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A pale gold splash of citrus, lavender and clove after a nineteenth-century toilet-water formula, patted on the neck or poured into wash water, as Caribbean and Latin American hous

$17.00

Mysore-style masala incense, hand-rolled in South India around thin bamboo cores: a dry sweetness between cedar and warm milk unlit, opening into rounder, creamier sandalwood smoke

$12.00

True Siam benzoin, Styrax tonkinensis, in amber-brown lumps and tears that smell of vanilla and almond even in the jar: the old apothecary's gum benjamin, for charcoal or a pan of

$14.50

A raw chunk of pale blue aquamarine from the pegmatite fields of Minas Gerais, Brazil, still showing the hexagonal faces of its beryl crystal: the sailor's stone of folklore.

$19.50

A tumbled rainbow moonstone from Rajasthan, milky and faintly gray, with a blue flash that travels under the surface as it turns in your hand, a companion for moonlit nights.

$14.50

Tumbled sodalite from near Bahia, Brazil, royal blue veined with white calcite and worn smooth under the thumb: the thinker's stone of old custom, kept on the desks of scholars and

$10.50

A single smoky quartz point from Brazil, untreated, shading from clear at the tip to root-beer brown at the base, with threads of rutile inside: an old anchor stone for restless da

$24.00

Valerian root and whole hop cones, earthy and bitter, an old evening pairing steeped long and hot in the last half hour before bed.

$22.00

Food-grade English lavender buds from a single farm in Provence, dried on screens: a floral, faintly camphorous, caffeine-free cup that steeps to a pale straw-violet for the last h

$15.50

Krishna tulsi, the purple-leafed holy basil of northern India, hand-harvested and shade-dried: a caffeine-free cup of warm amber with a clove-and-mint, peppery-sweet scent.

$14.50

Bacopa monnieri, the brahmi of Ayurvedic tradition, hand-cut, shade-dried and milled into simple capsules: one each morning with breakfast.

$19.50

Shatavari, the tuberous root of Asparagus racemosus, grown in Madhya Pradesh, shade-dried and milled to a pale ivory powder: a rasayana of Ayurvedic tradition, stirred into warm mi

$21.50

Motherwort tincture, dark olive-brown and boldly bitter, made from aerial parts cut at first bloom along half-wild fence lines and field edges.

$27.00

A tincture of fresh flowering skullcap, Scutellaria lateriflora, deep amber-green and faintly grassy: a plain roadside herb that nineteenth-century American herbalists held in high

$23.50

Fresh lemon balm leaf, picked and macerated the same day in cane alcohol, so the tincture keeps the bright citrus snap of a leaf crushed between two fingers.

$18.00

Passionflower leaf, stem and flower, extracted 1:4 in 40% grain alcohol: a deep olive-brown tincture, faintly grassy, for a quiet evening ritual.

$21.50

A palm-sized heart of Madagascar rose quartz, cloudy blush pink and hand-polished soap-smooth, continuing the old tradition of small carved tokens exchanged between lovers and fami

$16.00

A one-of-one amethyst cathedral geode from Rio Grande do Sul, sawn and polished to reveal a violet cavern of crystal points, standing on its own base: the piece pictured is the pie

$89.00

Whole Egyptian chamomile flowers, French lavender buds and a scatter of lemon balm leaf, opening slowly in the pot: a caffeine-free evening cup with centuries of bedtimes behind it

$13.00

Holy basil from the household gardens of Uttar Pradesh, the whole leaf concentrated 10:1 into small vegan capsules, faintly clove-scented: a daily habit borrowed from a much older

$20.00

Chamomile flowers and lemon balm leaf, two old cottage-garden herbs, in one warm amber-gold tincture that smells of apple and citrus, stirred into warm water after supper.

$15.50

Ashwagandha root from the sandy soils of Rajasthan, slowly macerated into a bitter, earthy tincture for a daily ritual.

$18.00