HERBARIUM No. XVII Fleurs & Feuillages Fine Facial Essence

PRE-ORDER

This seasonal distillation is currently available as a preorder and is expected to ship early September 2026. Orders containing this essence will ship together at that time. If you would prefer the remaining items in your order to arrive sooner, please contact us to arrange separate shipments.

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The Formula

A field study of the garden, gathered at peak season and captured through copper distillation.

Herbarium No. XVII is a single-origin distillation of twelve herbs, flowers and aromatic leaves gathered together from one abundant garden at the height of its seasonal expression. Rooted in lush, fertile ground where the soil remains cool and damp beneath the foliage and morning dew lingers heavily over leaf and blossom, each plant was gathered in its moment of particular vitality, then carried together through the copper still.

The composition moves between flower and foliage, cultivated herb and wilder growth. Anise hyssop rises above the garden with its green, softly liquorice-like sweetness; apple mint and spearmint lend a cool, crushed-leaf brightness. Blackcurrant leaf brings its unmistakable dark greenness, tart and almost fruit-like, with the peculiar richness of currant bushes warmed by the day. Dill contributes a feathery aromatic sharpness, while sage and northern bayberry lend depth and a more resinous, herbaceous backbone.

Among them bloom the softer notes: chamomile with its hay-like, apple tenderness; blue borage flowers; umbels of yarrow; plumes of goldenrod; and broad sunflower petals gathered at the height of summer. Together they become less a bouquet than an aromatic portrait of the whole garden, green, damp, flowering and intensely alive.

The resulting essence is fresh and herbaceous, opening with cool wild mint and green leaf before revealing the softly anisic character of hyssop, the dark fruit-leaf complexity of blackcurrant and a quiet meadow-like floralcy beneath. It smells not of perfume, but of the garden itself disturbed by hand, stems broken, leaves crushed between the fingers, flowers gathered while still cool from morning.

Copper distillation carries this extraordinary gathering into a fine aromatic water for face and body, leaving behind the weight of the plant material while capturing its delicate volatile character. On the complexion, the mist feels weightless, cooling and softly replenishing, offering a veil of botanical moisture before oils, serums and balms.

Unlike a traditional single-botanical hydrosol, Herbarium is conceived as an ongoing series of distiller’s field studies, each one preserving the character of a particular botanical gathering through water. No. XVII is Fleurs & Feuillages: flowers and foliage, captured together at their seasonal height.

The Ritual

Mist generously over freshly cleansed face, neck and décolletage, allowing the fine droplets to settle before pressing gently into the skin. Follow while the complexion remains softly damp with your chosen facial serum or botanical oil, then finish with a balm when deeper nourishment is desired.

Herbarium No. XVII was also made to move beyond the face. Mist through freshly washed or dry hair for a light veil of aromatic garden water, allowing the mints, hyssop and green leaves to settle softly through the lengths. Sweep over shoulders, arms and décolletage after bathing, or keep nearby throughout the day as a cooling aromatic body mist.

It is especially beautiful used as a layering water within the Tidelands House collection: beneath facial oils to lend slip and moisture; between lighter and richer preparations; or misted over the complexion whenever the skin asks for water rather than oil.

On warm days, use it cool from the refrigerator. In the colder months, let it become something else entirely: a bottled recollection of green leaves, flowering herbs and the garden at its fullest.

It is this that defines the Herbarium series: not simply a catalogue of plants, but a record of place through distillation.

Slowly copper-distilled in a single gathering, Herbarium No. XVII is an aromatic field note for the skin, a fleeting botanical landscape held in water.