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Hidden Gem

La Distillerie de Saloi

Moya, Anjouan / Comoros

Ylang-ylang oil from 350 island growers

What you’ll find

What La Distillerie de Saloi is known for

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.