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 · Late Winter Edition
Collected in Winter · Nostalgically Made

 A Quiet Winter Ritual — For Travel, Transition, and Everyday Use

A quiet winter ritual: soft powder, silver tins, the scent of balsam and folded linen.

This Stillroom Traveler’s Set pairs two seasonal dusting powders — Pressed Balsam and Winter Linen — hand-milled in small winter batches and tucked into travel-ready silver tins. Made for winter journeys, overnight stays, and the last weeks of the season, these powders bring calm and familiarity wherever they are opened.

Nestled beneath two crocheted Stillroom puffs and wrapped simply with raffia and bell, the set is practical, portable, and ready to be used now — at home, away, or as a quiet keepsake before winter clears.

Not ornamental. Not hurried. Just winter, gathered lightly.

Offered at its final seasonal price as the Midwinter Archive clears for spring.

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 evergreen 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 winter roads, guest rooms, and quiet mornings at the basin.

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 hand crocheted bamboo powder puffs · cello wrap · raffia tie · bell · blank cotton 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, Flora Hiemalis marks the delicate fragrances that linger through the cold months — memory steeped in linen, soap, and pale light.

About The Midwinter Archive

Collected in winter and rooted in the Stillroom tradition, the Midwinter Archive gathers pieces shaped by snow-soft light, balsam air, and the calm rhythm of handcrafted care.

By the hearth, slivers of summer soap are melted down with herbs and floral water to wash winter linens and dry by the fire — transformed through patience into the fragrance known as Flora Hiemalis, the flower that endures the frost.

Each small batch carries the nostalgia of New England winter days — quiet, useful, and ready to be set aside as the season turns.

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