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 irrigated. Its small white umbrella-shaped flowers bloom amidst the island's wild vegetation, between June and August.
It is this complete freedom — this absence of human intervention — that concentrates in it a biochemical richness that cultivated carrots never achieve. The stress of wild nature is its driving force. Its survival, its excellence.
The ultimate radiance active ingredient
Corsican Wild Carrot is one of the most powerful active ingredients for reviving the skin's natural radiance and evening out the complexion. Its exceptional richness in beta-carotene — a precursor to vitamin A — makes it an extraordinary regenerating and illuminating active ingredient.
Radiance & complexion evening Beta-carotene naturally stimulates skin radiance and promotes harmonious pigmentation. Dark spots gradually fade, the complexion evens out, and the skin regains that natural luminosity that time and pollution had dulled.
Cellular renewal Vitamin A — synthesized from beta-carotene — is one of the most well-documented molecules in dermatology for its action on cellular renewal. It accelerates epidermal turnover, eliminates dead cells, and promotes the emergence of new, healthy, and radiant cells.
Deep regeneration Wild Carrot essential oil is also rich in carotol — a molecule with remarkable regenerating properties on damaged skin tissues. It is particularly effective on tired, dull, and devitalized skin.
Skin detoxification Its hepatoprotective properties — well-known in phytotherapy — translate in cosmetics into a skin detoxifying action. It helps the skin eliminate toxins accumulated from pollution, stress, and dietary excesses.
Wild harvesting — a strong commitment
Harvesting Wild Carrot in the Corsican maquis is not a marketing argument. It is a real constraint — and a deliberate choice.
The harvesting is manual, seasonal, and limited by the plant's natural cycles. You cannot decide to produce more — nature dictates its rhythm. Our harvesters must obtain authorization, scrupulously respect the harvesting areas, never take more than the plant can regenerate, and work with perfect knowledge of the territory.
This approach guarantees the quality and traceability of each INTINOÏ bottle.
In our products
Wild Carrot is one of the 5 hydrolats in our Purifying Astringent Mousse N°1 — the 5 Hydrolat Synergy. It plays its role as a radiance and regenerating active ingredient, in synergy with Combava, Rosemary, Damask Rose, and Immortelle for an exceptional purifying formula.
"It grows alone, where the Corsican soil allows — and it is this freedom that concentrates all its power."
