Announcements

On February third, my dear friend and perfume mentor Douglas Stewart passed onto fragrant heavens. I have been heart broken and found myself at a loss to do anything much less my aromatic work. Doug’s passing is the end of an incredible era of great perfumery. He was the big secret behind so many who […]

New Valentine’s Day gifts launching within days!

A quick note about Christmas orders: I’m flying up to Canada to see my family this Christmas and teach a distillation class so from December 22nd until December 31st, the apothecary will be open, I’ll be available to answer questions and provide consultations but the orders will not ship until December 31st. My birthday is

Wow! Thank you to all the great aroma lovers who supported the apothecary! I’m a little buried in orders (please allow for a little extra time as I ship as fast as humanly possible) but not to fear, all will receive free mandarin essential oil and hydrosol distilled in the apothecary. Your generous support means

It’s our best darn sale of the year sale! Black Friday Cyber Monday. Get your aromatics at wholesale pricing and receive free mandarin essential oil and hydrosol distilled at my apothecary with every order.  Shop small business Shop local Support artisan work  Shop small carbon footprint

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