Pryvit! My name is Dariia Korniichuk, I am from Kyiv, the capital of brave Ukraine. I have three most important passions in life: family, food and essential oils ☺.

I am a certified aromatherapist & owner of Aroma Fields company, which was established 2 years ago. 50 km from Kyiv I have a beautiful piece of land where am growing aromatic herbs, which are organically cultivated and distilled for essential oils production. 

Aroma Fields is the 1^st producer of top essential oils, hydrosols and aromatic skin care products with the full production cycle in Ukraine: from aromatic herbs cultivation and distillation to production of end user products. We are distilling our own herbs and locally sourced plants. 

“From farm to skin” – this is a philosophy of Aroma Fields, which 100% reflects our values and principles to create products from ingredients, given by nature. 

Before Feb, 24^th I was growing two plants on my field on a big scale – lavender & peppermint. My business was successfully growing from month to month. I had a lot of plans for 2022: to crop new herbs, to produce new oils, to expand production capacity and to finalize experience centre construction… But February 24^th changed everything, ruined all plans, both business and personal, destroyed lives of all Ukrainians. 

Lisovychi village, where my field and production site are placed, was occupied by Russian invaders. I didn’t have access to my plants and facilities, had no clue what was going on there and if anything would survive. 

Beginning of June I came back to my site.  I clearly recall my feelings when I entered my field after occupation: only tears and lots of pain inside. The whole field of peppermint and 30% of lavender plants died out. And we lost our sping for new herbs cropping. Less plants – less oils – less income…

However, being a Ukrainian entrepreneur I decided not to give up despite all challenges. In the middle of June when I saw a beautiful blooming field of remained lavender I thought that I need to continue my business and be brave like all Ukrainians are.

I took out my amazing alembic still and produced the lavender oil, which is inside this Cozy Christmas Gift Basket. This is a very special lavender oil as it was produced in a very special year in a very special place with lots of love and hope. I hope that one day this awful war ends and you will come to Ukraine to Aroma Fields, you will recall this story and we enjoy together aroma and peace.