About us

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.

Trulli — Betriebsleiterin Sandra Engelhardt & Geschäftsführer Axel Meyer und Govinda Meyer

Das sind wir

Wir sind ein inhabergeführtes Familienunternehmen aus Lage. Seit mehr als 30 Jahren stehen wir als Natur Duft Manufaktur für 100% naturreine und hochwertige ätherische Öle aus zertifiziertem Bio- oder Demeter-Anbau. In unsere Produkte kommt nichts rein, was da nicht rein gehört. Das heißt: Keine undeklarierten Beimischungen und keine synthetischen Zusätze. Und weil wir uns nicht nur um unsere Angelegenheiten kümmern, sind alle Produkte von TAOASIS konsequent nachhaltig, fair und umweltschonend produziert. Denn wir lieben unsere Umwelt und die Menschen und Tiere – und wir lieben Düfte.

So riecht Natur

Wir machen Düfte wie sie sein sollten – natürlich, naturrein, biologisch. In unsere Produkte kommt nichts rein, was da nicht rein gehört. Das heißt: Keine undeklarierten Beimischungen und keine synthetischen Zusätze. Und weil für uns beim Wirtschaften der Einklang von Mensch, Natur und Umwelt im Vordergrund steht, stellen wir all unsere Produkte konsequent nachhaltig, fair und umweltschonend her.

Für eine bunte Region

Neben ausgezeichneter Qualität liegt uns vor allem das Thema Nachhaltigkeit am Herzen. Das ist auch der Grund dafür, warum wir 2018 die TaoFarm gegründet haben – einen demeter-zertifizierten landwirtschaftlichen Betrieb, über den wir seither unsere eigenen aromatischen Heilpflanzen biodynamisch anbauen, ernten und am Firmensitz in Lage destillieren.

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.