The Whistling Thorn

The Whistling Thorn is a New York-based body care and fragrance brand founded by Jakki Kerubo in 2019. Jakki's love for fragrance began as a child when she visited her grandmother's farm in Kenya and joined the family to harvest pyrethrum flowers and roses for the European market, and fruits and herbs for the home and local market. Working as a writer and public health communications by day, and spending nights formulating body care products for her sensitive dark skin and hyper-stressed city mind, Jakki Kerubo launched an online store in mid-2019 offering her soothing products to people who l