The Science of Sanctuary — Est. 2018
Your daily five minutes
of quiet luxury.
Elevate your everyday hygiene into a high-performance body care ritual.
Best Body Wash 2022 · Beauty Insider Singapore
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The Science of Sanctuary — Est. 2018
Elevate your everyday hygiene into a high-performance body care ritual.
Best Body Wash 2022 · Beauty Insider Singapore
Chemist-formulated •
GMP certified •
Serum-grade actives, body-sized •
Effortless daily rituals •
No sulfates or parabens •
Vegan •
Try it first in travel sizes •
Free shipping over $40 •
Dispatched next business day •
True or myth? A chemist's take on the five minutes you spend in the shower every day.
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True or myth?
“Squeaky clean means properly clean.”
Myth.
That squeak is skin stripped of its natural oils, usually by harsh sulfates. Clean skin should feel soft, not tight.
In the ritual: Midnight Shikoku Shower Oil cleanses with sugar-derived glucosides and turns into a soft lather on contact with water.
True or myth?
“Hotter water cleans better.”
Myth.
Warm water cleans just as well. Hot water lifts the oils that keep skin soft, so you step out drier than you went in.
In the ritual: Keep it warm and keep it to about ten minutes. Let the shower oil do the cleansing.
True or myth?
“Moisturise once you're completely dry.”
Myth.
Damp skin is already holding water. Lotion within three minutes of stepping out seals it in. Wait until you're dry and much of it has gone.
In the ritual: Skin Elixir Serum Lotion goes on damp skin and absorbs fast, so you can dress straight away.
Two steps. Five minutes. Done properly.
Citrus and green tea in the wash. Bergamot and mugwort in the lotion. A small daily luxury, chemist-made, for the days that ask a lot of you.
Your ritual, in order
4.9 · 15 reviews of the formulas inside, rated 4.9 out of 5
For first meetings and weekends away.
Shower Oil 100ml · 2 × Skin Elixir 40ml · cotton pouch
4.9 · 15 reviews of the formulas inside, rated 4.9 out of 5
The complete evening ritual.
Shower Oil 330ml · Skin Elixir 200ml · cotton pouch
4.8 · 9 reviews of the formula inside, rated 4.8 out of 5
A season of daily showers.
2 × Shower Oil 330ml · complimentary loofah, while stock lasts

