I’ve done an obsessive amount of work in the last six months distilling the weird, extracting the never before and sourcing the oddest aromatics I can find in California. This obsession is fueled by my bigger obsession which is to serve our skilled perfumers and all around creative DIY artisans by offering only the very […]

I’m back from Canada 🇨🇦 with a van full of maple syrup, a dozen hydrosols I distilled on the road (fireweed, rosehips and others) and a head full of ideas for this fall’s distilllation and natural perfumery classes. I ran into a couple of tough problems while on my way back home: one required emergency

We will have delayed shipping from July 30th to August 22nd as I’m headed back to Vancouver Island to see my family next week. I will be initially be in the Comox/Courtney area and will be teaching distillation and natural perfumery classes. We already have our first class fully booked but I will be available

Aromatic family, it’s a tough time of year on many levels. Many aromatics are not available until the new season begins and order deliveries have become a circus. This is the aftermath of a three year shut down in the world. Please have a kind heart and some patience with all of it … and

I’m writing a book! In order to focus on it, we will soft close our shop and website from February 17 to March 6/23. All orders from February 17 until we reopen will ship March 6/2023. I’ve been trying to write my book for sometime but have found it impossible to perform daily tasks needed

💖It’s Our Valentine’s Weekend Sale💖. Fall in love with a new aromatic you’ve always wanted to try here at our apothecary. 15% off storewide until February 15. Happy Valentine’s Day from Snoopy, Oudy and the gang here at Essential Oil Apothecary. ***Please note: this time of year before new growing seasons begin can be a

I recall the first time I laid eyes on this calamari of the fruit world. Buddha’s Hand intrigued me. I had never seen it in Canada and had no idea what to do with it when I bought one lonely withered one once I was planted in California. It didn’t smell much like citrus and

Jonquil flowers, symbolic of good luck, their arrival recorded in 1750. As Greek mythology goes, Pluto – god of the underworld kidnapped Proserpina, goddess of the underworld while she was gathering lilies. Shocked and afraid, she dropped lilies which quickly turned to jonquil flowers. Perhaps Proserpina had been under the olive tree where I found

Today is Chinese New Year. Farewell Tiger and welcome Rabbit. Thank you for the upcoming year of grace, beauty, mercy and good luck. I’m looking forward to it. I thought I’d start off the new lunar year with a distillation of green tea. Although this green tea is from overseas, all future distillations will be