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The choosing takes about half an hour for a first blend, and the blending itself is fifteen to twenty minutes with the scales in front of you.

There is nothing to come back for. The oil does settle over the first fortnight and generally gets a little rounder, and we will tell you what to expect from your particular blend.

No. We are asked most weeks and the answer has been the same for thirty years.

Beyond the borrowed name, the practical problem is that those attempts get near the opening and nowhere near the rest, and the customer is disappointed by week two. Tell us what you like about it instead, in your own words, and we will build something in that direction that is honestly its own thing.

Everyday at fifteen per cent is right for most people most of the time in this climate, and it is what we suggest for a first blend.

Standard at twenty per cent suits an evening or somebody who applies very little. Strong at thirty per cent is for a wedding or for oil worn on clothing rather than skin, and on a warm day it is a great deal more than people expect.

The recipe will be identical, because the card carries the weights. The smell will be very close and not always exactly the same, because natural materials vary between crops.

Rose and sandalwood move the most. When a batch arrives noticeably different we say so and let you smell it before your bottle is filled.

By bank transfer. The order gives you a reference, and the confirmation screen and email show the account and the amount.

We blend it once the transfer shows, which for a made to order oil is usually the same day. There is no card payment on this website.

Not in Malé. Orders are collected from the counter on Fareedhee Magu, partly because thirty seconds with you when you collect is where most of the useful advice happens.

For the islands we box the order and hand it to the cargo boat you name. The boat's freight is settled with the boat and never appears on our bill.