The only thing we make · in production since March 2022
An anhydrous face oil built on moringa and gingelly, carrying a six-week vallarai infusion. Four drops, pressed onto damp skin. It smells of vetiver first, then sandalwood, then — faintly, if you go looking — neem.
This is the carton, transcribed. The six with a plate beside them are drawn in the ingredient story, with the grower and the district. The last column is what each one is doing — not what we would like you to believe it is doing.
The carrier. Light, nearly odourless, absorbs in about forty seconds.
Cold-pressed nallennai. Heavier than the moringa, and what makes the serum feel like something.
A liquid wax rather than an oil. It is why the blend holds for eighteen months without a preservative.
Made in a factory, from olive residue. It thins the blend so four drops cover a whole face.
Our largest botanical. Steeped into the gingelly oil for six weeks, not solvent-extracted.
Carries the tocopherol. Deodorised, so it brings no smell of its own.
Two per cent is the ceiling. Above it you can smell nothing else.
Keeps the oils from going rancid. This is why there is no BHT in the bottle.
Antioxidant. Works with the rosemary, not instead of it.
Bought, not grown. It rounds off the edge of the neem.
Copper-distilled at Bhavani. The cool, damp smell under everything.
Depot-bought, permit on file. It holds the vetiver in place for hours.
Seven flowers' worth per bottle. It is the colour.
Naturally occurring in the plant distillates and declared as allergens under EU 1223/2009: linalool, limonene, farnesol. Total 0.34%.
Into a dry palm, rubbed for two seconds. Four is the number the dropper is calibrated to — one squeeze to the first ring.
Straight after washing, before the water has gone. Press it in with the flats of your hands. Do not rub it around.
Thirty seconds before sunscreen or anything else. At night it is the last thing that goes on.
Patch test the inside of a forearm for 24 hours before the first full use. This is a cosmetic oil, not a treatment for any skin condition. If you have one, see a dermatologist.
Every carton carries its batch number on the flap. Type it into the box on our orders page and you get the same sheet: who cut the vallarai, which press the moringa came from, and the day it was filled.
A refill is the same 30 ml in a paper-and-foil pouch, ₹1,860 instead of ₹2,480. Pour it into the amber bottle you already have, put the pipette back, and write the new date on the flap.