Punica granatum

The pomegranate appears across Anatolian art from antiquity onward — Hittite reliefs, Byzantine mosaics, Ottoman miniatures, all carry its image. Cultivated heavily along the Mediterranean coast around Antalya, the fruit yields a rare cold-pressed seed oil that quietly anchored Ottoman court beauty.

On the skin, pomegranate seed oil is one of the most concentrated natural sources of punicic acid — but Bithyné prefers to say: it has lived in Anatolian beauty for two thousand years for a reason.

Properties: deeply regenerating, mildly astringent, richly antioxidant. Traditional uses: facial oil, mask, ritual scent.