A vanilla vine near Vohibola on the Pangalanes Canal,
East coast of Madagascar
Photograph by Mathieu Beley of SAMA.

Vanilla, a sacred plant of the Mayan people, originally stems from Mexico or Guatemala. But the island of Madagascar is now the specialist of vanilla cultivation.

Vanilla is an orchid, a vine (see picture) that thrives in hot and humid tropical underwoods.

Your natural perfumers buy organic and fair-traded vanilla beans and proceed with traditional extraction methods in order to obtain the greatest purity.

Vanilla tincture is an ingredient of most of SAMA perfumes, it gives them a beautiful color and a deep, lasting fragrance.

Vanilla infusion gives the virgin oil base of SÉRUM SACRÉ its subtle smell and skin softening properties.