Five rare actives, sourced through named partnerships and formulated in Grasse and Aalen. Released in numbered batches, by waitlist. And a beauty boutique where the jars are opened — by appointment, on Stafford Street.
A childhood plant — greater celandine, Chelidonium majus — and its sticky orange sap, which cleared what the doctors couldn't. That early proof, that a plant could carry real chemistry, is the whole method. We do not hold inventory of adjectives. We hold provenance.
Each active has a named origin and a documented partnership: a rainforest cooperative, a Bavarian highland, a perfumer's bench in Grasse, a laboratory in Aalen. We read the literature first, then formulate. The work is the point.
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Where mass beauty invents a proprietary blend, we name the plant, the place, and the people. Rosa damascena hand-picked at first light. A venom-derived peptide read from the pharmacology up. A bark rendered to charcoal by a worker we can name. Specificity is the proof; the rest is whisper.
The research behind the activesEach room fills itself as new batches are released. What you see is what is open now.
Five jars, five rare actives, released in numbered batches.
The pressed, the steeped, the rendered — single-origin botanicals.
The herbarium is in preparation. Join the Honoured List for first word when it opens.
Join the listHuman-hair wigs and extensions, fitted in the salon or shipped.
For the hands, the body, the slow end of the day.
The boudoir is in development. Join the Honoured List for first word.
Join the listWhat the hands of the salon reach for, made available to take home.
The sanctuary is in development. Join the Honoured List for first word.
Join the listThe jars most often named on the waitlist — a place to begin if you are new to the cabinet.
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Hair across every texture, face, body, hands and feet — by appointment, never rushed, Wednesday through Monday, closed Tuesdays. The shop is what the salon's hands reach for; the salon is where the shop's jars are opened.
Open, citable statistics on the science behind botanical beauty. Every chart free to reproduce under CC BY 4.0.
2,500+ cosmetic chemicals restricted in the EU; fewer than 40 in the US.
Read → Study 02 · BiochemistryHow a three-amino-acid toxin became the most-copied molecule in anti-ageing.
Read → Study 04 · Pharmacognosy~65% of small-molecule drugs trace back to natural products.
Read →Numbered batches are small. The list is told first — and reservers receive the patience discount. No noise; a letter only when a jar is released.
We write rarely and never share your address. — with care.
