THE SERUM — Spices & Sandalwood
Four actives. Thirty-seven ingredients in all.
A serum, not a heavy oil. This lightweight, fast-absorbing formula delivers intense hydration without sitting on the skin — jojoba and rosehip oils working to improve texture and elasticity, while hyaluronic acid and sodium PCA pull moisture in and keep it there.
Warm spice and sandalwood settle into skin as it absorbs, close and grounded. It reads as warmth rather than perfume, and it stays where you put it.
What it does
- Lightweight, fast-absorbing hydration
- Improves skin texture and elasticity
- Hyaluronic acid and sodium PCA hold moisture in
- Warm spice and sandalwood scent, close to the skin
What is in it
- Hyaluronic acid
Humectant; pulls water into the upper layers and holds it there, so skin reads plump rather than merely damp. Used here at multiple molecular weights so it works at more than one depth.
- Sodium PCA
Part of skin's own natural moisturising factor. Replaces what washing takes out, and keeps the hydration from evaporating off again.
- Jojoba oil
Technically a wax ester, and close enough to skin's own sebum that it absorbs instead of sitting on top. Conditions without the grease.
- Rosehip oil
Cold-pressed, high in linoleic acid. Works on texture and elasticity over weeks, not overnight.
- Betaine
Sugar-beet humectant. Draws in moisture and takes the edge off surfactants, which is why a wash built on it rinses without that tight, squeaky finish.
- Sunflower seed oil (organic)
Sunflower seed oil (organic) + tocopherol (vitamin E) — replenishes what the scrub removes; leaves skin conditioned, not stripped
- Ascorbyl palmitate (vitamin C)
The oil-soluble, more stable form of vitamin C — brightening and antioxidant, without the instability that keeps the pure acid form in dark bottles.
- Tocopherol (vitamin E)
Vitamin E. Protects the oils in the bottle as much as the skin they go on.
- Watercress extract
Organic. Mineral-dense botanical support in the water phase.
- Ginkgo biloba leaf extract
At 1%. Antioxidant and circulatory support, sitting under the peptides.
How to use
Apply to clean, damp skin. Massage in until fully absorbed. Daily, or as needed for dry or dehydrated areas. Layers over THE WASH and under any body cream.
Same serum as its leather sibling, different mood. This is the one for people who think of scent as warmth rather than statement. Put it on damp skin straight out of the shower and it does the quiet work while you get dressed.
