Kumbaya Aromatic Herbal Blend from Brazil

A Brazilian blend of flowers and fragrant herbs

In Brazil, kumbayá is a name used for mixtures of dried herbs and flowers, each recipe bringing together its own combination of plants and aromas. The ingredients vary from one maker to another, giving these blends different characters, from floral and fragrant to fresh and distinctly herbal.

Our Kumbaya Aromatic is sourced from Brazil and combines seven botanicals in a finely cut mixture. Flowers mingle with aromatic foliage, bringing familiar garden scents together with a South American shrub. Its appeal lies in this meeting of plants: floral notes, mint freshness and deeper herbal fragrances within a single blend.

The herbs in the blend

Lavender and jasmine bring the floral character. Lavender has a long association with rest and evening rituals in European herbal practice, while jasmine is treasured for its fragrant blossoms. Together, they introduce the flower ingredients that give this mixture part of its aromatic identity.

Peppermint leaf adds a fresh mint note, accompanied by the lemon fragrance of lemon balm. The latter also has a documented history in European herbal preparations associated with rest. Common sage contributes a more savoury herbal scent, giving another dimension to the floral and citrus ingredients. These histories concern the individual herbs rather than established effects of the finished blend.

Alecrim-do-campo (Baccharis dracunculifolia) gives the recipe its particular Brazilian connection. Its Portuguese name means “field rosemary”, although it belongs to the daisy family. This aromatic shrub is also a principal botanical source of Brazilian green propolis: honeybees gather resinous material from its young growth. Here, the herb itself forms part of the mixture. Mallow completes the seven-plant recipe.

Appreciating the blend

Kumbaya Aromatic offers a meeting of familiar floral fragrances and Brazilian plant life. Its combination makes it an inviting choice for exploring dried aromatic botanicals, with each ingredient contributing to the identity of the whole.

Keep well closed, away from moisture and direct sunlight. Supplied as a botanical specimen, not for human consumption.

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Selected references

• Rodrigues and colleagues, Journal of Chemical Ecology (2020) — Baccharis and green propolis
• European Medicines Agency — lemon balm leaf and its documented traditional use
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — Lavandula officinalis and its accepted name