is made from oils infused with the berries of a rare myrrh tree called Balm of Gilead (Commiphora giladensis), frankincense resin and perfumed with beneficial oils of orange blossom, sandalwood, rose and saffron.

Roses & Resins is light-weight, fast absorbing and easy to use Face Unguent. Simply apply to clean & damp skin in the evening or the morning. Best to use after spritzing hydrosol (i.e.: rosewater or orange flower water) on your face. You can also apply it before other moisturizers or make up. It will leave your skin feeling and looking healthy and radiant and also has a great smell from the infused oils and added essences, as well as the fruity sea buckthorn oil.

Marula, mooring and jojoba oils have antioxidant and sun protective properties, and along with shea butter and organic beeswax give an extra nourishment and hydration to all skin types. 

Comes in a trial size jar of 15mL (1/4oz). 

Ingredients: Sclerocarya birrea (Marula) oil, Rosa mosqueta (Musk rose) seed oil*,  Simmondsia chinensis (Jojoba) oil, Tocopherol (from Heluanthus annuus), Fructus Hippophae (Sea Buckthorn) CO2, Cira alba (Beeswax)*, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) butter, Citrus aurantium (Neroli) essential oil & absolute, Rosa damascena (Rose damask) essential oil & asbolute*,  Santalum album (Sandalwood) essential oil, Crocus satiivus (Saffron) absolute 

* Organic

This fantastic soap bar is made from olive-oil and water infusions of wild sage (Salvia fruticosa) in all of the soap's phases, creating a beautiful bar of soap, with surprisingly warm and delicious scent, almost like honey cake.  

Like all of our soap, it is superfatted - which means it has wonderful moisturizing qualities due to high content of unsaponified oils within the formula. It is the same rich-lathering formula we've always had for our soaps, now handcrafted in our new studio in Clil by yours truly! 

We're using olive oil that was cold-pressed from olive which were organically grown in a Druze village near Mt. Meron infused with summer wild-harvest of Three-Lobed Sage (Salvia fruiticosa) leaves and resin; Oganic virgin coconut oil (both are food grade quality), palm oil and castor oil for that extra emollient quality. The finely ground and infused myrrh and frankincense resins provide both healing and nourishment for the skin, as well a bit of "peeling" effect for renewed and rejuvenated skin, further softened by the honey. 

The result is a hard, long-lasting bar with rich lather that is very moisturizing - a real treat for your skin, hair and even for shaving; and with a  surprisingly warm, sweet aroma of sage tea, honey and resins. 

Ingredients: Saponified vegetable oils (coconut, olive, palm, castor), water, wild sage (Salvia fruiticosa)*, myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) resin*, frankincense (Boswellia carterii) resin*,  honey, garden sage (Salvia officinalis L.) essential oil 

*Wildcrafted