The eight Yumori botanicals on dark wet basalt — yomogi, hinoki shavings, mastic resin, helichrysum, black spruce needles, yuzu peel, cistus labdanum, davana

The Apothecary

Plants the wellness world
never reaches for.

One steam room. One blend at a time. Single-origin botanicals, no synthetic carriers, diffused at 115°F and 92% humidity in twelve-minute cycles. The blend turns with the lunar week, so the room is never the same twice.

115°F
Steam temperature
92%
Humidity
12 min
Cycle length
8
Botanicals
The Eight

Eight single-origin plants.

Week 1
Yomogi
Artemisia princeps
Mugwort · Hokkaidō, JP
circulation · ancient blood-mover · faint cola-bitter steam
Year-round
Hinoki
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Cypress · Kiso Valley, JP
forest sedative · α-pinene · the oldest temple wood
Week 2
Mastic
Pistacia lentiscus
Resin · Chios, GR
tears of the tree · clears the chest · resin-pine
Week 3
Helichrysum
Helichrysum italicum
Immortelle · Corsica, FR
mended skin · sun-curry-honey · the field after fire
Week 4
Black Spruce
Picea mariana
Conifer · Saguenay, QC
adrenal lift · resin-cold air · deep boreal
Rotates
Davana
Artemisia pallens
Artemisia · Mysore, IN
wine-apricot · mood lifter · changes on the skin
Rotates
Cistus
Cistus ladanifer
Labdanum · Andalucía, ES
sacred amber resin · the smoke older than churches
Solstice
Yuzu
Citrus junos
Citrus peel · Kōchi, JP
cold-mountain citron · brightens the steam · circulation

The lunar rotation.

Calendar
Week 1
Yomogi
Artemisia princeps
Hokkaidō, JP
Year-round
Hinoki
Chamaecyparis obtusa
Kiso Valley, JP
Week 2
Mastic
Pistacia lentiscus
Chios, GR
Week 3
Helichrysum
Helichrysum italicum
Corsica, FR
Week 4
Black Spruce
Picea mariana
Saguenay, QC
Rotates
Davana
Artemisia pallens
Mysore, IN
Rotates
Cistus
Cistus ladanifer
Andalucía, ES
Solstice
Yuzu
Citrus junos
Kōchi, JP
A small bronze diffusion vessel on a black stone plinth at Yumori, a column of warm steam rising lit from below, a sprig of yomogi resting across the rim
THE DIFFUSION · 115°F
Tonight’s Steam

Yomogi · Hinoki · a thread of yuzu peel.

A new blend turns with the lunar week, and again at the solstices. The room is never the same room twice.