The Midwinter Archive Winter Gathered · Spring Approaching

What is the Midwinter Archive?

The Midwinter Archive is a seasonal stillroom gathering — powders, vessels, and quiet scent rituals made through the winter months and held lightly as the season turns. Each piece is crafted in small numbers, rooted in winter work, and meant for everyday use rather than display.

Pressed Balsam and Winter Linen return as numbered editions, carrying the last green of the woods, clean cloth in pale light, and the calm order of drawers and shelves being set right again.

Archive

noun — the stillroom’s way of keeping time; each field, scent, and vessel marked, wrapped, and saved.

Rooted in the Stillroom Tradition.

  • Collected in Winter. Rooted in the Stillroom Tradition.

    Pressed Balsam · Winter Linen

    Discover the season’s limited stillroom scents
    A simple way to continue your winter ritual

Introducing The Midwinter Archive — Limited Edition Winter Dusting Powders


A gathering of stillroom powders and vessels — shaped by winter work and held lightly as the season turns. Gathered into silver tins, vintage vessels, and glass jars, each piece is crafted in small batches and kept simple for everyday ritual.

To hold one is to keep a fragment of the season: the last green of balsam, clean linen in pale light, the hush of rooms warming again. To gather them is to keep the Archive itself — a quiet stillroom practice meant for use, memory, and carrying winter gently into spring.

(from our Seasonal Woods & Weather Collection — featuring Pressed Balsam)

“The scent of balsam and woodsmoke is absolutely perfect — soft, not overpowering, and it lingers in the most comforting way.”

— ★★★★★ Melissa R.

“Pressed Balsam has become part of my morning ritual. The texture, the scent, the packaging — everything feels like a small piece of calm.”

— ★★★★★ Hannah W.

“Every order from the Stillroom feels like a gift. Beautifully wrapped, and the powder leaves my skin so soft.”

— ★★★★★ Deb L.

Each Blend Belongs to the Midwinter Archive

Powders finely milled in the quiet of the stillroom — gathered through winter and held lightly as the season turns. Each edition is blended by hand and marked by number, carrying the last green of balsam, clean linen in pale light, and the calm order of winter work.

Available in:

Stoneware Crocks & Salton Jars — working stillroom vessels meant for dresser, bedside, or daily ritual, kept simple and made to be used.

Heritage Refill Bottles — generous glass milk bottles for continuing the stillroom practice as winter loosens and shelves are set right again.

Each scent belongs to the numbered Archive — not as an artifact, but as a record of winter work meant for use, memory, and carrying the season gently forward.

Explore the Collection

Balsam gathered from the hillside, frost softening the light — reminders that each scent begins in the calm of the season.

From the Midwinter Stillroom

The Work of the Stillroom


Each piece begins by hand — powders milled, puffs crocheted, labels tied and trimmed in the stillroom’s winter light.

Nothing hurried, only the quiet rhythm of making.


The Ritual


A dusting for the skin, a scent for linens, a small comfort for cold mornings.

Talc-free, naturally scented, and made for daily use through the season.


The Archive



Every vessel is numbered and gathered in the Midwinter Archive — a brief winter collection, held lightly as the season turns.




the stillroom watchman, wilber- a friend of the mink and the fox.

A Season Pressed in Memory


Wilber, the stillroom’s silent watchman — friend to the mink and the fox, and keeper of winter secrets.