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Aromacomtois
Wild resinous essential oils distilled in the heart of the Jura mountains.
Between forest harvesting and low-pressure distillation, Aromacomtois develops an artisanal approach deeply connected to the Jura landscape.
Jura, France
A forest distillation rooted in Jura conifers.
Aromacomtois produces essential oils from wild conifers harvested in the Jura forests: silver fir, Douglas fir, spruce, larch and Scots pine.
Their approach combines wild harvesting, collaboration with the National Forestry Office and low-pressure distillation to preserve aromatic integrity.
Beyond essential oils, the distillery also develops soaps, cosmetics and handcrafted forest-based products.
Why Aromacomtois
A distillery rooted in Jura forests and their management cycles.
Aromacomtois operates within a forest ecosystem structured by Jura conifers, where plant resources are integrated into a regulated management system rather than extractive harvesting.
Conifer harvesting is carried out in partnership with the ONF (French National Forestry Office), ensuring a controlled, sustainable approach aligned with forest ecosystem balance.
This institutional framework is central to our sourcing choice: it ensures raw material comes from a forest cycle logic rather than opportunistic extraction.
The distillery is structured as a cooperative born from a meeting of professionals who became partners, operating through a horizontal organization and shared agricultural vision.
Their model follows committed peasant agroecology: short supply chains, territorial proximity, and artisanal know-how within a human-scale economy.
The technical approach reinforces this coherence: distillation systems were developed in-house based on pharmaceutical research and operate with a steam system powered by resinous pellets, partially closing the energy loop.
Why this source
A conifer extraction system rooted in the Jura forests, operating in partnership with the French national forestry service (ONF), combining renewable-energy distillation with a participatory, human-scale model of ethical production.
Ecological sourcing
Low-intervention cultivation
Organic farming, biodynamics, diversified and manual systems.
Aromatic transformation
Shared artisanal distillation
External infrastructure but controlled artisanal network.
Producer relationship
Direct producer relationship
Fully controlled chain from producer to product.
How we evaluate our sources
Each source is evaluated along three axes: the ecological origin of the plant, the integrity of the transformation process, and the nature of our relationship with the producer. This grid doesn't replace our judgment — it makes it checkable.
Distillation Philosophy
Preserving the aromatic breath of the plant.
Aromacomtois works with low-pressure distillation allowing a gentler and more faithful extraction of aromatic compounds.
This slower approach prioritizes olfactory quality and preservation of complex resinous profiles over maximal yield.
The oils directly evoke the forest: fresh needles, living resin, vegetal humidity and woody depth.
Forest Terroir
Here, the forest becomes aromatic matter.
Resin, humidity, altitude and light shape the identity of the oils.
The Team
The people behind Aromacomtois
Grégory Haye
Engineer turned farmer specializing in aromatic plants.
Olivier Tissot
Pharmacist trained in phytotherapy and aromatherapy.
Pierre Gavignon
Engineer specialized in autoclave manufacturing systems.
François Demesmay
Consultant
Further exploration
Understanding forest essential oils.
Conifer essential oils possess complex aromatic profiles that evolve over time. Explore how olfactory families and oxidation influence their character.
Professional Sourcing
Is this the right producer for your need?
Finding Aromacomtois is only the first step. Knowing whether their oil, chemotype and production capacity actually fit your project is another matter, that's the work I do with the brands, formulators and practitioners who reach out to me.