‘Horn-shaped’, from the Sanskrit ‘singabera’. It is highly valued for its many culinary, medicinal and fragrant properties.

Slash-and-burn agriculture is an ancient practice that has accompanied humanity throughout its history. In antiquity, people would burn wood chips and resins to honour their Gods.

A beautiful, aromatic, leafy shrub that grows wild in the dry limestone hills of the Mediterranean basin, rosemary has been known since antiquity.

Famous for its density and hardness, ebony is the name given to the heartwood produced by trees of the Ebenaceae family. 

Discover Carrière Frères latest sustainable innovation: a groundbreaking refill for scented candles. Native to the eastern U.S., the acacia can live for over 300 years. This ancestral tree unveils a green coolness coupled with floral aspects.

Its name comes from the Arabic ‘yâsamîn’, itself borrowed from Persian. The sweet-smelling flower grows on an Indian shrub of the Oleaceae family.

The fruit comes in all colours - green, yellow, red and even black! Known since ancient times, it is called ‘pirum’ in Latin.

Its name comes from the Arabic ‘anbar’. Amber – fossilised conifer resin – comes in all shades from yellow to orange to dark brown.

The phrase mira bella is Italian for ‘beautiful to behold’. The mirabelle plum is yellow in colour and sometimes has a thin waxy coating.

Melons have been used to quench our thirst since the beginning of time. The melon is naturally full of water and sugar.

A symbol of immortality, its leaves remain green all year round. It was the symbol of Apollo in ancient times.

An intense and exhilarating fragrance of great sensuality. Originally from Mexico, tuberose appeared in Europe from the year 1600.