Skin Benefit
Conditioning oil base for Garden Blossom and Marbled Charcoal. Cleans well, leaves skin complete.
Spiritual Benefit
Olive oil used in bathing since antiquity, central to Mediterranean ritual washing traditions.
The record
In use for 5,000+ years
Origin
The Mediterranean basin, where the tree outlives its farmers.
Harvested
Olives are milled and cold-pressed, the first press yielding the finest oil.
Cultural impact
Athletes of Greece oiled and scraped their skin with it, Rome lit and washed with it, and scripture anointed with it. The Mediterranean ran on this oil.
Traditional use
The original skin oil, rubbed on daily, scraped off with a strigil, and worked into the first true soaps.
