The Coco de Mer Collection is the culmination of a remarkable family legacy: the brainchild of Sharon Bonne, a local Seychellois Creole woman, and her inventive parents. Her mother and father created the patented extraction process to release the unique, heady aroma of the Coco de Mer’s husk, a scent that, until recently, remained a closely guarded secret of the Seychelles. Sharon and her family work with the only Seychelles artisan with the passed-down skill to open the Coco de Mer while preserving its shell and fruit.
The Coco de Mer Collection is a true olfactory journey. With five distinctive fragrances, each made with primarily natural plant-derived ingredients, including the exquisite Coco de Mer and fragrant botanicals local to the Seychelles, the Coco de Mer Collection invites you to escape the everyday and take a journey of the senses—no passport required.
Coco de Mer Fragrance Co. is an independently owned fragrance importing company, which has an exclusive licensing deal with Coco de Mer Collection to sell the fragrances within the United States. Coco de Mer Fragrance Co. is dedicated to ensuring authenticity and helping to conserve the coco de mer palms, seeds and legacy for generations to come.
With only 5,000 fiercely protected palms in existence, exclusively found in the Seychelles, each bottle of Coco de Mer is an exquisite luxury – less than 50,000 are produced annually. One of the most remarkable aspects of the Coco de Mer is its slow growth and longevity; it takes around six to seven years for the seed to germinate and another 25-30 years before the tree starts producing its own fruit. The ancient legend weaves an even more compelling tale…
Long ago, before time began, the Supreme One sang the world into being. From his heart came a creation song so powerful it took form as a radiant conch shell. A sea nymph, entranced by its beauty, learned the song and used it to shape the oceans, carve the land, and paint the sky with rain.
The Earth Keeper, angered by her intrusion, was soon overcome by awe. Falling in love, he begged to share her gift. She taught him the song of fire beneath the earth, and together they created mountain peaks, volcanic isles, and enchanted places where opposites met.
But their stolen power enraged the Supreme One. He found them hiding in Eden, the first sacred forest, and sentenced them to death. Yet as they embraced, transformed by love and creation, he could not destroy them.
Instead, their final song lifted Eden across the seas to the farthest ocean. There, the lovers became two entwined trees—the male and female Coco de Mer—bound together in eternal embrace.
To this day, they remain rooted on Praslin Island, their story carried on the breeze, their powerful scent whispering creation’s secrets to all who pass.
Coco de Mer is unwavering in its commitment to ethical and sustainable sourcing. The company harvests only naturally fallen Coco de Mer seeds from wild palms, adhering to stringent government regulations that safeguard this precious natural resource. Coco de Mer proudly contributes 1% of all sales to Nature Seychelles, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the Coco de Mer's fragile ecosystem.
