Your partner in essential oils since 1989
3900 hectares cultivated in five departments
We are a Cooperative producing Organic or Conventional Essential Oils of Lavender, Lavandin, Immortelle, Mountain Savory, Oregano, Tarragon and Clary Sage. Our essential oils are used in the Perfume, Cosmetic, Hygiene and Aromatherapy industries, in France and worldwide.
Since its inception, our “Cooperative Parfums Provence Ventoux” has been anchored in the Plateau de Sault and Mont Ventoux area. We are proud to carry forward localhistory, know-how, and cultural and economic heritage. This is the essence of what we wanted to bring together in our Lavande Mont Ventoux brand. It is both an expression of our attachment to this land and a strong commitment to quality and our responsibility as producers.
Created in 1989 by a group of producers in Haute Provence, near Mont Ventoux, the historical birthplace of lavender, Parfums Provence Ventoux offers the main Essential Oils of Provence produced in the 5 departments of Alpes de Haute-Provence, Ardèche, Drôme, Gard, Vaucluse.
They are the fruit of the work of more than 167 producers in Provence, on more than 3900 hectares producing 175 tons of essential oils, who joined together in a Cooperative to increase efficiency and to guarantee the origin, quality and authenticity of their organically or conventionally cultivated essential oils.
Parfums Provence Ventoux is a cooperative managed by its producers, in order to guarantee the sustainability of the lavender and lavandin industry, which has become an essential part of the cultural and economic heritage of the region, and to secure the supply to its customers in the long term.
Over the years, Provence Parfums Ventoux has built up a relationship of partnership and trust with its customers in France and abroad, traders and industrial users of pure and natural essential oils.
The Cooperative
The Parfums Provence Ventoux cooperative is located in Sault (Vaucluse). This village of 1,400 inhabitants, perched on a ridge on the edge of the Vaucluse plateau, dominates the Nesque valley, facing the southern slopes of Mont Ventoux.
The Pays de Sault, the birthplace of lavender, is the main production area for fine lavender, with nearly 52% of French production. The counties of Drôme Provençale and Alpes de Haute-Provence are mainly producers of lavandin and represent an undeniable asset for our cooperative. The altitude is the common factor of these traditional areas of production, of which the quality is recognised by all professionals.
The cooperative brings together more than 160 producers who exploit more than 3925 Ha of lavender and lavandin, of which fine lavender: 715 Ha, Maillette lavender 305 Ha, Diva lavender: 325 Ha and lavandin: 2580 Ha.
Our rigorous policy in terms of input management allows us to get the best value from the essential oils and remunerate the producers as well as possible.
Our essential oils
We produce organic and conventional essential oils.
We collect 26 tons of lavender essential oils and 145 tons of hybrid lavender (lavandin) essential oils over a total surface of about 3925 hectares. We market wholesale and semi-wholesale : fine lavender, PDO lavender, Maillette lavender, Diva lavender, Grosso lavandin, Super lavandin, Sumian lavandin, Abrial lavandin.
We also offer essential oils of aromatic plants: Immortelle, Clary Sage, Hyssop, Mountain Savory and Oregano.
The essential oils produced are 100% pure and natural, obtained by steam distillation in the distilleries of the five counties. The Parfums Provence Ventoux cooperative carries out strict controls, so that each oil complies with the various French or European specifications.
We sell the lavender in bulk : in drums with a minimum of 25 kg or in pallet boxes. The essential oils of aromatic plants are available with a minimum package size of 1kg.
One territory, one brand
Since its inception, our “Cooperative Parfums Provence Ventoux” has been anchored in the Plateau de Sault and Mont Ventoux area. We are proud to carry forward local history, know-how, and cultural and economic heritage. This is the essence of what we wanted to bring together in our Lavande Mont Ventoux brand. It is both an expression of our attachment to this land and a strong commitment to quality and our responsibility as producers.
Our brand applies only to the fine lavender (population) essential oil. To guarantee quality and traceability, we have drawn up precise specifications, which our producers must scrupulously respect to be recognised by the “Lavande Mont Ventoux” brand.
Our Production
We have two types of partnerships: with our producers for harvesting and with our commercial partners, for sales.
The primary objective of the cooperative is to offer for sale quality essential oils that meet the expectations of our customers.
To achieve this, our desire is to continue to welcome new producers and to support and accompany those who are already part of the cooperative.
From a purely commercial point of view, our ambition will always be to satisfy our customers to the best of our ability, on a national and international scale.
Parfums Provence Ventoux, is…