Come and meet our producers!

In Lagarde d'Apt, between Mont Ventoux and the Lubéron, the Fra family, guardians of an ancient tradition going back 7 generations, are at work. Their wild lavender is sown at an altitude of over 1100 metres, on the highest plateau in the Vaucluse. Only lavender grown at altitudes of between 600 and 1200 metres is eligible for the AOP Fine Lavender status.

"Our lavender is exceptional in terms of its molecular composition and its scent, but also because it is grown in a way that respects nature. My husband's father, Maurice Fra, converted our farm to organic farming in 1979.

In the early days of the farm, in 1880, Lavender was distilled on site using mobile stills and horses. Today, Christine also coordinates a dedicated distillery.

"Lavender teaches patience: you have to learn to live at its own pace, it is sown in the autumn and we harvest it 4 years later".

Lavender essential oil was used in Roman times to perfume clothes and homes. An essential pillar of aromatherapy, it helps combat stress, promotes sleep, relieves headaches and soothes insect bites.

Nathalie inherited a family business that dates back more than 20 years. She produces ORGANIC Gascony Plum oil from the Ente plum, a purple species with blue highlights grown in the Lot-et-Garonne region.

"Working with Aroma-Zone makes a lot of sense: we share a passion for plants and the land, and we want to promote expertise."

Nathalie's business is in the heartland of plum cultivation: traces of plum shipments by boat dating back to the time of the Gauls have been found in the Agen region.

Gascony Plum oil actually comes from the plum kernel, which is squeezed, wrung out and dried before the oil is extracted. Its cosmetic use is a valuable way of adding value to this part of the fruit that is not used by the food industry.

Naturally rich in vitamin E and omega-9, as well as being softening and anti-oxidant, Gascony Plum oil is ideal for helping to combat the signs of skin ageing, prevent dehydration and restore radiance to the skin.

It's under the Haute-Corse sun, in its vast golden-yellow fields, that we meet Stéphane, who has been producing and distilling Helichrysum Italicum (Everlasting) essential oil for over 20 years. He cultivates ORGANIC Corsican Everlasting with passion, skill and respect, as well as 14 varieties of aromatic and medicinal plants. Committed to a form of agriculture that preserves biodiversity, he has banned the use of pesticides, practises mixed farming and does not irrigate to preserve water resources.

"We grow Helichrysum Italicum. It's Greek, it's 'Helios' which means the sun." Stéphane Acquarone

Helichrysum grows wild in the Corsican scrubland and on sunny, rocky soils. When cultivated, it requires more care and careful monitoring, as Stéphane explains. It is planted by hand, then the grower carefully monitors flowering before a delicate harvest in June. When ripe, the flowers give off an incomparable scent, typical of the Corsican maquis, with notes of honey, hay and curry.

The flowers are then sorted and prepared before being distilled in large stills using steam extraction. At the end of the distillation process, Stéphane harvests the ORGANIC Corsican Helichrysum Italicum hydrosol.

Explore the captivating world of Emeline and ORGANIC Borage Oil, an adventure that combines agronomic passion with a devotion to nature. As an agricultural engineer, Emeline has been devoting her expertise for the last two years to guiding farmers in the production of borage, a plant with exceptional virtues. Nestling in the Eure-et-Loir region, at the entrance to the Conie plateau, this eight-hectare farm has been growing borage organically for the past four years.

Our exploration begins with a detailed identity card for ORGANIC Borage oil, revealing where it is produced in Eure-et-Loir, how it is obtained by recovering the oil from borage seeds through crushing or mechanical pressure, and whether it is organic or conventional.

We then delve into the production of borage, a plant that is reborn each year from its carefully sown seeds. Emeline guides us through borage's rapid growth cycle, from flowering in June/early July to harvesting at the end of July. Discover the meticulous stages, from cutting when ripe to harvesting the seeds using a combine harvester, before sending them to the oil mill to extract the precious essence.

Recognised as a major anti-ageing treatment, Argan oil is the product of south-west Morocco's sun and soil. It is also, and above all, the result of the infinitely precious work of a community of over 300 women. Each bottle of this liquid gold bears the imprint of their skills, from the harvesting of the best fruit to the meticulous crushing of the argan kernels.

Today, we want to promote the work of our producers, these communities of women with whom we've been working for over 10 years without intermediaries, and without whom nothing would be possible. These women are facing major challenges: the consequences of the 2023 earthquake, drought linked to global warming and pressure from industrialists on the resource.

"The argan tree has always been a female domain", says Hanane, President of a women's cooperative specialising in the production of argan oil. It's the women who take care of all the stages of production. This work enables them to improve their economic and social situation, paying for their children's school fees, for example.