Over the last week and a half, I have begun to feel the brunt of tariffs. There are many products I make for the apothecary plus I also work with many fellow small producers but all of these wonderful oils and extractions arrive to your door in something. Yes, the containers have become the problem.

We had a disruption with our boronia shipment from Australia. Parts of the country and in particular the area where our producer grows and extract the flower had a very bad cyclone. thankfully, our producer has let me know that they are safe and didn’t suffer too much damage to the farm. However, between this

I had my first successful distillation for our Substack channel, Essential Oil Apothecary Lab on February 14th no less. An exquisite distillation of hand roasted cacao beans I brought back from a sourcing trip in Oaxaca and red roses I harvested locally due to our spring like winter weather. Subscribe for free to get the

The month of love goes hand in hand with luscious oils, particularly cacao and vanilla and all things pheromone inducing. I’ll be distilling hand roasted cacao beans and wild harvested red roses just in time for a valentine’s post on our new substack channel. Subscribe for free updates or receive a free sample with a

Big announcement aromatic family! I have joined Substack and created an exciting new space I call EOA Lab. Sign up for free to see what I’m up to and how you can have a chance to be part of the aromatic exchange economy I’m building. https://open.substack.com/pub/eoalab

Happy holidays!🎄Shipping has resumed and basil, cassie and geranium concretes have arrived and are restocked in both of our shops. I’m delighted to be here on our fourth Christmas since relocating our apothecary to California from Canada. Our aromatic family has shown the love and support I never expected and I intern have given out