Our heritage

A mission was the reason for the founding of farfalla in 1982: the search for a way to bring health, a balanced spirit and natural beauty in a harmonious unity with nature.

The founders

Young and adventurous, the farfalla founders were pioneers in many domains and tried out things that still were exotic in the 1970ies: they praticed yoga and macrobiotic, produced their own tofu and kombucha... always on the track of health,ecology and inner peace.

Naturopathy

Naturopathy was a very important element of their everyday life and it lead them to discovering the world of essential oils. Ever since then, its effectiveness on health and wellbeing never left them//their side.

The second generation

The spirit of their mission lives on now through the vision of the 2nd farfalla generation: grown up in a hippie community, since early childhood on fragrance travels instead of holidays at the beach and literally with the flower power in the blood!

A great privilege

The second generation: Malvin Richard about the importance of ethnobotanical fragrance travels, growing up with the farfalla founders and the values he will carry on with.

Ethnobotanical quest

The farfalla generations travelled together to the origins/source of essential oils... to people around the world, from whom they learned how plants and their use can bring body and spirit/soul in balance.

The individual way to well-being

Encounters with people all around the world have shown us that there were many different ways to ameliorate one’s own well-being. Based on that knowledge, we have gathered a unique collection of ethnobotanical formulas. Our recipes convey inspiration and directions as to how aroma plants and their derivates can help every person very individually on their quest for happiness, health and natural beauty.

Ethnobotany

It is the science of the relationship between the worlds of men and plants. It is an inexhaustible source that teaches us how plants can be used in popular medicine and beauty care.

Our Savoir Faire

Medicinal plants have been used by human beings since thousands of years for the treatment of disease. Effectively working recipes of the popular medicine are now being confirmed by science. Plants have an effect on health, well-being and beauty. Their essential oils are powerful in highly concentrated form. Experimental investigations as well as numerous studies support empirical medical reports about the use of essential oils in health care.

The power of plants

Medicinal plants have been used by human beings since thousands of years for the treatment of disease. Effectively working recipes of the popular medicine are now being confirmed by science. Plants have an effect on health, well-being and beauty. Their essential oils are powerful in highly concentrated form. Experimental investigations as well as numerous studies support empirical medical reports about the use of essential oils in health care.

Our raw materials

The cultivation of aromatic plants in Madagascar (organic FairTrade project) and in France (organic village Correns) as well as our longstanding cooperation with cultivators in the whole world are the garants of top quality. From sowing through harvest up to distillation, pressing or maceration of plants, their values are ours, i.e. ecology, humanity and they fullfill our high quality standards.

In over 40 countries...

...our long-term selected organic growers ensure the first class quality of our raw materials.

Our production: made in Switzerland…

... stands for highest expertise, state-of-the-art processing. They are submitted to the most stringent regulations in both our certified GMP production centers in Zurich and in Jura.

Well-founded aromatological expertise...

... and highest quality standards don’t go unnoticed: we are market leader for aromatherapy and aroma care products since over 30 years. 700 care facilities and hospitals rely on our products. We share our longstanding experience in the form of diplomas and certificates in aromatherapy, aromacare and aroma counseling delivered by our academy.

Our Promise

Follow the butterfly – we make sure that butterflies fly...

Our Promise

The quintessence of the company’s philosophy and basis for all business activities is ecological, human and consistent action respecting the dignity of men, animals and nature.

Our Promise

What we consider belongs to sustainability.

The farfalla midwife charity

With each buy of a farfalla product, a several years lasting formation of a midwife will be financed in particularly affected country. These midwives will then accompany mothers and her babies before, during and after birth. One out of every hundred mothers still dies when giving birth in countries under developement, often with her baby too. Our aim: to reduce the death rate of mothers in the poorest countries of the world.