Orris Root is the dried rhizome of the beautiful but scentless Florentine Iris flower. This Tuscan Orris Root is first hand harvested, then peeled, sun-dried and sorted. The root bulbs are odourless when harvested; they must be left to mature for three years in damp underground cellars to enable the Orris roots to oxidise and form the ionones that define the irresistible soft, round powdery scent. Raer's Orris root is cultivated completely by hand on a centuries-old family-owned farm in the Tuscan hills.