Roots of Our Story
Our story began with an extraordinary intuition: our mother’s.
She was the one who had the vision and the courage to believe that wild oregano could help her heal from Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.
Determined, we tried different types of oregano oils from all over the world but nothing seemed to be working as it should have.
The real turning point came one special day, while we were walking in the mountains of Crete. In front of us stretched a field of wild oregano in full bloom: its intense, sweet, and spicy fragrance instantly captivated us. We looked at each other and immediately knew that the answer was right there before our eyes.
To be certain we would have a truly pure and effective product, we would have to produce it ourselves. And so we did.
The results were astonishing: our mother was able to completely heal her thyroid, and today she no longer needs any medication. Her strength, her vision, and her trust in nature have been our guide and inspiration.
Yet we have learned something important: to fully experience the benefits of our oils, consistency is key. This is what we want to share with others — the possibility of living the same transformation we experienced, thanks to our mother’s foresight and vision.
Our research led us to discover that most of essential oils on the market are unfortunately just synthesized artificial aromas and flavors, products that smell but have no beneficial properties.
Nowadays any exotic fragrance can be synthesized in a test tube - in 1960 about 40% of fragrances were produced naturally, that figure dropped to 15% by 1980 and to just 8% by 1995 as the tendency toward synthetic fragrances continues.
True essential oils are pure, natural products that cannot be synthetically imitated due to their countless ingredients and many active substances and fragrances.
“Vounó” (from the Greek, “Mountain”) is a small family manufactory that produces natural oils from wild plants and biodynamic agriculture. Everything is done by hand, from harvesting to the extraction of the oil. We collect medicinal herbs in the uninhabited Mediterranean maquis at altitudes above 400m.
The arid island land of Greece and the abundance of sun, the isolation that has allowed the maintenance of native endemic species, gives these plants almost magical power. They grow in difficult conditions, from stone, and to survive they develop a great life force, which after extraction is found in every drop of our oil.
