Oor Story

Hou a ferm, twa scientists, an a love o Scotland’s landskip shaped Middleshade.

Middleshade stairtit as a land-restoration project: an ettle tae bring a bit o rural Scotland back tae life through replantin, biodiversity, an sma-scale fairmin. Whit cam neist wis unexpeckit - the makkin o a lavender ferm in Scotland, the distillin o aromatic botanicals, an a quait fascination wi the craft o perfume.

Wha are we?

A man-an-wife team shaped by science.

Ae hauf o the team, Rory, studiet Physics at the University o Oxford. His journey back tae rural Scotland - an intae distillin, fairmin, an aromatic chemistry - wis featurt by Oxford in their Alumni Stories, “We Can Do Our Part to Restore the Landscape”.

Alumni Article

The ither hauf, Marina, oreeginally fae Friuli Venezia-Giulia in Italy, trainet as a plant geneticist at the John Innes Centre, an cairriet oot research at ETH Zurich, afore jynin the ferm an the perfumery. Her backgrund in botany, plant genetics, an environmental science guides the wey we growe, wale, an unnerstaun oor botanicals.

Thegither, we bring scientific precision, environmental stewardship, an a shared love o the Scottish countryside intae oor wark.

Leid & Place

Oor wabsite is available in three leids - English, Scots, an Gaelic. Aw three belang tae the landskips, histories, an communities that inspire oor wark.

English Scots Gàidhlig

Oor Ferm

Oor ferm in rural Kinross-shire is a mosaic o lavender fields, wildflouer meadows, young widland, an botanical plots. We distil oor ain lavender on-site an growe ither aromatic plants tae match it, includin mints, sage, an camomile, aw o whilk shape the chairacter o oor wark.

Sustainability guides awthing we dae - fae plantin an cairin for the yird, tae boostin biodiversity an restorin habitats for pollinators.

Hoo we Mak

Oor perfumes are designed tae complement the oils we produce here on the ferm. We bottle ilka perfume oorsels, by haund, in sma batches.

Authenticity

Lavender distilt on oor ain ferm forms the backbone o several o oor perfumes.

Sma-Batch

Ilka run is limited; we dinnae mass-produce.

Scientific Rigour

Plant science, chemistry, an precise formulation guide oor process.

Artistic Restraint

Oor fragrances aim for clarity, place, an emotional time - never noise.

Why We Exist

Middleshade wis created tae honour Scotland - its landskips, its science, an its stories. Oor perfumes begin lang afore the bottle: in the yird, the fields, the weather, an the imagination that shapes whaur we ca hame.

By distillin oor ain botanicals an finishin ilka bottle by haund, we ettle tae mak fragrances that feel honest, grundit, an quaitly luxurious - scents that bide true tae whaur they come fae.