$60.00
This Virtual Scent-Trip is an Incense & Tea Ceremony that is inspired by Jules Verne's novel and the ongoing travel restrictions: an evening around the world through scent and aroma. We'll follow Phileas Fogg's route with his French butler Passepartout - enjoying French lavender, sipping English tea, exploring Calabrian Etrog, and exotic incense and perfumes such as Egyptian Kyphi, Ethiopean myrrh, Indian Attars and Nag Champa incense, Sandalwood incense from the Buddhist shrines of Hong Kong, rare aromas from the Japanese ceremonial bath and incense games, and we'll complete our round trip with North America's botanical treasures - Western Redcedar, White Sage, Tobacco and Sweetgrass, before returning to London for more tea and hot scones with jam.
Can be scheduled in person at a date and time that is convenient for you and up to 8 other discerning souls; or online via Zoom for up to 20 people, with an accompanying kit of all the incenses, teas and perfumes to experience that you will receive in the mail in advance when joining remotely, and a winning recipe for scones (the kit is included in the pricing).
P.s. This unique scent-trip is in loving memory of Ruth Moriel, who has circumvented the world more than once in her first 88 years of life. She lived on for another nine years traveling to shorter distances, not any less enjoyable and adventurous. She has survived WWII, escaped the Holocaust and countless wars and battles in her life, until she crossed over to the other realm peacefully in her sleep during the first COVID-19 lock-down in April 2020. Ruth will be forever remembered, loved and missed by her daughters, grandchildren and great-grand-children, and many other family members and friends for whom she has always been a source of inspiration and support.
$18.00
Espionage is an innovative, daring yet subtle perfume. Combined of rare woods and flowers, and a hint of cured leather notes… Espionage seamlessly blends with your natural fragrance, and creates an impression though none could tell it is there. It’s a rare balance between natural freshness and sensual beauty.
Top notes: Cedarwood, Bergamot, Leather notes
Heart notes: Rose Otto, Jasmine, Orris
Base notes: Musk notes, Vanilla, Tobacco
Fragrance Families: Woody, Ambery, Leather/Tobacco
$39.00
Botanical incense pastilles designed for each one of the seven ancient planets.
This series of these resin-based, monastery-style incense pastilles is the result of close to 20 years of researching the botanical symbolism and alchemical traditions of each planet, and creating the best depiction of these planetary energies.
MARS
The red planet is often misunderstood: it has a reputation of war and destruction; yet it is in fact a planet of great healing powers. Destruction is often necessary for renewal to take place. Mars is also responsible for keeping our boundaries and therefore promotes assertiveness and gives protection.
Blend of the exotic and potent Dragon's Blood, rose geranium, cloves, tobacco, benzoin and costus root.
Burn on Tuesdays or whenever you feel vulnerable and need some extra courage.
$12.00
Rebellius has an extreme individuality, full of contradictions and surprises: inviting you in with the pungent and fresh notes of juniper berries, lime and lavender, Rebellius pulls you into a luscious current of tropical fruity notes of Red Champaca blossoms from India, and green, balsamic sweetness of Rhododendron from the Himalayas, and do not fade before leading you to the final, most mysterious part of the adventure: A chocolate-like accord of tobacco and vanilla, deeply infused with the daring musk notes of cumin seeds.
Top notes: Juniper, Cumin, Lime, Petitgrain Combrava
Heart notes: Champaca, Zantoxylum, Rhododendron
Base notes: Tabac Blond, Vetiver, Vanilla
Families: Chypre, Tobacco, Spicy
$12.00
Sabotage is a parody on classic masculine scents. The masculine scent of Tonka flavoured Blond Tabac underlines the clean, fresh aromas of citrus leaves and clean, woody Vetiver notes. Sabotage is at the same time stable and grounded, yet unmistakably unique.
Refined, clean tobacco scent with orange blossom, tonka bean, Haitian vetiver and lemon.
Top notes: Green Peppercorn, Bergamot, Lemon
Heart notes: Orange Flower Water Absolute, Allspice (Pimento Berry), Lemon Leaf
Base notes: Tabac Blond, Tonka Bean, Haitian Vetiver
Fragrance Families: Citrus Green, Leather/Tobacco, Woody
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Sweetgrass & Tobacco Incense cones are a powerful herbal medicine, inspired by the Indigenous People's smudging ceremony. Tobacco is a protective plant that connects us to our ancestor's spirit; and sweetgrass, believed to be the hair of Mother Earth, invites sweetness and goodness into our space.
Here I used wildcrafted sweetgrass from Canada, and tobaco grown in my teacher's garden to create a potent smudging cones for both protection and sweetness. Together I feel they create a very balanced and balancing energy.
These are hand-rolled in the traditional technique, made from finely ground sweetgrass and tobacco leaves, and bound with natural gums or wood bark. No saltpetre or charcoal used in these cones.
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.
$96.00
Fresh, spicy and musky, this fragrance is truly representing the spirit of the sign of Aries: the first-born of the zodiac, daring, brave and passionate. It is the essence of Spring, the beginning of life and vitality. May this perfume enhance the courage to fulfill all your ambitions!
Top notes: Blood Orange, Lime, Black Pepper
Heart notes: Rose Geranium, Cinnamon, Zantoxylum
Base notes: Tobacco, Opoponax, Balsams, Cloves, Vetiver
Fragrance Family: Animalic, Opulent Spicy
$49.00
Turtle Island Kyphi is a contemporary interpretation of Ancient Egyptian Kyphi recipes, using wildly foraged botanicals and resins from across Canada. Healing plants and vibrant vegetation and unusual botanicals were used: spruce pitch, balsam poplar buds, Western Redcedar, fir and spruce needle tips, sagebrush, white sage, sweetgrass and sacred tobacco. The result is a forest kyphi that has the life-giving energy of the seven directions and is meant to heal and connect us and the Earth.
The majority of the ingredients were foraged by myself and friends in Golden Ears park in British Columbia, as well as in Ontario and Quebec. Each raw material was ground separately, then they are all compounded together in a mixture of raisins soaked in organic white wine and wild honey. This not only binds together the ingredients but also creates an alchemical process that truly transforms the aroma of the incense and creates a heavenly smoke when burnt on a charcoal. It can also be used by placing on an aromatherapy diffuser (place on a piece of aluminum foil to prevent it from sticking to your diffuser).