Stop 01 — Provence, France
The Lavender Fields
All aboard. Today we travel to the lavender fields.
The first stop on the line. Heat off the tarmac, shutters closed against the afternoon, and rows of lavender running away from the track in long violet lines. Nothing hurries here.
Why this stop exists
“When I was small, every summer my family travelled for hours to see these fields. I remember the silence, the violet stretching to the horizon, and the scent that came in through the train window. Today that memory lives in this collection.”
Raquel Misis, founder
What not to miss
4 places on this stop
- 01Plateau de ValensoleThe widest fields on the line. Best an hour before sunset.
- 02SaultA hill village above late-blooming lavender and wild thyme.
- 03Abbaye de SénanqueStone, silence, and rows planted right up to the walls.
- 04Simiane-la-RotondeDistilleries in the valley; the whole village smells of the harvest.
Chapter One
The line narrows
The turning is easy to miss. Verges of wild thyme, a hand-painted sign, and then the fields arrive all at once — violet to the horizon, moving in slow bands when the wind crosses them.
Chapter Two
A village at rest
Stone houses the colour of dried bread. A fountain running for no one. Someone's shutters half-closed, someone's washing still on the line. The fragrance here is quieter, cut with warm stone and dust.
Chapter Three
Close to the ground
Kneel and the scent changes again — greener, more herbal, faintly sweet where the bees have been working. This is the part we wanted to keep: not the postcard, but the field at eye level.
From place to fragrance
How this destination became a scent
Lavender in a field never smells like lavender in a bottle. Up close it is greener and drier — cut herbs, warm stone, dust on the leaves — so the fragrance is built around that heat rather than around the flower alone.
Late afternoon, windows down, the fields still holding the day's heat.
Scent notes
- Lavender
- Aromatic herbs
- Dry grass
- Soft vanilla
- Warm wood
From this stop
Take the journey home
The collection is being photographed. Pieces return to the shop shortly — in the meantime, join a workshop and make your own.
Continue the journey
Next stop: Asturias. Green hills, wet grass and the sea behind them.
