Bakuchiol is not retinol. It works on the same genetic pathway — triggering collagen production, reducing hyperpigmentation, accelerating cell turnover — but it comes from a plant, behaves gently on the skin, and does not cause the dryness or photosensitivity that makes retinol difficult for many people to use.
The source is Psoralea corylifolia, known as babchi — an herb with centuries of use in Ayurvedic medicine for skin conditions and texture. The bakuchiol is extracted from its seeds and leaves, then carried in a base of jojoba, sea buckthorn, rosehip, and wild Australian sandalwood — each chosen for what they contribute to tone, resilience, and repair.
Suitable for all skin types. Use morning and night on clean skin before moisturizer. Follow with Skin Potion No. 1 or a facial balm to seal.
Bakuchi Revival · Psoralea corylifolia · 2oz
Bakuchiol · Psoralea corylifolia Extracted from the seeds and leaves of the babchi plant, cultivated organically in India where it has been grown and used in Ayurvedic practice for centuries. Native to this ecosystem, not imported into it.
Frankincense · Boswellia sacra Sourced from FairSource Botanicals, a regeneration project working directly with harvesters in the wadis and mountains around Salalah, Oman. A blend of Sha'abi resin from the sub-coastal plains and Hojary from the highland mountains. FairSource has spent nearly 20 years partnering with the Omani government and local stakeholders to promote sustainable harvesting, fair compensation, and propagation of wild Boswellia sacra populations — including a nursery established specifically to support regeneration of trees affected by camel grazing. Boswellia sacra grows only in Oman and Yemen, in limestone cliffs and arid mountain valleys called wadis. It is among the oldest traded aromatics on earth.
Sea Buckthorn · Hippophae goniocarpa Sourced from the Mekong Delta through Helvetas Vietnam's regenerative cooperative program — the same sourcing relationship that anchors Skin Potion No. 1. Over 300 farming families, nearly 100 tons of oil annually, tended not mined.
Sandalwood · Santalum spicatum Wild Australian sandalwood — Santalum spicatum rather than the endangered Santalum album. Harvested from wild populations under government-regulated sustainable harvest quotas in Western Australia.
