doTERRA Co-Impact Sourcing: Jasmine Touch

<<3>> - My name is Hele.

<<7>> - She's one of our very loyal pickers.

<<9>> She's been here, in the farm since 10 years.

<<13>> She chose the Jasmine because it's more rewarding than any other crop.

<<18>> The only drawback is waking up very early, but otherwise it's a,

<<22>> it's a nice job.

<<23>> She likes it, and she comes here with her friends.

<<26>> They laugh, they talk,

<<28>> I think it's a nice social gathering also.

<<36>> - Jasmine, when distilled, does not yield an essential oil,

<<40>> and everything that existed to this day was basically an absolute.

<<44>> So a solvent, extracted material.

<<48>> For the first time, something,

<<51>> apparently possible appeared.

<<53>> It's really a bit of a holy grail in oils.

<<56>> It has never been, produced, in history.

<<64>> Every day, flowers are picked,

<<66>> and it's a very important income for them.

<<69>> doTERRA supported us, and we were able to allow the farmers

<<74>> and the pickers to deliver their blossoms to us.

<<171>> A lot of the production of.

<<173>> Of Jasmine. Jasmine. Absolute.

<<174>> Which goes into fine fragrance.

<<176>> That business worldwide probably went down 80%.

<<182>> Our, normal clients would not be buying

<<185>> this product in the quantities that they generally buy from us.

<<189>> Quite simply, looking probably at a 50%

<<193>> risk of seeing farmers uprooting the plants.

<<197>> Our partner really has been working for decades on figuring out

<<201>> and cracking the code of being able to do steam distillation for jasmine flowers.