Walnut oil soaps and cosmetics
Under the name l'Atelier OlliOz, Muriel Ollivier makes soaps and cosmetics based on walnut oil at Liorac-sur-Louyre. The oil and the wild plants used in the formulas come for the most part from the family property and from the village itself. The products are sold at the workshop's own shop, in the village centre, and through an online shop.
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Further information
Contact
Muriel Ollivier
Telephone
05 53 73 17 99
Address
Le Bourg
24520 Liorac-sur-Louyre
Website
www.latelierollioz.fr
The producer and the place
The range starts from walnut oil, first developed for the table, and from the wild plants growing in the orchard. Two soaps make it up today: le Périgordin, inspired by an account of how earlier generations used walnut oil at the village mill, and le Lioracois, intended for the hair and formulated from ingredients gathered in the village. Alongside them come two face oils, Bouquet sauvage and Roses sauvages made from rosehip, a daisy oil, an oregano massage oil, a blend of three clays and a balm of beeswax and honey.
What they produce
The walnut oil and the wild plants are organically grown and harvested on the family property. The formulas draw on existing published work and are validated by a toxicologist before going on sale. Manufacturing is done in batches at Liorac, in a laboratory built to the ISO 22716 standard and under European regulation no. 1223/2009. The clay bottles work on a deposit system.
At the château
The workshop mentions no travel outside its own shop. What it does document is a shop open in the village of Liorac-sur-Louyre, Monday to Saturday at the hours it publishes, with certain half-days by appointment, and online sales. For a wedding it invites you to get in touch about small-format soaps and bottles for your guests: the order is then placed and paid for directly with them.
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