Skin Benefit
Herbaceous and slightly musky. Adds depth to Garden Blossom's scent, never tipping into perfume.
Spiritual Benefit
Used in Mediterranean skin tonics for balance and circulation, and in old herbalists' body oils for the same reasons.
The record
In use for 2,000+ years
Origin
The northern Mediterranean, from Italy through the Balkans.
Harvested
The flowering tops are cut in high summer and distilled for their oil.
Cultural impact
Called clear eye in medieval Europe, where its seeds cleaned debris from eyes and its leaves steadied nerves. Monastery gardens rarely went without it.
Traditional use
Steeped into washes and skin oils for its calming, herbal warmth, and kept close wherever people wanted steadiness.
