Pl. I Xcynara Herbarium
Sea Buckthorn
Hippophaë rhamnoides
Wild coastal stands, Baltic shore
Berries pressed within hours of gathering — bright with omega-7, for skin and resilience.
xcynara
Grown slowly. Gathered quietly.
Small-batch herbal wellness from wild and garden botanicals, blended in batches you can count.
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Batch No. 07 · 180 bottles · November
Our Philosophy
We make few things, and we make them slowly.
Xcynara began as a shelf of jars in a gardener’s kitchen. It stays small on purpose: herbs gathered at their hour, drawn over weeks rather than hours, blended by hand and numbered when they are done.
No hurry, no noise — only plants, patience, and the quiet arithmetic of a batch you can count.
Gather
At the plant’s hour, not ours
Draw
Weeks, not hours, in the jar
Blend
By hand, then numbered
As seen in —
ATELIER CACTUSCEREALMATTERHARVEST & HEARTHSTILL
The first six.
A small shelf on purpose — each batch numbered, each formula given time.
Tincture
$42
Deep Root Elixir
Ashwagandha drawn slow over weeks. For steadiness when the season asks too much.
View product No. 04
Botanical Skincare
$58
Sea Buckthorn Recovery Oil
Cold-pressed berries for skin that has weathered weather.
View product No. 05
Calendula Salve
$38
Understory Balm
Calendula and comfrey, infused into sunflower beeswax.
View product No. 06
Drink Blend
$36
Chaga & Cacao
Wild chaga meets single-origin cacao. Grounding, unhurried.
View productSourced Wild
Know the plant before you steep it.
Three of the botanicals behind this season’s batches — pressed here, potent there.
Why Xcynara
Quiet by principle, exacting by habit.
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Small batch, by hand
Every run is numbered and logged. When it's gone, it's gone.
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Nothing to hide behind
No fillers, no flow agents, no fragrance. The plant list is the whole story.
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Gathered with care
Wild stands are harvested to regenerate — never stripped, never rushed.
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Kind, quietly
Cruelty-free always, tested on friends and family instead.
Batch No. 01 — 240 bottles, each signed off by the same two hands.
Small-Batch No.
180–260 units, logged
Cruelty-Free
Never tested on animals
Wild-Harvested
Regenerative · seasonal
Formulated to COSMOS Natural standard · certifications pending
The Deep Root Elixir found me in a hard autumn. Three months on, I notice its absence more than its taste.
Marguerite L.
Herbalist · Lyon
“It's rare that something this considered also does exactly what it says. Vesper has ended my evenings for a year now.”
Tomas R.
Architect · Copenhagen
“You can tell the sea buckthorn oil was pressed by someone who cared when it was still berries.”
June O.
Ceramicist · Portland
Field Notes
Field Notes · May
Late-cut nettle
Why we wait for the second flush, and what shade-drying keeps that the barn would lose.
Read →From the jars
Why we draw for weeks
A tincture is not a tea. Time is the solvent no shortcut replaces.
Read →The Grove · November
The grove in November
Batch No. 07 is resting. The chaga is still out there, under snow.
Read →Questions, plainly.
Are your batches really that small?
Yes. 180–260 units, logged by hand. When a batch is gone, the next is drawn from what the season gives — not from a warehouse.
What do you mean by “no fillers”?
The ingredient list is the whole story. No flow agents, no fragrance, no maltodextrin. If it’s not the plant, oil, or wax, it’s not in the jar.
Can I take tinctures while pregnant?
Ask your clinician first. We list every constituent and its traditional use, but we don’t diagnose or prescribe.
How do subscriptions work?
Reserve a batch, not a schedule. You’ll be offered the next draw before it opens to the shop. Skip or cancel anytime — no dark patterns.
Where do you ship?
Within the EU and US for now. Wild-harvested botanicals have paperwork; we’re expanding as permits allow.
Join the grove.
Batch openings, gathering notes, and what the plants are doing — sent when there is something worth saying.