Matakana Botanicals - The natural sleep aid

Matakana Botanicals are uniquely equipped to grow, harvest and distil many of the hero ingredients used in their bath & body care ranges, including the natural sleep aid - lavender.

Hand harvested around March every year, the lavender is steam distilled on site to extract the essential oil. The lavender oil then rests for six months before being used in a range Matakana Botanicals products including the unique Apothecary Sleep Sniff boxes.

A herb that can be traced back over 2000 years ago, it is widely used for sleep deprivation in New Zealand and around the world. Studies show that 35 percent of Kiwis either do not get enough sleep or experience a poor standard of sleep on a nightly basis.


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The Apothecary range blends were created with Mary Wakefield, one of New Zealand's leading aromatherapist. Each sniff box contains aroma beads that have been infused with a special aromatherapy blend. The sleep sniff box is calming blend of Neroli, Camomile and Lavender essential oil. The amenity sized Jet lag kit includes a Sleep and Focus sniff box and are used onboard Emirates Airlines First Class.