Ponderosa Pine Hydrosol

Ponderosa pines are fascinating to watch grow.

They sprout close together and share resources as saplings. Soon, the young trees grow differently. One will be robust while another leans limp next to it. If you watch them grow year after year, it looks more like that one tree is essential in extending the root system for the other – that one tree seems to sacrifice its longevity to feed its friend.

Eventually, the weaker of the two trees will die, giving the other a stronger chance among the rest of the grouping.

The hydrosol that comes from Ponderosa pine is harvested from established trees or needle clusters harvested for us by squirrels. We can’t bring ourselves to cut branches of trees that need every resource they can get.

Ponderosa Pine shines as a way of building a room’s signature scent over time. Spray it on your clothes. Used in an essential oil atomizer, its clarity and sweetness are welcoming.

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

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