Stillroom Dusting Powder: What It Is, How It’s Used, & Why We Still Make It

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Stillroom dusting powder is a finely milled, talc-free botanical powder rooted in domestic tradition. Once kept near washstands and linen chests, it was used daily for comfort, care, and quiet ritual — not adornment. We continue to make it in that same spirit today.

Stillroom dusting powder kept among linens for daily use.




What Is Stillroom Dusting Powder?


Before modern cosmetics, dusting powders were practical household staples. Used after bathing or while folding laundry, they helped keep skin dry and comfortable while gently freshening clothing and linens. Stillroom dusting powder carries that simple, functional tradition forward — quietly and without excess.

How Stillroom Dusting Powder Is Used


Stillroom dusting powder is intentionally versatile. It may be used after bathing, as an underarm powder, or lightly as a dry shampoo. It is also traditionally tucked into drawers, folded linens, wardrobes, boots, and woolens — part of everyday care rather than a special occasion.


A light dusting for daily skin and linen care.

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Stillroom Notes

What are your dusting powders made of?


All of our stillroom dusting powders are talc-free and cornstarch-free, made with a finely milled, breathable base blended with dried botanicals. Some blends also include carefully measured essential oils, always noted clearly.

Are all powders scented?


Dusting powder is meant to be used lightly and regularly — applied with a shaker, puff, or dish. It is practical, gentle, and intended to support daily comfort rather than strong fragrance. Some are unadorned, with no added scents; just the scent of the plants themselves.

Why We Still Make Dusting Powder


Stillroom dusting powder has endured because it works. It offers comfort without heaviness and care without complication. We continue to make it by hand because it belongs to daily life — kept close, used often, and replenished as needed. It is meant to be lived with, not saved.

A Quiet Constant


Stillroom dusting powder has endured because it serves a simple purpose. It offers comfort without heaviness, care without complication, and scent without excess. We continue to make it by hand because it belongs to daily life — kept close, used often, and replenished as needed.


It is meant to be lived with — part of daily care, not saved.