Beauty with Cold Pressed Oils

Eric Desforges de Caulières, owner of the MAISON CAULIÈRES family estate, came upon the beautifying benefits of cold-pressed oils by accident.

While carrying on the legacy of extracting the oils using an ancestral cold pressed oil technique inspired by a 17th century grindstone mill, Desforges de Caulières noticed that as he handled the oils, his hands, calloused from working the land, softened up and became smoother. The cold-pressed oil’s high concentrations of essential fatty acids, he discovered, are as beneficial for the skin as they are for overall well-being.

The Desforges de Caulières family atelier, set amidst France’s majestic Loire Valley Châteaux, has been passing on the know-how of its oiling and cold-pressing techniques from generation to generation for over 250 years. The valley’s temperate climate and fertile soils allow for abundant harvest of sunflower, rapeseed, and linseed, with their oils extracted using the familial cold-press method.