ABOUT US
SCENT AND CLAY, COMPOSED TOGETHER
Tussie makes handcrafted ceramic aromatherapy pieces to wear and for the home. We make beautiful honest things that bring a small moment of calm and beauty to the days that need it most.
Our Story
MADE IN WILTSHIRE
Marysia grew up in the Wiltshire countryside and like many children she spent hours mixing potions in the garden — the smell of peppermint is still the smell of her childhood.
Years later, during a difficult stretch of IVF treatment, she escaped to her Dad's art studio and started to make her own ceramic reed diffuser for fun. That is where the idea behind Tussie started to grow.
Marysia spent her career building digital products but rarely made things with her hands. When burnout from work and motherhood peaked, she came back to clay and scent and Tussie launched in June 2026 with the hope her products could offer people like her some little moments of joy and calm in the everyday.
Having worked in sustainability and with a B Corp, Marysia knew from the start that Tussie had to tread lightly on the planet. That conviction led her to English-grown botanicals — traceable, locally farmed and distilled here rather than imported. It has become the heart of what Tussie stands for, and the reason every oil can be traced back to the field it came from.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
Handcrafted
Made by hand in our Wiltshire studio
Soil to Oil
100% UK-grown and distilled botanicals
Sustainably Made
Small batch. No waste. Planet considered.
Why terracotta. Why English botanicals.
The aromatherapy market has two problems. Materials that lose their scent within hours. And an oil supply chain where adulteration is more common than most people realise.
ROSE TERRACOTTA
Rose terracotta clay is a material with real character. Warm in colour and naturally porous, its microscopic structure allows it to slowly absorb and release liquid over time. That is why it is such an extraordinary material for scent.
At Tussie we work with terracotta clay for our aromatherapy products. Each piece is finished by hand using a combination of special glazes and underglazes, fired to create surfaces that are joyful and completely individual. Every glaze and every unglazed surface is chosen with purpose, for how it looks and for how it performs.
ENGLISH GROWN OILS
We work exclusively with botanicals grown and distilled in the UK, sourcing directly from small growers wherever possible. This keeps our oils traceable, transparent and closely connected to the landscapes they come from.
The palette of botanicals that can be cultivated and distilled in England is naturally smaller than those grown in warmer climates. Rather than recreate traditional aromatherapy blends built around imported oils, we embrace what grows well here. The result is a fragrance profile that feels green, herbaceous and quietly wild.
Our long-term dream is to grow and distil more of our own plants. We have begun with scented pelargoniums, beloved by Victorian gardeners and often included in traditional tussie-mussies. It felt like a fitting place to start.
You can follow our pelargonium diaries on Instagram and discover more about each of our thirteen English botanicals in our glossary.