Commitment

BEES

We are pledging a portion of our resources towards one of nature's most precious wonders, bees. Humankind's reliance on toxic chemical usage, 5G tower installations, and industrialized agriculture has pushed annual bee mortality rates to over 35%.

Over 75% of flowering plants require pollinators to produce food, the majority job of which is carried out by bees. This inescapable truth means that it is in humanity's best interest to do whatever it takes to preserves bees; our collective survival is directly linked to one another.

With a focus on regenerative farming and backyard beekeeping promotion, we will educate and empower individuals families, and communities to become better stewards of their land and nature.

WATER

Close to one billion people around the world do not have access to clean water. Each of these people's stories are similar to mine. Up until twenty years ago, each Ugandan village had a stream or river running through it, carrying clean, potable water.

Every 5am at the caw of the rooster, Mom would wake us up to fetch water before heading to school. The stream was two miles down the hill. We would follow a windy path used by multiple generations of both people and livestock before us. Each stream had a tiny reservoir (oluzzi).

Hundreds of times we trod this path down and back up the hill carrying buckets of water for ourselves and our livestock, and the rest for irrigation during seasonal droughts.

For thousands of years thus our ancestors survived, living chemical-free lives in community with one another.

As Western and East Asian multinational companies wove themselves into Africa's tapestry, they either buried valleys full of dirt or bulldozed hills and mountains, covering local water sources with dirt.

After the contamination of these "primitive water sources," governments launched nationwide water supply projects, selling the locals on the convenience these systems brought. They failed, however, to tell them how much it was to cost each household and the chemicals used in this modern water.

The result has been unending famines triggered by seasonal droughts, increased allergies, chronic illness, and rural urban migration leaving cultivable land abandoned.

Célestine's goal is to empower communities through the preservation, restoration, and drilling of freshwater wells, as well as organic seed supply for families.

TIPS

JUST SPRAY-DO NOT RUB

The unconscious application habit of misting a little fragrance on your wrists and then pressing them together before reaching for your neck area is taboo says CELÈSTINE house Legendary Master Perfumer Vito Giovani. The rubbing not only alters the olfactive pyramid of the fragrance, but it heats up the skin, producing natural enzymes that change the natural course of the scent.This interference impacts top and middle notes the most, not sparing the dry-down also known as the last and longest period of your fragrance’s unfolding.CURE  To both preserve your fragrance’s integrity, and maximize its durability on your skin, simply spritz both wrists before proceeding to the neck, and let the liquid sink in. Resist the temptation to rub at every cost. STORAGE Fine Fragrance is like a living organism, extremely sensitive to environmental fluctuations and odors. As an organism, Parfum hates oscillating from hot to cold and vice versa. Simply temperature shifts “set off unexpected chemical reactions within the natural ingredients aging the fragrance faster.”For instance, do not leave citrus scents in steamy bathrooms, this affects the freshness and can make raw materials like patchouli smell quite a bit off. Likewise, ultraviolet rays have been discovered to alter a perfume’s color i.e., Turning amber tones into greens. If possible, leave the fragrance in its original box. In the unlikely event that it takes you longer to go through your fragrance, we advise you seal it properly and store it in the refrigerator (not the freeze). QUALITY NOT QUANTITY The best fragrance comes in small quantities or small packages. Perfume should be consumed at a brisk pace, buying huge bottles allows for oxygen (perfume’s worst enemy) to slowly break down the scent’s molecules, altering its composition and quality. For this very reason, the Maison CELÈSTINE promises to maintain our vessels at a maximum capacity of 30 ML or 1 lb. We put everything in the fragrance, and almost nothing in the packaging. We let our oils sit and age naturally verses loading them with color.       

UTILIZE MOIST SKIN OR HAIR 

Perfume doesn’t last long on dry skin. Master Perfumer Lenoci suggests wearing an unscented body lotion or moisturizer before perfume application, this will help prevent any olfactive interference. Try to avoid applying perfume under clothing, target areas exposed to the air instead. Pulse points like the neck, wrists, and inner elbows if you’re wearing a sleeveless shirt are preferable instead. The only exception to this rule is if you’re in an intensely hot climate, then its best to mist perfume on clothes, hair, scarf, sarong. Because they move with the air, it helps with scent diffusion, and you’ll leave a lasting impression.