
Visit our botanical laboratory on Waiheke Island and spend time in our production garden and still rooms. Make your own products at our Scent Trail and Blend Bars, join a workshop or book a private day at the lab.
The Scent Trail
Create your own perfume with our Scent Trail. This guided sensory experience takes you on an olfactory journey through the aromatics of fine wine, or the scents of our island (1hr).

Coming Soon
Blend Bars
Make your own aromatic products in these hands-on formulating sessions. Choose from teas & sodas, botanical elixirs or natural perfume. All in a beautiful and relaxed atmosphere (1.5hrs).

Tea & Soda Bar

Elixir Bar
Workshops
We run in-person workshops in our Lab on Waiheke, as well as at selected New Zealand and international locations. Join us at any of our upcoming public workshops, or see our private events for information on designing your own day.

Plant to Perfume

Plant to Perfume

Herbal Honeys

Botanical Sodas

Botanical Distilling & Formulating

Community Herbalism

Private Workshops
Coming Soon
Gift Cards
Know someone who loves learning, exploring the natural world or distilling? Give them a meaningful gift with an Alembics Lab gift card. They can redeem their gift card on courses, workshops, books or a one-on-one consultation.
Alembics Publications
Alembics own publications, designed to supplement our courses and deepen your learning. New titles will be added as they are published.
Copper Stills
You may have noticed we use copper alembic stills in almost all of our courses. Copper is energy efficient and highly antibacterial making it the ideal material for use with water and high heat. Alembics NZ stocks a range of copper alembic and stainless steel stills—you can buy a complete set up, or choose from their range, and they ship worldwide. Contact the Alembics NZ sales team to help you make the right choice.
Stainless Steel Stills
Stainless steel is extremely durable and easy to maintain and clean. Modern and economical, stainless steel stills are a great choice for larger steam distillations of essential oils—especially for those few oils that react with copper, like rose geranium, manuka and kanuka, and for producing high-proof base alcohols.






