Why we hand-distill our lavender

We grow our lavender on a small plot in Provence, harvest it by hand each July, and steam-distill it in a copper still in our studio.

Commercial lavender oil is usually distilled at high pressure and heat to maximise yield. Ours is distilled low and slow — seven hours per batch — for an oil that smells less like a perfume counter and more like the field at dusk.

Every Moonlight Oil and Violet Bloom Serum carries a few drops of this batch.