A single black teardrop.
A tiny, angular, matte black seed with a sharp, peppery, almost oregano heat. Nigella sativa. Small enough to lose in a fold of cloth, important enough to bury with kings.
FORGOTTEN No. 004
Black Seed
NIGELLA SATIVA · Buried with pharaohs. A remedy for everything but death.
Found in the tomb of a pharaoh.
- 1323 BCE
Black seed has been used across the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia for thousands of years. It was found among the treasures entombed with Tutankhamun, packed for a journey into an afterlife, because it was considered too valuable to leave behind.
A remedy for everything but death.
An old saying holds that black seed is a remedy for everything but death. For most of Western grocery history it was a remedy for nothing, because it simply was not there. A seed carried across empires never made it into the cart.
Naturally rich in thymoquinone.
Black seed oil is naturally rich in a compound called thymoquinone and has been traditionally used to support the immune system. We phrase this with care and no promises. The tradition is ancient. The claims we make are small.
Goth candy for your immune system.
We suspended black seed oil inside a glossy black lollipop. It looks like it belongs in a witch's cabinet. It tastes like licorice with a secret. Immune-minded, immaculately sinister.