Reclaim what is living.

for those who know the truth in plants

artisan animist soap, skincare & scent
formed & formulated by herbalists

Cold Process Soaps

Your skin knows the difference. Every bar is cold process, small batch, every ingredient chosen for what it does, not what it costs. No synthetic fragrance. No fillers. Nothing your body has to work against. Just the Earth, doing what it has always done, taking care of us.

Extraordinary Bars

PALM FREE · SMALL BATCH · ETHICALLY SOURCED · BIODEGRADABLE · CRUELTY-FREE

QUINTESSENCE

A candle formed from nature, an unforgettable ineffable scent.

Most candles fill a room with something synthetic, an imitation of a living thing. Quintessence is the essence of that which we cannot see. Composed entirely from pure botanicals, it carries a fragrance that lives at the threshold between forest and flame. Light it and sense the shift, the unnamed beauty of life.

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Illuminare Purifying Cleansing Oil - TU·ET·AL

BOTANICAL SKINCARE

Your skin is not broken. It has just been interrupted. Our skincare works with your skin's own intelligence, not against it. Botanicals, hydrosols, oils. Nothing synthetic, nothing borrowed from a lab. Formulated to restore what modern life strips away.

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STEP ONE

Apply oil cleanser in upward circular motion on dry skin

Illuminare Oil Cleanser

STEP TWO

Rinse with water and pat dry with natural fiber towel

STEP THREE

Mist toner over face and décolletage, lightly press into skin

Equilibrium Toner

STEP FOUR

Gently press a few drops of oil into skin

Aeternum Face Oil

STEP FIVE

Seal in cleansing ritual by gently massaging tallow balm into skin

Taurus Tallow Balm

AS ABOVE, SO BELOW · AS WITHIN, SO WITHOUT

Meet the makers

Rooted in the redwoods and woodlands of their youth, Matthew and Natalie Kanbergs have cultivated a life devoted to reverence, plant wisdom, and alchemical craft. From their workshop in the Catskills, they offer creations that invite a return to the healing intelligence of the earth.

Our Ethos