“From humble beginnings in Germany, renowned for its spa towns, Olverum’s founder was in fact a successful winemaker from Mosel in the early 1900s.

Franz Otto Klein’s other passions involved his wife, travel and the therapeutic benefits of essential oils. He indulged in all travelling the world with his wife, who (lucky for Franz) was a renowned pharmacologist. Yet, however far he ventured in search of oils for his own personal collection, it was his favourite spa town, Baden Baden that he returned to for his most treasured organic blends. In 1929, the spa ceased production and when one door closes the seeds of Olverum were sown, and the idea of a unique blended oil was formed, combining the oenology and laboratory skills of the Kleins with their worldly-wise vision of what a therapeutic oil could truly be.

Back home in Mosel, their former monastery farmhouse was home to a physic garden of rare plants. Cultivated by its previous tenants, fate gifted the couple their own library of exotic, natural botanicals from which they could blend an oil to restore and revive. Passed down through generations, the family business grew into Olverum – ‘true oil’ in Latin – a cult product revered by a small number of passionate fans. By the mid-2000s this led to the rebranding of Olverum under new ownership, commemorating eight decades of tradition and an authentic therapeutic ethos to create a range of beauty products designed for modern, luxurious self-care.”

Read the full article at Wildflower Magazine, UK