The Bath Ritual Duo$75.92

Midnight Shikoku Shower Oil330ml · $44.95

Skin Elixir Serum Lotion200ml · $49.95

Midnight Shikoku Shower Oil330ml · $44.95

Skin Elixir Serum Lotion200ml · $49.95

The Bath Ritual Duo$75.92

The Bath Ritual Duo$75.92

Midnight Shikoku Shower Oil330ml · $44.95

Skin Elixir Serum Lotion200ml · $49.95

Midnight Shikoku Shower Oil330ml · $44.95

Skin Elixir Serum Lotion200ml · $49.95

The Bath Ritual Duo$75.92

Midnight Shikoku Shower Oil330ml · $44.95

Skin Elixir Serum Lotion200ml · $49.95

The Bath Ritual Duo$75.92

Midnight Shikoku Shower Oil330ml · $44.95

Bio-Fiber Loofah Pad$9.00

Skin Elixir Serum Lotion200ml · $49.95
No harsh sulfates
Free from SLS, SLES and ALS, which can strip your skin's natural oils. Gentle sugar-based cleansers instead.
Lazy luxury, by design
Every product does more than one job. Our shower oil cleanses face and body; our serum lotion gives you serum-grade actives and moisture in one step.
A cleaner scent
Every fragrance we use is IFRA-compliant and phthalate-free. Skin Elixir Serum Lotion's scent is also free of the 26 EU-listed fragrance allergens. Why it matters →
Every ingredient listed
The full ingredient list is on every bottle and on this site.
Made under GMP
Made in our own GMP-certified facility, with every batch recorded and traceable.
Challenge-tested
Every formula passes a preservative efficacy test, so it stays fresh to the last drop.
Vegan & cruelty-free
No animal-derived ingredients, and no animal testing at any stage.
Founded and formulated by chemist Charlotte T. The full ingredient list (INCI) is on the bottle, and here.
Midnight Shikoku Shower Oil
PENTAVITIN — binds to the skin surface and holds water there through the rinse.
Sugar-derived cleansers. This is what replaces the sulfate — foams into a soft, gentle lather.
Keeps the lather cushioned rather than squeaky, so the wash never runs dry on skin.
Grapefruit seed oil — carries the top note and adds a light lipid layer.
Aqua, Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Lauryl Glucoside, Glycerin, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Coco-Glucoside, Glyceryl Oleate, Fragrance (Parfum), Citrus Paradisi (Grapefruit) Seed Oil, PEG-120 Methyl Glucose Dioleate, Pentylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Saccharide Isomerate, Citric Acid
Skin Elixir Serum Lotion
Supports the skin barrier and works on even tone. Placed high in the list for a reason.
PENTAVITIN — the moisture-binding step, carried over from the wash.
Raspberry, strawberry, kiwi, apple, peach, papaya, cucumber — the brightening support cast.
Helps the gel-cream sink in fast, so it is wearable straight into clothes.
Aqua, Glycerin, Isopropyl Palmitate, Niacinamide, Pentylene Glycol, Caprylyl Glycol, Saccharide Isomerate, Fragrance (Parfum), Sodium Acrylates Copolymer, Lecithin, Propylene Glycol, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Fruit Extract, Fragaria Vesca (Strawberry) Fruit Extract, Actinidia Chinensis (Kiwi) Fruit Extract, Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract, Prunus Persica (Peach) Fruit Extract, Carica Papaya (Papaya) Fruit Extract, Cucumis Sativus (Cucumber) Fruit Extract
Skip the delivery. Collect from the Perth studio.
3/125 Garling St, O'Connor WA — no minimum spend. Choose collection at checkout.
Still unsure? Email [email protected] — we answer within 48 hours, from Perth.
Clean, to us, is a formulation discipline, not a label. Every ingredient is selected with intention and integrity, for a defined role in the formula. We leave out what your skin doesn't need (sulfates, parabens, phthalates, soap and mineral oil) and build around mild, plant-derived ingredients and well-researched actives that still perform on skin. What rinses away matters too, so we choose ingredients with their environmental impact in mind.
Phthalates are chemicals sometimes added to perfume to make a scent last longer. On an ingredient list, the whole perfume shows up as one word, "Fragrance", so you can't see whether they're inside. Several phthalates are banned from cosmetics in the EU, including some classified as hormone disruptors. We ask our fragrance house to leave all phthalates out of every scent we use.
IFRA, the International Fragrance Association, sets the global safety standards for fragrance ingredients. They're based on research by the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials and reviewed by an independent panel of experts. For each ingredient, the standards decide whether it's banned, capped at a maximum level, or must meet a purity rule — and those limits change with the type of product, so a lotion that stays on your skin gets stricter limits than a wash you rinse off. Our fragrance house issues an IFRA certificate for every scent we use, confirming it meets these limits for the exact product it goes into.
Most fragrances are a blend of many aroma ingredients. The European Union identified 26 of them — such as linalool, limonene, citral and geraniol — as the ones most often linked to skin reactions in people who are already sensitive to fragrance. The fragrance in our Skin Elixir Serum Lotion has been analysed by our fragrance house and is free of all 26.
Manufactured at our own GMP-certified facility in Ipoh, Malaysia, certified by Malaysia’s NPRA. Australian orders are dispatched from our Perth base on the next business day via Australia Post — 3–7 business days standard, Express available. Free standard shipping over $40.
Yes to both. Manufactured under Good Manufacturing Practice certification, and every ingredient in the Australian range complies with the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme that governs personal care sold in Australia.
Yes. Every formulation is vegan — no animal-derived ingredients — and we do not test on animals at any stage. That has been our position since 2018 and it has not changed.
Your rights under Australian Consumer Law are fully protected. Faulty, damaged or not-as-described means replacement, refund or repair, opened or not. For change-of-mind on opened personal care we cannot accept returns, for hygiene reasons. Email [email protected] with your order number.