Agathe is the founder of the camelina-based cosmetics brand
[ ELFENN COSMETIQUES ]
Year founded: 2022
Design and office location: France 🇫🇷
Raw material sourcing locations: Brittany and other regions of France, 🇫🇷
Manufacturing and production location: Sainte Anne d'Auray, France 🇫🇷
Meet the founder
Agathe is Breton, and she is convinced and driven by the idea that young people hold the keys to building a more viable and sustainable future. Starting her own company gives her the opportunity to help shape her future, make a difference, and show that there is another way. The idea itself was born from a combination of different factors: her training as an agricultural engineer and her openness, a profound period of self-reflection during the COVID crisis, and unused family equipment (an oil press) that was available to her. From the very beginning, she knew that her project would necessarily be built on the foundation of CSR and its three pillars (economic, environmental, and social). She launched Elfenn in June 2022 at the age of 23, after getting started and taking her first steps in 2021.
About the brand
Elfenn offers agro-cosmetic products that make the most of camelina. These products help you (re)discover the Breton ingredients that make you feel good through innovative, natural, eco-friendly products sourced from short supply chains. From the camelina seed to the finished product, the brand creates these little wonders in its laboratory located in the Gulf of Morbihan, in Brittany.
What do you help to achieve by purchasing an Elfenn product? You help promote French (and Breton) craftsmanship, boost local supply chains, increase awareness of camelina—helping farmers make the most of their production—and support the development of a young company committed to CSR... And on top of that, these products are great for your skin.
Today, through Elfenn, the goal is clear: to offer committed skincare that respects and effectively protects the body while contributing to environmental protection and soil regeneration for a more viable future.
Eco-friendly impact
Eco-responsibility is part and parcel of Elfenn Cosmetics' DNA, with some key details:
🌱 All raw materials are certified organic and sourced from short Breton (or French) supply chains, with at least 95% Breton raw materials and 100% French.
✅ 100% active ingredients, 0% "filler" ingredients, for highly effective skincare that delivers without compromise and lasts for several months!
🤝 Slow Cosmétique certification for smart, eco-friendly, wholesome, and affordable products.
♻️ Recyclable glass bottles that can be returned for deposit at our points of sale.
Key benefits
The brand holds the Slow Cosmétique label.
Brand values
♻️ Recycling ↓
Biodegradable natural formulas, returnable or recyclable glass bottles.
🔁 Upcycling ↓
Repurposing by-products from camelina seed pressing (the oil cake) as a cosmetic ingredient.
🧴 Zero plastic ↓
Glass bottles, no over-packaging
👤 Expertise ↓
Production in an artisanal laboratory, developing expertise in oil processing
🇫🇷 Made in France ↓
Produced and manufactured in Brittany, France
🐨 Vegan ↓
No animal-derived ingredients, no animal testing
🌿 Organic ↓
All raw materials are sourced from organic farming
✅ Certified ↓
Formulas validated by a certified toxicologist, produced in compliance with "GMP"
🏠 Made locally ↓
Raw materials sourced in Brittany and production in Brittany
[ Elfenn is the first cosmetics range to boost the Breton organic camelina supply chain, a forgotten endemic crop committed to the environment and people. ]
