Inis the energy of the sea
For over 35 years, we have been creating perfumes and
personal care inspired by the nature, beauty and magic of Ireland.
Inis the energy of the sea
Something about the sea
The soul of the brand
Inis is the Irish word for island, but no one is an island: we are all connected by seas, by oceans, by dreams. The pristine waters of the Atlantic Ocean are not only our inspiration, but also the source of the nutrient-rich seaweed found in all of our bath and body care products.
A truly unique, discovery fragrance, Inis uplifts and brings a feeling of happiness.
HOW IT ALL STARTED
The Story of Inis
LAVENDER
Little Sugarloaf and
our Lavender Fields
About 20 years ago we purchased about 170 acres of open hillside and woodland close by our premises in Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow.
This land includes the summit and south-western slopes of the Little Sugarloaf Mountain (well it’s really more of a hill, but we like to think big in Kilmacanogue). The Little and Great Sugarloaf mountains stand astride the village of Kilmacanogue as guardians of the road south from Dublin which runs between them. This really marks the beginning of County Wicklow and is where suburban Dublin meets the country.
We bought the land to keep it for nature and to allow people to enjoy it responsibly, so we have built a walking pathway to the summit through our lands in conjunction with various local organisations and other than that have left it all to nature. Yellow-flowering gorse grows widely lower down the slopes giving way to pink and purple heather on higher ground, native trees are self-seeding throughout and birds, insects and wild animals large and small are plentiful.
We are investigating the possibility of further planting of native woodland trees in a portion of the site in order to accelerate the greening of the site with ensuing benefits for wildlife and carbon capturing.
Further down these slopes, by the side of the road, lies our Lavender Field which we planted in 1996 with thousands of lavender plants and which blooms purple every July. We run our Lavender Harvest Sale from the end of June to the end of July each year, where we sell fresh bunches of lavender, dried lavender flowers, lavender oil, soaps and much more.
We have many beehives under the trees in our lavender field and the bees collect pollen from the flowers in the lime trees bordering the field in early summer, from the lavender flowers in July and from the heather flowers on the Little Sugarloaf slopes in late summer.
Behind the brand
Our Team
