Corsican Plants
The Prickly Pear — A ton of figs for a liter of gold
Corsica's Most Precious Asset
Prickly pear seed oil (Opuntia ficus-indica) is one of the rarest and most expensive cosmetic oils in the world. The numbers speak for themselves: it takes approximate...
Wild Carrot — Radiance from the Corsican maquis
Not your garden carrot
Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) has nothing in common with the orange carrot you know. It grows freely in the Corsican maquis and fields — never cultivated, never treated, never ...
Kaffir Lime — Corsica's Secret Citrus
A citrus fruit nobody expected in Corsica
Kaffir lime (Citrus hystrix) is native to Southeast Asia. Cultivating it in Corsica is a daring gamble — almost a botanical provocation. And yet, the Corsi...
Rosemary — The aromatic sentinel of the Corsican scrubland
The Rosemary you don't know
You think you know Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis). You might use it in cooking, or have seen it growing in neat Provençal gardens. But Corsican Rosemary is not the sa...
Lavandula Stoechas — The wild child of the Corsican maquis
Not the Lavender You Think You Know
When we say "lavender," we instinctively think of the purple fields of Provence, of true lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) cultivated in perfect rows, harvested ...
The Damask Rose — 4,000 kg of petals for a liter of gold
A rose unlike any other
Damask Rose (Rosa damascena) is one of the most precious plants in the world. It takes approximately 4,000 kg of petals — hand-picked at sunrise, between May and June — to o...
Immortelle — The queen of essential oils
Why "Immortelle"?
Because its flowers never wilt. Even when cut or dried, Immortelle keeps its golden colors for months. It is this extraordinary resilience—this ability to concentrate its vitality...
