What are Lavender Buds?

Lavender buds are the dried flowering tops of Lavandula angustifolia. After harvest, the buds are gently dried to preserve color, fragrance and active compounds.

The scent is classic lavender: floral, fresh-herbal and lightly sweet, with a hint of woody notes. On the skin it feels like calm: fresh and a moment of zen during your shower or bath.

Use the buds for DIY: make a scent sachet, bath salt or an oil macerate as a base for a gentle facial oil or body oil.

What are the benefits of Lavender Buds?

A calm moment
The scent contains linalool and linalyl acetate, the same compounds found in lavender oil. A pinch in the bath or steam bath brings calm after a busy day.

Soothes sensitive skin
A lukewarm infusion as a compress or facial steam helps soothe the skin. The mild fragrance and plant compounds make the skin feel less tight.

Fresh without tightness
Warm steam with lavender buds loosens pores and removes surface dirt. The skin feels fresh, not tight.

A fine base for your own oil
Buds infused in oil release fragrance and antioxidants into the oil. This creates a gentle facial or body oil that absorbs pleasantly.

Fragrance in your home
In a linen sachet or potpourri, the buds keep your wardrobe and bedroom fresh. Rubbing them between your fingers wakes up the scent again.

Gentle in bath and scrub
Mixed into bath salt or sugar scrub, the buds add color and subtle fragrance, and feel soft on the skin.

How to use Lavender Buds?

Facial steam: 1 tablespoon of buds per 250 ml hot water. Steam for 5-10 minutes at arm's length. Perfect as a fresh start or end to your day.

Compress or toner infusion: 1 tablespoon per 200 ml hot water, steep for 10-15 minutes and cool. Use as a compress or simple toner within 2-3 days, or preserve according to your recipe.

Bath: 1-2 tablespoons in a reusable tea sachet or muslin. Hang in the stream of warm bath water to avoid loose leaves in the drain.

DIY bath salt or scrub: 1 teaspoon finely chopped buds per 100 g salt or scrub. Mix at the end, dry and store cool.

Oil macerate: 1 part buds to 5-10 parts plant oil. Let infuse for 2-4 weeks at room temperature, or 1-3 hours in a bain-marie on low heat (max. 40-50°C), then strain. Use this macerate as 10-100% of the oil phase in your recipe, add in the fat phase.

Scent sachet: fill a linen sachet and knead briefly before use to release the fragrance. Place in a drawer, wardrobe or under your pillow.

Tip with essential oil: if you use lavender essential oil, dose at maximum 1% and never apply undiluted to the skin.

What makes Lavender Buds so special?

The fragrance is held in microscopically small glands on the flower calyx. Bruising or warming them opens those glands and immediately releases a full lavender scent, so just a small amount of buds smells long and strong.