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Sea Daffodils (Pancratium maritimum) grace the Mediterranean beaches every autumn, as a fragrant farewell to summer. welcoming the fall with a bright white flowers that attracts night creatures. The flowers are the first to emerge after the bulb's dormant stage in the summer months. The leaves come out in winter, and by then, the charcoal-black seeds would have had the chance to sprout and anchor themselves in the sad with tiny rootlets. The flower symbolizes resilience and unconditional love. 

Beach Lily perfume is inspired by this wondrous flower, and brings together two things that are dear to my heart: Beach and wild flowers. Rather than being a replica of the flower, Beach Lily perfume captures its essence: both sweet and spicy, cool and warm. Laden with the sandy softness of sandalwood and a bit of that moist and cool sand, licked by the salty Mediterranean waves. 

Top notes: Bayberry, Galangal, Ruby Red Grapefruit
Heart notes: Ylang Ylang, Jasmine, Ginger Lily
Base notes: Sandalwood, Foikienia, 

Fragrance Families: Floral-Ambery

Also available as a shampoo & Soap Bar (With Shea and Cacao Butters and Coconut Milk) 

Photo credit: Chavatzelet Shkia (Beach Lily in the Sunset) by Yotam Dehan Copyright 2006  

Just like the miniature tree, “Bon Zai” is the essence of nature, with all of its simplicity, beauty and silent glory. Japanese woods and exotic herbs harmonize together to create this unusual and refreshing scent. Like a resilient evergreen tree, it survives all seasons and moods.

Top notes: Cedar wood, Juniper, Tangerine

Heart notes: Verbena, Shiso, Rose

Base notes: Agarwood, Patchouli, Vetiver

Fragrance Families: Woody, Citrus, Incensey  

Inspired by Chai's soothing and spicy-creamy aroma, these incense cones contain a complex blend of resins, spices and fragrant woods. Key notes: Sandalwood, benzoin, dammar, frankincense, ambrette seeds and a proprietary chai masala. 

Chai Incense cones are hand-rolled in the traditional methods, made from finely ground botanicals, and bound with natural gums or wood bark. No saltpetre or charcoal used in these cones. Cones are generally faster burning than a thick joss stick (range of burning time may be from 7-15min, and produce more smoke. They are more convenient to burn while traveling and outdoors, and they stand on their own base, and therefore don't really require special equipment or vessels.  

Burning instruction: Prepare a heat-proof vessel, on a sturdy surface away from flammables and out of reach of children and animals. To prevent scorch marks, it is recommended that you layer some sand, earth or ash on the vessel.  Place the cone and light the tip of it, and allow the flame to extinguish. Because these are handmade cones, each has a different burning times. 

Chai Incense cones come in a box containing about a dozen cones. Each box contains a dozen cones.  

This perfume is both nostalgic and ceremonial, like a warm hug, glowing smile and a reassuring hand of a benevolent ancestor. A safe place in one's heart and dreams. It is simultaneously the first and the last friendly place you'd ever encounter on a long journey.

Cocaigne perfume is a tribute to my Grandma, Ruth Moriel. A woman of this world and at the same time a mythical creature whose powers transcend that of a mere mortal. Her memory is forever blessed with strings of orange corals and sea foam, araucaria resin smoke, clouds of cinnamon and baked apple vapour, and wrapped in veils of Hawaiian sandalwood and frangipani leis. 

On one of my last visits to my grandmother's home, she gifted me with "The Joy of Cooking". In it I found a recurring word I could not understand, and when looking it up I learned it is the Land of Plenty, a place for gluttons par excellence. I immediately thought it was the perfect name for a perfume tribute to my grandma. I hope that it will bring comfort, solace and a sense of place to anyone in need of either. 

Notes: Ginger, Cinnamon, Cape Chamomile, Petitgrain Absolute, Jasmine, Hawaiian Sandalwood, Atlas Cedar, Sweetgrass, Bushman's Candle, Palo Santo, Vanilla, Araucaria

Fragrance family: Floral-Aldehydic, Ambery-Incense

My first initiation to the world of perfume was through the path incense - a road covered with dust of the ages and redolent of spice caravans and ancient ceremonies and secrets. 
Incense is the most ancient form of perfume, a well-travelled creature that has been covered by the dust of time like a well-worn traveller on the desert routes of spice and medicine.
Yet, distilling the scent of incense is even harder than capturing the flutter of a butterfly's wings and the scent of a delicate flower. Dance of Fire perfume showcases the beauty and depth of ancient resins and allows the scent of wafting, swirling smokes to  caress one's skin.  At its heart are frankincense, nagramotha, lovage and a prehistoric fossilized amber resin from Tibet, lending it an almost realistic smoky veil. 

The new perfume was released into the ether 22.02.2022 

Top notes: Virginia Cedarwood, Sweet Orange

Heart notes: Frankincense, Cistus, Guaicwood, Liquidambar

Base notes: Tibetan Amber, Labdanum, Benzoin, Don Quai, Lovage

Fragrance family:  Ambery-Incense, Smoky

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.

Top notes: Kewda, Cardamom, Rosweood

Heart notes: Jasmine Sambac, Jonquille, Tuberose

Base notes: Mysore Sandalwood, Vanilla, Myrrh

Fragrance Family: Soliflore (Gardenia)

Incense cones, hand-rolled in the traditional Asian style, made from botanicals that were finely ground on location and artfully blended. No saltpetre or charcoal used in these cones. Cones are generally faster burning than a thick joss stick (range of burning time may be from 7-15min, and produce more smoke. They are more convenient to burn while traveling and outdoors, and they stand on their own base, and therefore don't really require special equipment or vessels.  

Burning instruction: Prepare a heat-proof vessel, on a sturdy surface away from flammables and out of reach of children and animals. To prevent scorch marks, it is recommended that you layer some sand, earth or ash on the vessel.  Place the cone and light the tip of it, and allow the flame to extinguish. Because these are handmade cones, each has a different burning times. 

Selection of fragrance changes, depending on mood and season. Incense cones come in a box containing about a dozen cones. Each box contains a dozen cones. 

Chai

Sandalwood

Palo Santo 

Sweetgrass & Tobacco

Four Sages

Varthemia

Ancestral Feast (Copals)

Red Dragonfly (Dragon's Blood Resin) 

Fireflies (Fire Tree Resin)

Palas Atena (Nag Champa style)