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 We at Veriditas have the deepest respect for our distillers because they produce the highest quality medicinal essential oils offered world-wide. These organic essential oils are produced with the intention of being used medicinally for their healing properties. Organic farming and distilling is not just a job, it's a way of life. Encompassing a passion for plants and combining modern and historic techniques is a fine art that can take decades to develop. The following is a short biography of each of our highly acclaimed distillers including their methods and philosophies of distilling rare, and truly therapeutic grade essential oils. Organic Distillery in Provence, France Ampertaler Naturöle La Tisane V.F. Aromatique |
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 Bernhard Nusstein and his father, Rudolf Nusstein, founded Ampertaler Naturöle in 1995. Ampertaler Naturöle is set in the Amper Valley, 20 Kilometers North of Munich, where plants such as Melissa, Yarrow, Clary sage, Hops, and Angelica grow abundantly and are expertly distilled. When I asked Bernhard about his life's work, his love for farming and distillation was apparent by his answer: "It's so nice to grow up and distill medicinal herbs, because every kind of herb is so different and has such a different character. If you look at the yarrow, the oil is also different than the flower! And distilling medicinal herbs is such a wide field, you can harvest the flowers like the yarrow, the roots like the angelica or the whole flowering plant like the Melissa, but all of them have a great expression. I hope you can imagine what I love by my profession being a medicinal herb farmer." Rudolf Nusstein, Bernhard's father, taught pharmacology at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. Rudolf uses his expertise in pharmacology to analyze the constituents of each GC tested essential oil. In a Gas Chromatography test of their Melissa officinalis essential oil (lemon balm oil), one finds a true and rare Melissa with an extremely high citral content, one of the principal constituents of Melissa. All of the herbs grown and distilled at Ampertaler Naturöle are certified "natural" or organic by The Bavarian Business Association for Medical and Aromatic Plant Growers and Processors*. In Bernhard's words, the organic process is simple: "During cultivation of our plants we don't use neither pesticides nor herbicides. The fine art and workmanship applied in our distillery does not require chemical treatment of the herbs grown, nor do we rectify or redistill our essential oils." Ampertaler Naturöle (Naturöle meaning "nature's oils") produces Angelica root, Yarrow, Melissa, Hops, Clary sage, Thyme, Savory, Lovage and Valerian essential oils; all of cared for and distilled with pride and joy by the Nubstein family. *Erzeugerring fur Heil - und Gewurzpflanzen, Bayern |
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 Bernhard Nusstein, owner of Ampertaler Naturöle  |
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 V.F. Aromatique is located in Vercheny, France. Nicolas Revillion is the chemist at V.F. Aromatique. Nicolas holds a Masters Degree in Chemistry from University le Havre. The focus of V.F. Aromatique is to produce essential oils that are pure and natural. V.F. Aromatique offers L'lang-Ylang, Un Parfum Subtil, by Christian Brule and William Pecout, offering both the French and English translations on either side of each page. This book details a growing operation of Ylang Ylang in the Comoros Islands of Madagascar. It is a must-have for any aromatherapy enthusiast. The images of wild and cultivated Ylang Ylang are breathtaking. V.F. Aromatique offers nearly 100 different essential oils, all authentic pure plant essential oils of the highest quality. |
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 Nicolas Revillion, Master Chemist at V.F. Aromatique |
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