Ponderosa Pine Hydrosol

Ponderosa pines are fascinating to watch grow.

They sprout close together and share resources as saplings. Soon, the young trees seem to be fighting for resources, but if you watch them year after year, it looks more like one tree captures solar energy for the other – that one tree often seems to sacrifice it’s longevity to feed it’s friend.

Eventually, one of the two young trees will die, giving the other a chance among the rest of of the group, It seems that as some ponderosas get bigger, other ponderosas begin to diminish.

We harvest from the trees that take the nutrients.

The hydrosol that comes from Ponderosa pine can be used a a face cleanser but really, it shines as a way of building a room’s signature scent over time. Used in the atomizer, its clarity and sweetness is welcoming.

We use a lot of ponderosa pine hydrosol in our soaps because it has a faint scent that doesn’t hang around for days.

In the summer, Ponderosa Pine is going to smell headier and more honied. Winter distillations smell like the holidays but with a kind of authenticity that only comes from the woods.