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wit suikerbossie
protea repens

called as suikerbossie, 'sugarbush', because the flowers are filled with a sweet sugary nectar. in times past the locals used to make a syrup from the collected nectar, called "bossiestroop" - directly translated as 'bush syrup'. this bossiestroop had an important place in medicine cabinets in the 19th century.

the sugarbush protea comes in many different colours, ranging from cream to tinted with pink and fully hot pink. a truly special Fynbos treasure.
the beloved vibrant little "suikerbekkie", sunbird, love to pollinate these suikerbossies.

"I think one of the most fascinating things about perfumes is how they change with each person’s skin chemistry. I’ve always thought of them as verbs, not nouns. Truth, I’ve found, is much the same."

-The Scent Keeper, Erica Bauermeister

shea botter // butter

a glorious and integral component of our nourishing skin butter and Beard & Body Balm.

silky, gentle, super moisturising and calming - shea butter is excellent for eczema, and dry, sensitive, itchy and irritated skin.

our shea butter is sourced from Ghana, produced by a co-operative of rural women. it is of the utmost quality - being A grade, organic, unrefined and fair trade.

shea butter is made from the nuts of the shea tree. the nuts are washed, crushed, roasted and then milled. this shea paste gets kneaded and the butter separated; the butter is then cooked, filtered and continually stirred whilst cooling down to obtain a luxurious creamy texture.

known as "women's gold", it is culturally a revered product and is mostly made by women. for many rural women in the shea area, the making of shea butter is their livelihood.

shea trees grow wild across the "shea belt", in the savannah regions of West and Central Africa.

the use of shea butter and trade thereof dates back to the 14th century - and 5 centuries later, we are still loving it.

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nourishing skin butter

our flagship skin butter,
with the scent of Fynbos veld.

nourishes, moisturises and protects your skin.
-excellent for dry and sensitive skin (a lot of my customers use it for eczema).

the all-rounder: apply on your face, hands, lips, all over body.

contains: shea butter, beeswax, olive oil, coconut oil, and essential oils of buchu, cape chamomile, rose geranium and lavender.
-organic, raw and unrefined.

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your new everyday-everywhere companion :

5g skin butter ✨

This snug little skin butter is the perfect partner for your handbag or backpack. Super handy to apply on your lips, hands or on scrapes and dry skin on the go.

They make for excellent favours for your special event too!

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P.S. if you are interested in stocking our products, pop me a message at [email protected] or 0799925085 x

''Perfumers are chemists no more than is the painter who manipulates chemical colors. In itself, composing a perfume has nothing to do with chemistry. The Compositeur must not let himself be influenced by systematic thoughts. Only by considering each odour by itself and in its rapport with the other odours, without any preconceived idea, will he make the best use of it." - Edmond Roudnitska

This is one of my favourite perfumery quotes. To be a good perfumer is to intimately know your materials and how they behave, and yet to have a completely open mind everytime you sit down at the blending table.

composing a perfume, for me, starts with an idea. a scene, a particular scent, an idea serves as inspiration, takes root and grows into a more developed theme.

next, materials that I think will achieve what I'm hoping to create are dipped onto scent strips.

they are smelled separately and together to see if this is the direction I'm wanting to go in. a lot get tossed aside; those that fit the brief are held at different lengths to adjust the balance. this serves as a starting point to decide amounts when blending.

smell, evaluate, smell and smell some more.

perfumery is an abstract art. I love it.