Field No. 220 • Pressed Balsam + Winter Linen Holiday Travel Tin Gift Set · The Midwinter Archive

Field No. 220 — Stillroom Traveler’s Set
Botanical icon: Balsam and Pine Sprig · Collection: The Midwinter Archive · Limited Holiday Edition
Collected in Winter · Nostalgically Made

A Quiet Winter Tradition — Made for Giving and Keeping

A quiet winter ritual; soft powder, silver tins, the scent of balsam and folded linen.
This handmade spa gift from the Stillroom pairs Pressed Balsam and Winter Linen in travel-ready tins, each dusting powder milled by hand in small seasonal batches.

Nestled together beneath two crocheted Stillroom puffs, wrapped in a clear cello bag and tied with raffia, silver bell, and a gold-grommet tag, this set arrives ready for gifting — a best-friend gift, Christmas body powder, or a small winter stillroom keepsake for yourself.

A thoughtful Christmas keepsake, ready to give or keep.

A Winter Journey in Scent

Two companion powders gathered for the season — one drawn from the woods, the other from the linen chest.

· Pressed Balsam carries the hush of balsam boughs and smoke by the hearth;
· Winter Linen, known within the Archive as Flora Hiemalis, recalls soap slivers, herbal water, and cloth warmed by firelight.

Together they travel easily — a keepsake of home and field, forest and comfort — made for gifting, wandering, or tucking into a winter trunk.

Field Notes

Type: Talc-free Stillroom Dusting Powders · 4 oz silver tins (1 each scent)
Scents:

• Pressed Balsam — Evergreen · Resin · Smoke — the breath of balsam and ember.
• Winter Linen — Linen · Floral Water · Frost Air — the scent of freshly pressed cloth near the hearth, with traces of sage and violet soap.
  Includes: Two crocheted cotton powder puffs · cello wrap · raffia tie · silver bell · blank parchment tag with gold grommet
  Edition: Midwinter Archive Holiday Edition · No Archive Cards

Flora Hiemalis (n.) — A winter bloom; a flower that endures the frost.
Within the Stillroom, it marks the delicate fragrances that linger through the cold months — memory steeped in linen and light.

About The Midwinter Archive

Collected in winter and rooted in the Stillroom tradition, this archive tells a story of snow-soft light, balsam, linen, and the calm rhythm of handcrafted care. By the hearth, slivers of summer soap are gathered and melted down with herbs and floral water to do winter laundry and dried by the fire—transformed through winter patience into the fragrance called Flora Hiemalis, the flower that endures the frost.

Each small batch carries the nostalgia of New England winter days — a quiet ritual, a keepsake of comfort, a whisper of pine, cloth, and the last breath of summer bloom.

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