Épices Rœllinger Cave À Vanilles (“vanilla Cellar”)<Tahitian Vanilla Bean (Tahaa Island)

First, the vanilla beans are washed and dried. Over the next 5 months, the beans are set out in the sunshine for several hours each day. The beans are then massaged, sorted, and cured with great skill.

The Guerlain French perfume house commissioned Admiral Hamelin to go to the Chinantla Forest in Mexico to bring back a vanilla variety that Aimé Guerlain had selected himself for its intense fragrance. Guerlain then began growing the variety in French Polynesia, primarily in the Tahitian Islands.