On the Greek island of Chios, mastic trees are scored by hand each summer — a ritual three thousand years old. The resin that emerges, the crystal tears of mastiha, holds the science behind Lakesis, one of the hero ingredients in KLOTHÓ by AGNODICE.

For centuries, saffron has been one of the world's most treasured botanicals. Known as "red gold," saffron comes from the delicate crimson stigmas of the Crocus sativus flower, each one carefully harvested by hand. In Greece, the most famous saffron comes from Kozani, a region whose climate and soil create some of the finest saffron in the world. The harvest takes place each autumn, when thousands of purple blossoms briefly cover the fields before their crimson threads are ga