Down 101: Our Premium Downs

All of St Genève’s down is selected with the utmost care, with an eye for exceptional quality. Many of our Premium Downs are a love letter to our heritage and come from Canadian Eider Ducks and Canada Geese.

All St Genève Downs are also Zurgaurd Certified to be hypoallergenic.

PREMIUM DOWNS

We have three very distinctive downs in our collection. The Eiderdown, the James Bay and the Embassy. These products are filled with some of the rarest downs in the world. Discerning customers investing in these exquisite downs should expect a lifetime of comfort and warmth. 

GENUINE EIDERDOWN | 700+ LOFT WILD EIDER DUCK DOWN

Eiderdown is the softest and highest insulating down in the world. It is extremely rare, with only a single truckful collected worldwide each year.

Eiderdown is unsurpassed for comfort throughout the seasons: lighter in weight, warmer in the winter, and cooler in the summer. Its insulating capacity is so advanced that it adjusts to the person's temperature under the duvet.

Our Eiderdown is hand collected, in harmony with nature, directly from the Eider Duck’s nests at sanctuary islands along the St Lawrence in Quebec. The local collectors have created a bond between themselves and the Eiders, where the birds aren’t disturbed in the collection, and they trust the down collectors implicitly. No birds are harmed in the process. 

While Eiderdown tests at 700 loft, its unique high density and cling make it insulate at a much higher rate. We find it takes less weight of Eiderdown than any other down to get the same warmth. It is more efficient than a 1000 loft down.

JAMES BAY | 700+ LOFT WILD CANADA GOOSE DOWN

James Bay down clusters cling together for superb insulating power, with properties similar to the Eiderdown. It is collected from wild geese in the Canadian North by Cree First Nations under special license from the Canadian Government. This down is even rarer than Eiderdown.

James Bay’s huge down clusters actually cling together and must be hand-sorted and then cleaned. Similar to Eiderdown, it tests at 700 loft, but since it has the same unique properties of cling and high density, it insulates as if it were a 900+ loft down.

EMBASSY | 1000 LOFT WHITE GOOSE DOWN

This amazing white goose down has the highest loft of any down available worldwide. It was initially developed for the high-end Japanese market for technical jackets and was later used in the most deluxe duvets.

Embassy down starts with Polish white goose down, which is meticulously hand-sorted, resulting in the most massive, pure clusters of down. This exquisite down is incredibly soft and lightweight.

Our Embassy down tests at 1000 loft, and it is verified by the International Down and Feather Laboratory in Salt Lake City, Utah. This lab is recognized as the best in the world and is used by the US and Canadian governments.

View our line of quality down duvets, pillows, and mattress toppers here.