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this is the medicine, the dream, that began the journey of cocreating hydrosols.
early in 2025, i had a vision of making a uniquely exquisite medicine, and woke up and told my partner, with tears in my eyes, that i thought i had received an invitation to make tobacco flower hydrosol.
the vision was incredibly clear. and i had absolutely no idea how to bring it to form. i had never heard of anyone making medicine with tobacco flower, let alone a hydrosol. tobacco tends put out few flowers, and they are often not very fragrant.
and my curiosity was alive.
i ordered a copper still. i called a friend and asked her to keep her ears open, that i was looking for tobacco flower.
two days later, she called and said she had been walking by someone on a farm and heard him say tobacco flower, and she connected us.
we had a phone call and i described the medicine that i wanted to make, but acknowledged that i was aware that flowers are typically reserved for seed. what followed was a conversation that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship, and seeing dream come to life.
nick, the vision of rhythm seed farm, said in his insightful way, that he had feminine, night blooming, highly fragrant tobacco growing that flowered prolifically. with an open invitation to make medicine with it’s flowers, and to come to the land to cook medicine, and sleep with the plants.
incredible generosity informed by clear understanding of the gift of plants- dynamic beings, endless offerings.
this whole process, and unfolding, takes my breath away.
so here is a story and introduction to tobacco flower.
nicotiana alata
a beautiful way to begin to work with the spirit of tobacco. made from a feminine, fragrant night blooming tobacco.
an introduction: the flowers open at night, tracing the edge of the inner circle of the garden, and they peep out further into the depths of the land. white flowers, glowing in the moonlight. the fragrance is sweet, alluring, drawing one in to pause. flowers abundantly offering to the sky.
in my experience, tobacco is a deep teacher offering an unique view of the sacred masculine, embodying the container and boundary of four- elements, directions. a teaching and understanding that when in the presence of the sacred masculine the sacred feminine comes out to play, explore, dream, and learn.
tobacco is a deep ally for those who wish to see what is, filter truth from illusion, ground, and clear. it invites one into this moment, the present. reminding one of the profound gift that this- moment, time in space, place, here and now- is.
my vision and heart for this medicine is that it finds its way into the hands, and homes, of women that are curious about tobacco as a teacher and friend. tobacco flower offers a uniquely, gentle and feminine perspective of this plant being.
may you rest in the medicine of your being.
all ways.
always.