Essenciagua
Un legado de excelencia
Fundada en 2005 por el bioquímico Laurent Gautun, Essenciagua es una destilería francesa dedicada a elaborar hidrosoles y aceites esenciales excepcionales. La pasión de Laurent por la aromaterapia surgió durante sus viajes por Europa y Ecuador, donde se sumergió en el arte de la destilación tradicional de plantas. Dejando atrás una carrera corporativa, diseñó fotografías especializadas y forjó estrechas asociaciones con productores locales, garantizando que cada paso del proceso refleje cuidado y calidad.
En 2010, la Dra. Magali Louis, científica biomédica, se unió a Essenciagua, enriqueciendo la empresa con su experiencia en salud natural. Juntos desarrollaron Nova Aroma douce, una gama orgánica certificada que encarna la pureza y el potencial terapéutico de la naturaleza. A lo largo de los años, Essenciagua se ha ganado una reputación estelar, incluso exhibiendo su artesanía en el Palacio del Elíseo durante la “Gran Exposición de Fabricación en Francia” en 2021. Con un taller ecológico de última generación ubicado en Lozère , Essenciagua sigue siendo pionera en producción e innovación sostenible.
Hydrosol Craftsmanship: Food-Grade Purity in Every Drop
Essenciagua’s hydrosols are a testament to their dedication to quality and authenticity. Each hydrosol is crafted using fresh, organic, or wild-harvested plants, distilled with a precise ratio of 1 kilogram of plant material per liter of hydrosol. This ensures a rich concentration of the plant’s active ingredients. The distillation process captures both essential oils and water-soluble aromatic compounds, creating a perfectly balanced product that reflects the full essence of the plant. All their hydrosols are certified food grade, ensuring safety and purity for use both in skincare and culinary applications.
Unlike many hydrosols on the market, Essenciagua’s are microfiltered, free from pasteurization, alcohol, or preservatives, preserving their natural integrity. Their hydrosols are packaged in recyclable PET bottles, designed to protect the product from UV exposure while being environmentally friendly.
With Essenciagua, you experience the gentle yet potent benefits of artisanal hydrosols, where nature’s purity meets meticulous craftsmanship.
Top 3 Benefits of using Hydrosols
1. Gentle and Safe for All Skin Types: Hydrosols are mild and non-irritating, making them suitable for even the most sensitive skin. They maintain the essence of the plant in a less concentrated form than essential oils, offering soothing, hydrating, and toning benefits without the risk of irritation.
2. Versatile Usage: Hydrosols can be used in a variety of ways - as facial toners, in aromatherapy, as linen sprays, for wound care, or as ingredients in homemade skincare products. Their versatility extends to culinary uses, where food-grade hydrosols can flavor drinks, desserts, and dishes.
3. Therapeutic Properties: Despite their mild nature, hydrosols possess therapeutic properties that can benefit the mind, body, and soul. Depending on the plant they are derived from, they can have anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, calming, or uplifting effects, among others, contributing to overall well-being.
How to use Hydrosols?
In Suzanne Catty's brilliant book "Hydrosols the Next Aromatherapy" she explains thoroughly all the benefits and the different ways of using hydrosols. I really recommend reading her book!
Here is what she writes:
"Hydrosols are mild but effective. They can be used undiluted without problems for most topical applications. In some ways you can treat them like water, for instance, to wash a cut or scrape, but it must be remembered that they differ from water in many ways. Hydrosols do contain some essential oils, so whichever one you use will contain some but not all of the properties of the oil, and you will receive some of the benefits that you would get if you used the respective oil.
Hydrosols have a very different pH than water; they are always either slightly acid, like lavender, or very acid, like rock rose. Rock rose, because of its extreme aciditity, is highly astringent and will constrict cells where it is applied. This means it is useful to stanch bleeding; it is also great for tightening pores and reducing wrinkles.
Lavender, with an almost neutral pH, may be better choice if a wound contains dirt or pus, since it can wash the debris out of the cut more easily, as the cells remain open and bleeding will help clean the wound."
Ways to use Hydrosols
1. Spray undiluted hydrosols all over the body as a quick refresher, to cool the body temperature or stimulate circulation, to reduce the impact and damage of sun exposure, as a deodorant, or as a subtle perfume.
2. Use neat hydrosols to make your own wet wipes, for both adult and infant personal hygiene (Chamomile Roman is perfect for infants and kids)
3. Use as hand spray to prevent the spread of germs in cold season, or when you are traveling and are being exposed to far more germs than at home.
4. Treat skin conditions like eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, and poison ivy. Use several small applications per day, the general rule would be no less than three and as many as twelve small localized applications per day, every day until symptoms resolve.
5. Hydrosols can greatly relieve the itching, pain, and redness of the skin in case of for instance eczema. They can slow down the flaking process and speed up the healing.
6. It is very important that you buy organic preservative-free hydrosols.