Natural Face Line: Serums and Creams

Olfattiva’s approach to facial care

Olfattiva’s Serums and Creams are born from the fusion of organic vegetable oils and pure, precious essential oils: living raw materials chosen not only for their cosmetic value but also for their ability to interact with the skin, breath, and emotions. Caring for your skin with these products means performing a gesture that goes beyond simple hydration: a small daily wellness ritual.

Vegetable oils and extracts strengthen and restore the integrity of the hydrolipidic film; essential oils penetrate deeper into the skin, thanks to their regenerating and microcirculation-toning properties, while their scent supports a moment of self-reflection and well-being. When you apply an Olfattiva serum or cream, the invitation is to slow down: breathe deeply and transform the treatment into a moment of connection with yourself.

How they are made

Creating a truly natural cosmetic requires attention, research, and a precise choice: starting with the skin and removing everything that isn't necessary. This is why we have chosen essential and clean formulations, without preservatives or synthetic ingredients.

Over time, many began to ask us if it was possible to use essential oils on the face as well. The answer required attention: not all essential oils are suitable for facial skin, and every skin type has different needs. From this came the desire to create a dedicated line, formulated to gently care for all skin types, with selected vegetable oils, plant extracts, and pure essential oils, included in the right dilution and in a simple and gentle base.

The result is a line of serums and creams that are gentle on the skin, pleasant to use, and consistent with Olfattiva's vision: simple, living, truly natural products.

The Rose and Sandalwood Elixir Facial Serum

The Rose and Sandalwood Elixir Facial Serum is the heart of the facial line. It is not created as a scented cosmetic, but as a vegetable and aromatherapy synergy designed to care for the skin and, through its scent, also accompany the breath and emotional sphere. It contains organic Argan oil, organic Jojoba oil, Calendula oleolite, Rice Bran oil, Rosehip gemmotherapy extract, Damask Rose absolute, and Sandalwood essential oil.

The Damask Rose absolute has strong antioxidant properties (superior to those of vitamin E) and decongestant properties, soothing and supporting the proper functioning of cutaneous microcirculation. Its scent opens to understanding, love, and listening. Sandalwood essential oil has anti-inflammatory action, helps reduce redness and irritation, has antimicrobial and antioxidant properties, and regenerates tissues, with a calming and relaxing effect.

The texture is silky, light, and rapidly absorbed: it nourishes without weighing down and leaves the skin soft and luminous. It can be applied daily morning and evening after cleansing, massaging 5-6 drops on the face, neck, and décolleté.

The Creams: Nuvola di Crema and Crema Base

The line also includes two creams with complementary characteristics. Nuvola di Crema is rich and nourishing: a rich cream, already enriched with essential oils, ideal for those looking for a ready-to-use, enveloping, and naturally scented product. It absorbs quickly and leaves the skin with a velvety finish and a scent of custard, combining hydration and aromatherapy.

The Hydrating Base Cream, on the other hand, is neutral, delicate, and versatile: designed for daily hydration, it is suitable for the whole family, even the most sensitive skin, and can be customized with essential oils. Its completely neutral formula is tolerated by all skin types, even the most delicate or those prone to itching and dermatitis, and is ideal for both face and body.

When an essential oil is added to the base cream, a true aromatherapeutic product is obtained: during the massage, the active ingredients work locally, while the aromatic molecules reach the limbic system through olfaction, promoting balance and emotional well-being.

Transdermal aromatherapy

Olfattiva serums and creams are also an example of transdermal aromatherapy, which enhances the skin's ability to absorb the active ingredients of essential oils, allowing them to reach deep tissues and act locally.

During application, the product therefore acts on two levels: the active ingredients nourish and accompany the skin, while the scent of the essential oils reaches the limbic system through olfaction, supporting the nervous system towards greater relaxation. This is how a skincare gesture also becomes a moment of emotional well-being.

Tips for choosing

The Rose and Sandalwood Elixir Serum is ideal for all skin types and all ages: both for those with young skin looking for a hydrating serum to complete their skincare routine, and for those with mature skin looking for an anti-aging and elasticizing action. Thanks to its soothing and decongestant action, it is also suitable for sensitive skin or skin prone to couperose and rosacea.

The Hydrating Base Cream is perfect for those with particularly delicate skin, or skin prone to itching and dermatitis, and for those who love to customize their cosmetics with essential oils. The Nuvola di Crema cream is highly appreciated by skincare lovers and as a gift idea, for those looking for an enveloping and scented product.

For a complete routine, we suggest applying the Rose and Sandalwood Elixir serum and the Base Cream to the face previously moistened with one of Olfattiva's Hydrosols, for 100% natural skincare.

Natural, vegan, and cruelty-free

All Olfattiva products are 100% natural, handcrafted in the Opificio in Massa Lombarda. They are vegan and cruelty-free, formulated with only plant-based raw materials, without animal derivatives and without synthetic substances. Olfattiva is certified AIAB Bio Eco Cosmesi and Vegan OK, and cosmetic formulations are tested on volunteers at the Cosmetology Center of the University of Ferrara.

