Dejlig er jorden - Our story
We create everything we make out of gratitude and fascination for how amazing, wonderful and rich the Earth is, and that is where our name, "Dejlig er Jorden", comes from.
Anne-Kathrine and Louise
We met in the heart of Copenhagen many years ago, when we were studying French. But it was a shared passion for plants, herbs and scents that brought us close.
After her studies, Anne-Kathrine moved out into the forest on the Jutland ridge, where she cultivates the land according to permaculture principles, forages wild herbs and makes tinctures, creams and soaps.
Louise spends much of her time at her off-grid farm in Sweden, where she cultivates the soil and makes plant extracts for our creams.
Every summer we meet for a longer stretch at Louise's farm, where we gather plants, make tinctures and extracts, and develop new products.
About Dejlig er Jorden's products.
A product is only ever as good as the ingredients used to make it. That is why we use only the raw materials we believe are the finest and most beautiful on the market. On that basis we create high-quality products that nourish and care for your skin and your senses, and that are kind to our Earth.
We work primarily with plants from our own part of the world, grown or foraged by us, mainly on Louise's land in the Swedish forests.
The power of plants
The plants, oils and essential oils we work with are chosen and composed from our own experience and our love of their scents and character.
To preserve our products we add vitamin E and draw on the plants' natural properties. The shelf life is therefore shorter than with chemical preservation, and for us that is the most meaningful way to make our products.
The materials we work with are living, and all our products are hand-stirred in small batches. The products may therefore vary slightly from batch to batch.
Our signature herbs
We have two Nordic herbs that recur in all our products: marigold and yarrow.
Yarrow takes its Latin name, Achillea Millefolium, from the Greek hero Achilles. The story goes that his mother dipped him in yarrow to protect him but held him by the heel, which was left uncovered, and that is the origin of the expression "Achilles heel". To us, yarrow is a beautiful Nordic herb with a long place in folk tales, and it is a fixed part of our scents.
