Workshop and Garden
in Siem Reap

FREE VISIT

Woman artisan processing banana palm fibre that will be used for packaging.
Welcome to Senteurs d'Angkor Workshop and Garden.
Cambodian family from Phnom Penh visits our Workshop

Through the different stations of our Workshop, you will discover how our artisans make by hand: soap with coconut oilnatural cosmetics, subtly scented balms, aromatic candles, but also natural packaging that we call Smok and Krebei Riel boxes.

Those boxes are both made of different parts of the palm tree. We call those boxes according to the name of their respective village where our artisans learned the kraft and transmitted their skills from one generation to another.

You will also observe the different steps to treat and prepare the local spices (Kampot pepper, lemongrass, chili…), and how we blend them to make the traditional curry or amok.

During your visit, you will be able to taste 🥄 several of our creations: flavoured coffee, flavoured tea, exotic jam and identify various exotic plants and flowers as: lemongrass, chili, pepper plant, coffee tree, frangipani, jasmine and more!

Senteurs d'Angkor's map of the free visit
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You can learn directly from our artisans, craft side by side and create your own souvenirs.

Among a choice of 4 activities, pick you favourite ones or try all of them! Ask your guide for more information once on site or book online.

Garden view
Artisan opening a big glass jar of spices for us to enjoy its smell.

Spices

Beyond rice, Cambodian cuisine uses many spices and herbs in various dishes such as “Lok Lak” (beef and pepper sauce) , “Saït Chrouk kwaï” (lacquered pork), “Ban Chaw” (pancake stuffed with herbs, pork and soy) , the amok or the “Samlor Kari” which is a very popular red curry soup.

Tamarind tree
Artisan cutting soap bar to make individual soap

Soap

Our natural soaps, based on coconut oil, which is in abundance here, are handmade. Soaps in different shape are available in different scents. They are also colored with natural ingredients such as charcoal, chia seeds, lotus stamen, curcuma, red clay and lemongrass powder.

Pond view
Artisan making recipe at our Workshop laboratory

Natural Cosmetics

Concerning our own cosmetics range, we use the best natural ingredients such as coconut oil, jojoba oil and sweet almond oil blended with essential oils and beeswax. We make all types of creams (face, body, hand and foot), balms, scrubs and massage oils, perfumed with the scents of Cambodia. We only use natural preservative such as Vitamin E.

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Support Cambodian Handicraft
Artisan packaging pepper using natural palm sugar leaves

Packaging

At Senteurs d’Angkor all our packaging are produced on site. The materials are gathered locally and processed by dedicated women who create beautiful packaging for all our products.

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Spices product made by Senteurs d’Angkor
Lady palm
Lotus flower
Cacao fruit
Artisan setting up tte coffee roasting machine

Coffee

Rich, aromatic Robusta coffee from the highlands of Mondulkiri, skilfully roasted and ground by Senteurs d’Angkor in Siem Reap. Bold, full-bodied, and authentic — the true taste of Cambodian coffee heritage.

Sugar palm trees crossing the blue sky
Artisan processing lemongrass

Distillation

Senteurs d’Angkor creates its own essential oil in order to make the best product possible, from the raw material until the final product, the process are under control. The essential oils and hydrosol obtained through the process are then used in our cosmetics.

Bougainvillea purple/pink colour
Garden view
Artisan making "smok" boxes out of sugar palm leaves

Smok

The sugar palm tree is one of Cambodia’s national icons; it plays a very important role in providing material for many home uses as the leaves are used as thatch for roof and walls, mats, baskets … At Senteurs d’Angkor, we use theses leaves to create boxes as a packaging for our products. Our artisans come from Kravann village where we provide sustainable work to 80 other women.

Traveller’s palm
Manual water pump

Boutique

After your visit, you will be able to buy anything you have just seen. We offer a wide range of packaging and sizes. Most of our product have testers on site in case you are undecided.

Yellow bamboo
Taste freshly made cookies at our café
tea flavours at Senteurs d'Angkor café
Our selection of teas
Lady palm and sugar palm tree surrounded by the garden
Garden view
Artisan working on lotus petal flower

Tea & Herbal infusion

Aromatic and refreshing tea blends, crafted to delight your senses. The art of flavoured tea begins with tea and fresh spices or flowers that have been skilfully selected, dried and blended.

Pineapple plant
Common Leopard butterfly
Artisan aligning incense cones for drying

Incense

Aromatic and refreshing tea blends, crafted to delight your senses. The art of flavoured tea begins with tea and fresh spices or flowers that have been skilfully selected, dried and blended.

Council tree
Bird of paradise flower

Dyeing

Those boxes are made from sugar palm tree branches. Our artisans come from Krebei Riel village (nearby village to the west of Senteurs d’Angkor), the only village that detains and masters this know-how, where Senteurs d’Angkor also provide sustainable work to 30 other women.

Workshop shop
Papaya tree
Trumpet flower

Café

Get a short break and enjoy our home made cookies, freshly made ice creams, refreshing drinks as well as tea, herbal tea and coffee.

Handmade natural soap
Artisan feeling container with dried mango

Delicatessen

Thanks to the richness of the local fauna and flora, there are many possibilities of flavours combination as flavored sesame and coconut cookies or palm sugar caramelized peanuts. You’ll taste the exotic fruit jams as passion fruits or dragon fruits.

Jasmine flowers on tree
Council tree with orchid
Artisan cleaning the candle before packaging

Candle

Our aromatic candles are made of paraffin wax, beeswax, perfume and essential oils. The candle are also coloured with natural ingredients as the lotus stamen for the yellow colour or the bamboo charcoal for the black colour. Colours for every taste, you are sure to find your favourites among the different colors and patterns.

Exotic jam sold in our Boutiques
The solarium where spices are dried
Artisan make boxes out of sugar palm bark

Krebei Riel

Those boxes are made from sugar palm tree branches. Our artisans come from Krebei Riel village (nearby village to the west of Senteurs d’Angkor), the only village that detains and masters this know-how, where Senteurs d’Angkor also provide sustainable work to 30 other women.

Pepper growing on site
Banana bunch
Sugar palm
Artisan walking through the garden
Yucca palm
Crepe ginger
Dragon fruit plant

Did you enjoy the virtual visit?
You won’t be surprised if we tell you that it’s better in real life.
And it’s free!

View of the Café of Senteurs d'Angkor surrounded by a tropical garden and its workshops

We are pleased to welcome you at our café where you can taste the natural flavors of Cambodia. From homemade cookies and ice creams to teas and coffees you will certainly find something that you like!

Senteurs d'Angkor do it yourself (DIY) activities

Enjoy our 4 activities: Cook sugar palm candies, learn how to make lip balm sticks with the scents of your choice, discover how candles are made or challenge yourself by weaving a box using locally sourced palm leaves.