Hidden Gem · 4
- Arom'Ylang Anjouan / Comoros / Online
The retail arm of La Distillerie de Saloi sells what Anjouan distills — ylang-ylang, néroli, clove, tropical citronella — direct from the island through its own shop. Every drop cultivated, harvested and stilled on Anjouan; no broker between flower and flacon. store page → · open in the atlas → - Bioylang Hahaya, Grande Comore / Comoros
On the airport road out of Moroni, Bioylang has distilled and exported ylang-ylang since 2015 on stainless-steel stills run partly on solar — a deliberate break from the wood-fired norm that costs the islands their forests. Comorian ylang, distilled like it has a future. store page → · open in the atlas → - Comores Vanille Mitsamiouli, Grande Comore / Online
A young Franco-Comorian couple grows vanilla on inherited family land in the Mitsamiouli region and sells the pods — with other all-natural island spices — straight to your kitchen through their own shop. Comorian vanilla with a face and a field attached. store page → · open in the atlas → - La Distillerie de Saloi Moya, Anjouan / Comoros
At Moya on Anjouan, this distillery works with more than 350 local producers and puts roughly a hundred tonnes of ylang flowers a year through fuel-efficient stills, replanting as it burns. Since 2016 it has quietly become the island's model for doing perfume's rawest material right. store page → · open in the atlas →