The Stillroom Dusting Powders
A Quiet Tradition Reimagined
The Powder Collections
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Seasonal Woods & Weather
Uncover Seasonal Woods & Weather PowdersAutumn leaves, winter balsam, woodsmoke and frost—scents gathered from the turning year, finely milled into stillroom powder.
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Honeyed & Hearth
Gather Honeyed & Hearth PowdersWarm boards underfoot, jars of honey on the shelf, oven-door heat—cozy, golden notes folded into a powder for skin and spirit.
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Essential Oil Infused
Explore Essential Oil Infused PowdersEssential oil infused — crafted with lavender, rosemary, tea tree, and other botanicals, finely milled into timeless dusting powders.
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Herb & Oil Infused
Discover Herb & Oil Blends PowdersStillroom classics — powdered lavender for calm, powdered chamomile for comfort, and powdered calendula for warmth — enduring favorites in the stillroom tradition.
The Stillroom Tradition
In the old homes of New England, the stillroom was a place of quiet work — shelves lined with jars of herbs and oils, recipes written by hand, and the soft hum of daily care.
It was here that perfumes were mixed, powders milled, and small comforts made for the home and skin alike.
Our powders carry forward that same spirit: grounding the past in the present and turning daily ritual into something meaningful and slow. Each is a small preservation of time — a blend of herbs, clays, and oils, joined by story and scent.
The Stillroom Archive System
Every Stillroom Powder belongs to a living archive — a record of scent, story, and season.
Each blend carries a Field Number, and every Field belongs to a collection: Seasonal Woods & Weather, Honeyed & Hearth, Essential Oil Infused, and others.
These are the quiet catalogues of the stillroom. Each powder, card, and label is a numbered entry in a growing apothecary of scent and memory.
The Editions
Archive Edition — Collector’s Set
The full experience: a suite of cards (Front Label, Story, Scent, Field Note, and Series Intro), enclosed in a Stillroom Coin Envelope and tied with twine and brass.
Fragment Edition — Bulk / Refill Set
The same fine-milled powder and scent, wrapped simply in kraft and twine. For those who already hold the story and wish only to refill their jar.
Sample Edition — Starter Keepsake Set
A smaller parcel wrapped in parchment and tied with twine, paired with its label and field note card — a gentle introduction to the Stillroom Archive.
The Stillroom Archive Cards
Each Stillroom Powder is accompanied by a set of Stillroom Archive Cards — tangible records of scent and story.
Designed to be collectible, framable, and beautiful enough for journaling, collage, or display, the cards are printed on Neenah Paper — smooth, archival-quality stock chosen for its subtle weight and luxurious feel. It’s the kind of paper that people notice without knowing quite why.
Each card features high-impact artwork inspired by vintage apothecary ledgers and botanical specimen tags. Over time, they form a tactile record — tucked into notebooks, pinned to studio walls, or kept neatly in drawers as a personal archive of scent and season.
The paper is FSC certified, meaning it’s responsibly sourced according to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council — a quiet reflection of the same care and stewardship that guide the stillroom itself.
The Stillroom Packaging & Provenance
Each powder is created with organic ingredients from small family farms and trusted herbal growers. Many of the herbs are gathered and dried here at the farm or steeped into oils in the stillroom itself. The result is simple and honest — powders made from things you can pronounce, drawn directly from the natural world.
The packaging follows that same philosophy. Every detail is intentional — traditional apothecary packaging, free of excess plastic and designed to be reused or recycled. Kraft envelopes, brass paper fasteners, parchment wraps, twine, and coin envelopes echo the ways powders once left the old stillrooms and general stores.
Inside, a small plastic inner bag is the only modern addition — it keeps the powder behaving as it should: free-flowing, moisture-safe, and richly scented.
To open a Stillroom Powder is to step back in time — into the old apothecary at the end of the street, where the floorboards creak, herbs hang drying from the rafters, and jars of clay, salt, and pigment line the shelves. Mortars and notebooks rest among feathers, shells, and stones. The air carries a fragrance you can’t quite name but know instinctively — the scent of memory, of care, of work done slowly by hand.
A Living Archive of Scent & Story
The Stillroom Powders are made to be used, gifted, and kept. Over time, your cards and blends become a record of the seasons — a personal archive of scent and memory gathered by hand.
Softly scented. Nostalgically made. Rooted in the Stillroom Tradition.
The Making Ritual
Each blend begins in the stillroom, where herbs are sifted, clays measured, and oils mixed in small batches.
The powders are milled fine, rested for several weeks to allow the scent to settle, and then wrapped and labeled by hand.
Every parcel bears its Field Number, tied with twine, and joined by its cards. Opening one becomes part of the ritual — a quiet moment to pause, read, and breathe.
Vintage Powder Dishes
Antique porcelain, glass, and silver once graced vanities and washstands — vessels meant to hold finely milled dusting powder. Today, they wait to be filled again, each one carrying both history and beauty into the stillroom.
An heirloom touch for every powder ritual.
Herbs gathered, oils infused — the foundation of the stillroom tradition.
Why “The Powder Compendium”?
The word compendium means a collection of knowledge gathered into one place — an archive, a treasury, a record. In the stillroom tradition, powders were never just recipes; they were fragments of memory, season, and craft. The Powder Compendium gathers these blends together as both fragrance and history — powders to use, to collect, and to keep as part of your own stillroom.
To hold one is to keep a fragment of the season; to gather them is to collect the Archive itself.
