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Copenhagen apothecary · Est. 2019

Single-ingredient oils, poured by hand.

Hydrosols, absolutes, essential oils, and the finished skincare we blend from them — decanted into amber glass in a small Copenhagen studio, drop by drop, since 2019.

38
Single oils
17
Countries sourced
4.6★
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Jolanta holding a Drop by Drop essential oil
Drop by Drop N° 001
Rosa × damascena 30 ml

“Quietly redefining Nordic skincare.”

— Vogue Scandinavia

“Each bottle reads like a small piece of writing.”

— Cereal Magazine

“A studio disguised as a stationery store.”

— Monocle

“Drop by drop” is no marketing — it is the method.

— Kinfolk

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Four families. Thirty-eight oils.

Each family is grouped around how the plant gives up its scent — by steam, by solvent, by press, or by water.

Jolanta, founder of Drop by Drop

Jolanta Castiglioni

Founder · Formulator

A letter from Copenhagen

“I started Drop by Drop the way good things tend to begin: accidentally, and at the kitchen table.”

I'm Jolanta. For seven years I had been mixing oils for friends out of a Copenhagen flat, trying to solve a quiet, unglamorous problem: how to make a face oil that actually behaves on Nordic skin in December — and a deodorant that doesn't pretend the body isn't a body.

Drop by Drop is what came out of that practice. Single-ingredient oils sourced from people I have spoken to. Finished blends I pour by hand into amber glass. No phantom ingredients, no shelf-talk, no perfume notes invented in marketing meetings.

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What is your
drop for today?

Click a concern. We will narrow the catalogue to the four or five oils that have actually helped — and tell you honestly when we are not sure yet.

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From the shelf

Face Serums

Oil-based face serums for daily glow, softness, and care.

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House blends

Natural Deodorants

Aluminum-free deodorants made with clean, everyday ingredients.

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Daily rituals

Cleansers

Oil cleansers that leave skin smooth, fresh, and soft.

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From the people who use it daily

4,200 customers. Most return.

“The rose serum is the first one that actually behaved like skincare and not just oil sitting on top of my face.”
Sofie L. · Copenhagen
“The deodorant — quietly the best one I have ever owned, and I have tried everything sold in Magasin.”
Marie H. · Aarhus
“It feels like buying directly from a friend who happens to be a chemist. The notes that come with the bottle are art.”
Camilla N. · Berlin
“I came for the fir needle, I stayed for everything. The packaging makes opening the box feel like reading a poem.”
Thomas K. · Oslo