Follow the Year · No.06 · June

Orange & Basil

Midday, held in a jar

June is the loud month, by our standards. The garden runs ahead of itself, the basil pots crowd the kitchen step, and the light barely bothers to leave.

Orange & Basil keeps that brightness: freshly peeled orange and crisp basil, zesty and green, the middle of the day made to last all evening.

Mood

Bright, zesty, full of life

It is the scent of midday sunlight: sharp citrus softened by green herbs, energy and ease in the same breath.

Landscape

The kitchen garden at full tilt

Picture basil and tomatoes on the step, oranges in a bowl by the open door, and the afternoon too bright to stay indoors.

Ritual

The kitchen door propped open all evening

Light it while supper cooks with the door open, and let the citrus meet the evening air halfway.

A Perfectly Fragranced Home, All Year Round.

Orange & Basil is June's chapter in the Embers & Roots year

How It Unfolds

A Fragrance Moves Like an Evening, in Three Slow Acts

Opens with

bitter orange, citrus oils

bright & uplifting

At its heart

basil, orange blossom, green leaf

fresh & aromatic

As it settles

white woods, soft musk, honeyed undertones

warm & grounding

Fragrance family · Fresh · Label · citrus . green leaf . soft musk

Bring June home

Live with Orange & Basil

Poured in small batches in our Yorkshire barn, and made to be enjoyed as candles, diffusers, wax melts, room mists and more.

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