2005

A century later the business had moved away from perfumery and essential oils*, however, it still worked with raw plant-derived materials. For instance, plant oils and waxes became key ingredients in emulsifiers such as Emulium® Kappa, which was launched in 2006. And for a long time, they have been used in the Vegetol® range. Today, cosmetic active ingredients extracted from plants are essential to the Gatuline® brand: Gatuline® Expression launched in 2005, is derived from Acmella oleracea from Madagascar, while Gatuline® Radiance, developed in 2012, incorporates Evodia ruteacarpa, native to China. Gatuline® R was, in fact, the first Gatuline® product to be launched back in 1992, and was created using extracts of beech tree buds grown in the Rhône Alpes Auvergne region of France.

Acmella oleracea, cultivated in Madagascar, has an anesthetic effect which drew the attention of Gattefossé researchers.

Since the 2000s, there has been a marked trend towards “natural products” in the cosmetics industry. Consumers are increasingly distancing themselves from products created using “chemistry” and all things “synthetic”.

Gattefossé is meeting these new requirements by offering clients active ingredients and products derived from plants, some of which are certified organic.

In this respect, the Gatuline® range is interesting as it groups together a number of “substantiated” plant ingredients and Gattefossé has been able to demonstrate the properties of these ingredients through in vitro testing and clinical studies. Since 2012, the company has carried out in vitro and ex vivo studies in its cell biology laboratory, and today more than ever before, plants are central to the business and its future.

*However, it is worth mentioning “Pluressences” rectified citrus oils, created by Gattefossé in the 1950s. For a long while, they were popular in pharmacy as an aromatizing agent in oral formulations.