Taoasis introduces itself

About us

For more than 30 years already, as an owner-led family company, we are standing for 100 % naturally pure, high-quality essential oils from organic- or Demeter-certified cultivation.

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Operations Manager Sandra Engelhardt & Managing Directors Axel Meyer and Govinda Meyer

This is us

We are an owner-managed family business from Lage. For more than 30 years, we have stood for 100% natural and high-quality essential oils from certified organic or Demeter cultivation. Nothing goes into our products that doesn't belong there. This means: no undeclared additives and no synthetic additives. And because we don't just look after our own business, all TAOASIS products are consistently produced in a sustainable, fair and environmentally friendly way. Because we love our environment, people and animals - and we love fragrances. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

This is how nature smells

We make fragrances as they should be - natural, pure, organic. Nothing goes into our products that doesn't belong there. This means: no undeclared additives and no synthetic additives. And because we prioritise the harmony of people, nature and the environment in our business activities, we manufacture all our products in a consistently sustainable, fair and environmentally friendly way.

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Our lavender at the company headquarters in Lage
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The lavender harvest at the TaoFarm in Lage

For a colourful region

In addition to excellent quality, sustainability is particularly important to us. This is also the reason why we founded TaoFarm in 2018 - a Demeter-certified farm through which we have been growing and harvesting our own aromatic medicinal plants biodynamically and distilling them at our company headquarters in Lage ever since.

THE STORY SO FAR

A trip through the TAOASIS company history

The Café “am Duftgarten” is opened

06. December 2021
Salut! Our French Café “Petite Provence” throws open its doors, welcoming guests with food and drink of the best organic quality. From filled baguettes to quiches, there are all kinds of tasty treats to be tried – sometimes even improved with our own organic aromas!

30 years of TAOASIS

01. March 2021
We celebrate our anniversary! For it was almost exactly 30 years before this date that Axel Meyer founded TAOASIS Natur Duft Manufaktur. For the love of nature and above all by conviction: It is possible – even, essential – to produce aromas from purely natural, organically grown ingredients, without the addition of artificial scents. What began with a small assortment of essential oils is now a range of almost 1,000 organic- and Demeter-certified products.

Move to Lage

27. January 2021
The new year begins for the approximately 60 TAOASIS employees with a very special highlight – they move house to Lage. Here, for around a year, a completely sustainable new company premises has been constructed in wood. A dream, and not just for the TAOASIS team: because the Scent Garden with its neighbouring lavender fields will soon welcome outside visitors who want to relax and unwind.

Founding of TaoFarm

01. September 2018
The new year begins for the 60 or so TAOASIS employees with a very special highlight – they move house to Lage. Here, for around a year, a completely sustainable new company premises has been constructed in wood. A dream, and not just for the TAOASIS team: because the Scent Garden with its neighbouring lavender fields will soon welcome outside visitors who want to relax and unwind.

Our own store in the capital

11. August 2018
In 2018, TAOASIS returns to the capital. From the town of Detmold, the Natur Duft Manufaktur arrives in Berlin to present a newly designed store of 65m2 containing the entire range of organic and Demeter-certified aromatherapy products, located directly on Breitscheidplatz in the heart of the metropolis.

Opening store Detmold

09. July 2018
During seminars and tours of the Scent Garden in Detmold, we used to keep having to answer questions about whether the products could be bought on site with a regretful “no”. But from July 2018, no longer! In the new store on the company premises, visitors can now shop to their heart’s content. Here, the entire range of organic and Demeter-certified aromatherapy products from TAOASIS can be found – from essential oils and room fragrances, diffusers and gift sets to natural cosmetics.

Start of lavender cultivation in Detmold-Fromhausen

27. February 2015
Since it’s so easy to grow lavender in your garden – why not think a little bigger? The country village of Fromhausen is just 10 minutes from our headquarters in Detmold. There, two stony fields sloping south-west can be found, an environment similar to that of the Scent Garden on the company premises. In 2015, organic farmer Martin Meiwes plants 50,000 lavender plants there. The first test distillation takes place the following year: And the oil form the Detmold lavender is found to be of outstanding quality. In some aspects, even better than lavender from France. Now at least it is clear: Producing lavender on German soil doesn’t just work – it is also a way to produce healthy, sturdy plants from which high-quality, finely scented lavender oil can be derived. Axel Meyer’s idea marks the birth of Germany’s first organic lavender oil.

Govinda Meyer becomes the second managing director

01. January 2013
After a few years as head of purchasing and marketing, Govinda Meyer is promoted to become a managing director at TAOASIS. Axel and Govinda Meyer thus share in the running of the family company.

Foundation of TAOASIS Natur Duft Manufaktur

13. April 1991
After the publication of the Lexicon, demand for the aromas described within it surges. Reacting to this demand, Axel Meyer founds the TAOASIS Natur Duft Manufaktur. From the start, TAOASIS Natur Duft Manufaktur distributes its products exclusively via pharmacies.

The “Short Lexicon of Scent” as the foundation stone of the company’s history

16. February 1991
Out of pure enthusiasm and a love of nature and essential oils, Axel Meyer publishes “The Short Lexicon of Scent” to describe a large number of natural aromas and their effects within aromatherapy. The 1st edition of the Lexicon comes out in 1991.