The Notebook

As creators and purveyors of beautiful botanical fragrances, we always make sure our home smells like absolute heaven throughout December.

A time to go all out and lean into the most rich and indulgent of fragrances, here’s what we do to make our home smell like an opulent festive haven. 

Top tip: if you have essential oils on-hand, add a few drops of frankincense oil to deepen the scent even further. You can put the fruit and spices in the fridge at the end of the day and re-use the next day (or until you no longer feel they’re giving off much scent).

100 Acres

Luxury Hand Gift Set

Golden Winter Three Wick Candle

Relax Bath, Body & Massage Oil 

Yolke

Dress, Passion Flower Pink

Dressing Gown, Petal Green

So Souk

Weekend Bag, Pink Patchwork Hand Blockprint 

Cosmetics Bag, Pistachio Johari Hand Blockprint

Large Lemon Pitcher Jug

Hoxton Mini Press  - a gorgeous collection of three lifestyle books

British Boutique Hotels, by Gina Jackson

British Family Escapes, by Alice Tate

British Cabins & Hideaways, by Holly Farrier

Space Masks

Heated Jasmine Scented Sleep Masks (includes donation to The Royal Marsden's Cancer Charity. Buy from Space Masks here, or Oliver Bonas here 

Folc Wine

A x3 case of their delicious, dry English rosé

Really Wild

Spanish Biker Boots, Brown Suede

and we of course have to include a glorious countryside escape. Try one of our favourite countryside hotels - The Painswick - surrounded by greenery and set in the famous Slad Valley, a night or two at this absolutely heavenly property would be a seriously memorable Christmas gift.

If we had our own hundred acres of heavenly English countryside, one of the first things we would do is set up a bath (or shower) in the middle of a green, sweeping field.

Imagine a rolling, ancient landscape: peppered with swathes of untamed herb bushes, rows of ripe fruit trees and a sprinkling of fragrant wildflowers, all blooming and unfurled to saturate themselves with the Summer sun.

We’d run through the fields, basket in hand to gather nature’s abundant flora, which we'd then steep in our bath to enjoy the uplifting, mind-clearing scents and healing benefits of our surroundings.

Unfortunately, we do not have a bath in the middle of a field (yet). Nor a shower. Nor, in fact, our own hundred acres of gardens and rolling fields in which to plant said bath or shower.

So...we created our body wash.

A rich, honey-like gel, our body wash is a potent concoction of the very finest botanicals that nature has to offer. Harvested at their peak, we steam-distil them down to their concentrated, fragrant essence, so that we can enjoy them every single day.

Made solely from 100% natural, vegan & cruelty-free ingredients (no parabens, sulphates or phthalates), we combine our botanical oils with plant-based surfactants, to create a body wash that is both gentle, yet highly effective, too.  

Skin is left cleansed, yet never stripped – thanks to the hydrating plant oils, your skin will be soft, smooth and laced with a divine scent for hours, afterwards too. (There’s a reason our body wash has won so many industry awards). 

And the scent? Maybe we’re biased, but it is utterly and impossibly delicious. 

It’s sweet yet not sickly (think dew-soaked geranium leaves), with a tangy, uplifting edge (thanks to the citrusy orange), all underpinned by the verdant freshness of an English garden (that’ll be the lavender and roman chamomile). 

It truly does smell like you’re enveloped in an outdoor bath at sunset: the air around you thick with sun-warmed herbs, and skies filled with evening birdsong and the gentle hum of bumble bees.

We could talk about it all day, but we know you have to smell it to believe it....which is why, for August, we're offering a  

free 100ml Body Wash on all orders over £20* with the code BODYWASHA22 (see T&Cs below). 

 Get yours now and enjoy a shower experience so sublime, that – just like the ancient, unhurried landscape it captures – you too will want to slow down and escape to a hundred heavenly acres for just a few minutes every morning.

Free Body Wash T&Cs:  only redeemable on orders over £20. To redeem the offer, please ensure your basket totals £20, then go back and add our 100ml Body Wash to your basket, then use the code BODYWASHA22 in the final stage of checkout.

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If there’s any chance of a field frolic – whether that’s to the rolling green hills of the British countryside, the cypress-sprinkled landscape of Tuscany, the herbaceous planes of Provence, the ancient olive groves of Greece or the fragrant, sun-baked hillsides Morocco - we’re there.

So much so, that we’ve got our Summer travel essentials down to a fine art (a necessity when you’re as obsessed with frolicking through the outdoors as we are).

 So – without further ado – these are our 100 Acres tried-and-tested Summer travel essentials. A handful of luxurious, timeless essentials, perfect for pool lounging, hillside herb gathering and wafting through leisurely sunset suppers with friends, surrounded by swathes of flower bushes, string lights and abundant fruit trees.

A floaty dress - green of course - perfect for sauntering through blooming botanical gardens at dusk...

some seriously cool rope sandals (although admittedly, if there's the opportunity to be barefoot, we will be)...

 a gorgeous basket, perfect for filling with your Summer bounty of flowers, wild herbs and ripe fruits...

one of our favourite herbology books, perfect for whiling away hours under the sun...

beach essentials, of course - the only sunglasses you'll find us in, the most 100 Acres swimsuit and a glow-inducing Summer body oil...

and, finally, the often overlooked ultimate holiday luxury – some seriously indulgent botanical body treats to make your skin look, smell and feel utterly sublime.

Made from freshly distilled herbs, flowers and fruits – think rose geranium, lemon myrtle, jasmine, sage, sweet orange and many, many more – if you take 100 Acres with you, you'll be quite literally soaking your skin and senses in the heavenly Summer greenery all around you. 

All of our best-selling products come in 100ml travel sizes, (which we're currently offering 3 for 2 on...) which are perfect for packing into your hand luggage so that you can indulge both your skin and senses in utter botanical luxury during this Summer's escapades. (Isn't that what holidays are for, after all - the best of the best?). 

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how to have a stylish & sublimely-scented Summer, 100 Acres style.

For a limited time, get 3 for 2 across all of our 100ml miniatures. No need to add a code - simply add 3 or more miniatures of your choice to your basket and the cost of the third will be removed in the checkout stage. Applies to all multiples of three , so why not treat a holiday partner - husband, friend, daughter - to some little holiday luxuries, too...they'll probably only steal yours anyway.