Ingredient

Saffron Infusion

Crocus Sativus

We make our own infusion by steeping saffron in boiled water. It naturally colours and perfumes our products and is a luxurious way to give hair some golden tones!

The reddish-yellow wisps of saffron are actually the inner stigmas of a purple autumn-blooming crocus.  Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice. It takes 150-170 handpicked flowers to get just one gram. The stigmas are painstakingly harvested for only two weeks per year. Luckily, it only takes a small amount of saffron to add colour and flavour to food.

Mentioned in the Bible, and referred to in many historic texts, saffron has been in use since ancient times. The Chinese materia medica (Pun tsaou, 1552–78) and other old medical texts mention saffron. In ancient India, the yellow fabric associated with Buddhists was made from a saffron dye. Saffron yellow has been the royal colour in many cultures. It was also used as a perfume in Roman times and was popular in baths.