Herb Balsam

Balsam

Hypericum Perforatum

Soil Lab

The Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia is host to 6,500 plant species, featuring a number of native, rare Greek plants. Wild Rose — a KORRES signature ingredient — was the starting point of our cooperation. The Garden's team was the first to sustainably cultivate Wild Rose, researching and adopting optimum cultivation methods to reach maximum yield, quality and quantity.

The Garden is surrounded by a great amount of mesmerizing Wild Rose bushes. Wild Rose blooms in the surroundings of this beautiful Garden in northern Greece, ready to be harvested in autumn. The fruit is dried naturally to raw material ready to be extracted to a precious beauty oil.

Extraction Lab

At our Extraction Lab, freshly-cut Balsam undergoes strict controls to ensure certain quality parameters, such as absence of pests and plant diseases, before photo-extraction — the traditional maceration technique combined with sunlight — begins. With this technique, we make sure that the oil quality is sustained throughout the process.

For this extraction we follow a process different from all others used at our Extraction Lab. Within hours after harvesting, Hypericum is covered in virgin olive oil and rests under the sun. This is the first step of the all-natural, zero-waste photo-extraction process that can take up to 11 days, depending on how strong the sun is. We use all parts of the plant — stems, leaves and flowers.

Balsam is a rich source of beneficial compounds with antioxidant and moisturizing properties.