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| blue flowered alkanna tinctoria with precious red roots |
Chamomile is an annual herbaceous plant native to Europe and Western Asia, belonging to the Asteraceae family. It thrives in neutral, well-drained soils and requires abundant sunlight in order to develop its characteristic aromatic flowers. Today, it is cultivated worldwide and remains one of the most widely used medicinal and cosmetic plants.
Calendula (Calendula officinalis), commonly known as pot marigold, is an annual flowering plant widely cultivated across Europe and the Mediterranean region. Although today it grows naturally in many temperate climates, its historical roots trace back to North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean, where it was valued for both ornamental and medicinal purposes.
St. John’s wort oil is definitely the second category.
Rosemary is an evergreen aromatic shrub, native to Europe and the Mediterranean basin. It thrives in dry, rocky soils and coastal or mountainous regions, often growing wild with remarkable resilience. Despite being occasionally described as rare in nature, rosemary can still be found abundantly in many Mediterranean landscapes, where it adapts effortlessly to harsh environmental conditions.
Orange has always carried something luminous. In Greek mythology, the golden fruits of the Garden of the Hesperides were symbols of immortality and divine beauty. These legendary “golden apples” were a wedding gift from Gaia to Hera and were guarded by the nymphs and the dragon Ladon. When Heracles completed his eleventh labour and took the sacred fruits, they were eventually returned to the gods, as their beauty and power were never meant to belong to humans.