Süleyman Bey.
In the 1900s, he established expansive botanical fields in Crimea and a refined herbal boutique in Istanbul, catering to the elite with rare botanical treasures.
Nihat Sigman.
a researcher of plants and speaker on the philosophy of creation.
Hande Sigman.
founder of divaalee. An artist and sensory experience designer crafting serene art experiences for restorative sleep.
At the heart of divaalee stands a lineage rather than a beginning.
Hande Sigman is the heir to a family whose devotion to the natural world spans generations. Her roots trace back to the cultivated botanical estates of Crimea, where her grandfather, Süleyman Bey, oversaw expansive herbal grounds and maintained a refined apothecary in Istanbul. His knowledge was not commercial; it was custodial, passed through the household, not the marketplace.
This tradition continued through Nihat Sigman, a philosopher of the philosophy of nature, whose works and private lectures further shaped the family’s contemplative relationship with the living world. Within this quiet inheritance, Hande was not taught to invent, but to guard, refine, and continue.
Educated through lineage as much as through study, she honors this heritage by shaping multisensory environments that restore inner stillness. divaalee is not a brand she founded; it is a custodianship she carries forward, an enduring ethos of serenity, ceremony, and cultivated elegance.