We believe in the law of resonance: what goes into a formula carries with it a story and information. This is why our serums and creams carry only the living and beneficial message of plants, in full respect of Nature and every living being.

The Opificio and artisanal care

Like every Olfattiva creation, the serums and creams are born in the Opificio in Massa Lombarda, in the province of Ravenna, in the heart of Romagna, through careful and conscious gestures. The selection of raw materials begins long before the laboratory: from the encounter with the plant and the territory.

We work with a network of selected producers, which allows us to know the traceability of each raw material: origin, cultivation method, botanical name, chemical profile. For each essential oil, we verify all technical characteristics, always alongside olfactory evaluation, because the scent says a lot about the vitality and balance of a raw material. For facial products, this attention is even more scrupulous: facial skin is delicate and deserves raw materials selected with the utmost care.

Packaging is entirely done by hand: while we work, we try to maintain beautiful, clean, and luminous thoughts, because we believe that every gesture leaves a trace. We want every product to contain both a good formula and good information.

A 100% natural facial routine

Olfattiva Serums and Creams allow for a complete and 100% natural facial routine. The first step is cleansing; followed by the application of a hydrosol as a toner, misted onto the face; then the Rose and Sandalwood Elixir serum, to nourish and protect; finally the hydrating cream, chosen between Nuvola di Crema and Crema Base, to seal in hydration.

It is a simple but effective sequence that enhances each product and boosts its action. Moistening the face with a hydrosol before the serum, for example, promotes the absorption of subsequent products. This is Olfattiva's way of understanding skincare: a few gestures, pure raw materials, a daily wellness ritual.

Those who like to personalize can enrich the Base Cream with a few drops of essential oil, choosing the notes most suitable for their needs (Lavender, Geranium, or Frankincense) and transforming it into a custom aromatherapy cosmetic.

Transdermal and olfactory aromatherapy

Olfattiva cosmetics act on two complementary levels. On the one hand, transdermal aromatherapy: the skin absorbs the active ingredients of essential oils, which reach the tissues and act locally. On the other hand, olfactory aromatherapy: the scent of essential oils reaches the limbic system through olfaction, the center where emotions originate, promoting relaxation and balance.

It is this dual action that makes a daily care gesture also a moment of emotional well-being. During application, the invitation is always to slow down and breathe deeply: this is how the product expresses its full value, nourishing the skin and accompanying the mood.

Essential oils are highly concentrated raw materials: for this reason, in Olfattiva cosmetics, they are always included in the correct dilution, so that the product is safe, effective, and pleasant on the skin at the same time.

Why choose Olfattiva cosmetics

Choosing Olfattiva serums and creams means choosing truly living, pure, and natural products, the result of a rigorous selection of raw materials and artisanal processing that preserves their integrity. Not just cosmetics, but small wellness rituals that combine skin care with emotional care.

Our serums and creams are born from the meeting of organic vegetable oils and pure and precious essential oils, in essential and clean formulas suitable for the whole family, even the most sensitive skin.

This is Olfattiva's way of understanding beauty: as a gesture of authentic care towards oneself and towards Nature. Each product carries the living message of plants, preserved without compromise and in full respect of every living being.

Active ingredients of the Rose and Sandalwood Elixir Serum

The Rose and Sandalwood Elixir Serum combines precious raw materials, each with a precise role. Organic Argan oil is rich in vitamin E and antioxidants, nourishing and protecting; organic Jojoba oil, similar to skin sebum, rebalances and hydrates without weighing down; Calendula oleolite is soothing and suitable for the most delicate skin; Rice Bran oil is antioxidant and emollient.

Rosehip gemmoderivate supports the skin with its revitalizing action, while Damask Rose absolute brings antioxidant properties superior to those of vitamin E, decongestant, and microcirculation support. Finally, Sandalwood essential oil has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and antioxidant action, and regenerates tissues with a calming effect.

It is the combination of these raw materials that makes the serum a complete vegetable and aromatherapy synergy, capable of taking care of the skin and, through its scent, accompanying the breath and emotional sphere.

A gesture of care that slows down time

In a fast-paced world, Olfattiva skincare invites you to slow down. Applying a serum or cream is not just an aesthetic gesture, but a moment to dedicate to yourself: a few minutes to breathe deeply, listen to your skin, and find a small space of well-being in your day.

This is the philosophy that guides the facial line: simple, living, and natural products, designed not to upset the skin, but to gently guide it to its natural balance. Skincare thus also becomes care for emotions, in a daily ritual that is good for the body and soul.

Skin and well-being: a continuous dialogue

For Olfattiva, the skin is not just a surface to be treated, but a living organ in continuous dialogue with breath, emotions, and the environment. It is from this vision that serums and creams are born: products designed not only to nourish and protect, but to accompany the person in a moment of listening and care. The choice of living, solely plant-based raw materials stems precisely from this.