February 26, 2024 |
It was during lockdown that Estelle Bingham, the sought-after healer and mystic therapist and aka ‘The Heart Whisperer’, had the idea for her brand, and was encouraged to go for it during a walk with her friend, client and social bubbler Charlotte Tilbury.
“I didn’t stop working, it was just all over zoom,” she says of the time. “But I found myself wishing I could give people something to spray around to help them feel centred.” Fragrance has been a part of her client sessions for the last 20 years. “Smell is an amazing way to heal,” she explains, and she has hands on experience of this from working with people’s energy and noticing shifts.
Now, three years later, she has launched her own spritzable bit of help and hope and support with I Am Sacred Space. It’s all about what Estelle calls “dropping into our heart energy”, being present, connecting with, and showing up for ourselves in a committed way every day; it’s this sort of practice that helps to transform a life.
There’s more than a bit of medieval alchemy to it all, whether that’s in the symbols on the packaging (modern take on ancient emblems of protection) to the concoctions themselves and a mission of transformation much as ancient alchemists would turn lead into gold. “We all have stuff that we need to transmute,” says Estelle, whether that’s a difficult childhood or a broken heart. “When you hear all of this it can sound a bit ‘out there’ but the best thing to do is to try it and rather than being out there you bring it in here,” she says.
Her all-natural fragrances, full of essential oils, are a way to help to get centered, to shift energy or to ‘frequency hack’ as she puts it, and a great aid to meditation. Certainly, when she practiced a short mediation at that launch it was so powerful that there were more than a few tears shed in the room. She worked on the blends with Denise Leicester, the founder of the Ila wellness brand, and the symbols and packaging are the work of designer Lizzie Clark formerly of Alexander McQueen.
As for what being sacred is all about …. “It has come to mean something very untouchable but it’s really about the preciousness of life, about being grateful for this moment and creating space for it.” Choose from one of three fragrance vibrations: ‘Love’ (what Estelle describes as an adaptogen fragrance because “it will meet you where you are”) with notes of rose absolute to open the heart and sandalwood with, colloidal gold to balance energy and ruby to heal heart wounds; ‘Purpose’ with vetiver and clary sage alongside diamond crystal for abundance and amethyst for inner power; ‘Protect’ with frankincense and myrrh together with yew tree essence for wisdom and blue chamomile to dispel negativity.
There’s a best-practice routine for application which includes rubbing it between your wrists and then sweeping your arms above your head (she is planning a demonstration video for her Instagram). Top it up during the day as and when you feel the need. And if you have a day when you feel you need a bit of all three? “Layer them up,” says Estelle. “Just bring in the cavalry.” I Am Sacred Space by Estelle Bingham is available now at Liberty, from £85; libertylondon.com.
Photography courtesy of Estelle Bingham.
