Scientific Garden
THE HOME OF SUSTAINABLE BEAUTY
Come to visit our open-air lab, a place of inspiration and beauty inside the Davines Village. Discover it with us!
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The Scientific Garden gives us the possibility of having a direct contact with nature and its infinite resources, plants are a source of study and inspiration for our daily and future work.
Davide Bollati
Chairman of Davines Group
From plant to product: circular research
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The scientific garden embodies Davines philosophy. It combines - and elevates - the two complementary forces that drive us: scientific background and humanistic vocation. This way, a model of circular research that is unique in the world comes to life.
Carlotta Del Canale
Head of Techincal Marketing
Sunflower
One of the most significant plants of the Italian landscape, sunflowers grow also in Davines Scientific Garden.
Its oil is used in the Authentic line to ensure natural nourishment and moisturisation.
Sunflower
One of the most significant plants of the Italian landscape, sunflowers grow also in Davines Scientific Garden.
Its oil is used in the Authentic line to ensure natural nourishment and moisturisation.
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Sunflower
Artichoke
Artichoke extract is known for its purifying properties. This is why we grow artichokes in our garden and use them in the Naturaltech Detoxifying line that takes care of scalp and hair stressed by external environmental factors.
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Artichoke
Plant
Artichoke
Lavender and rosemary
The Scientific Garden hosts also lavender and rosemary amongst its plants, and their extracts make the fragrance of A Single Shampoo unmistakeable.
Lavender comes from the Mediterranean area and has been used to cleanse the body since the times of ancient Romans.
Also, the name rosemary comes from two Latin words: rosand maris, that together mean sea dew and refer to the light blue of the flowers.
Lavender and rosemary
The Scientific Garden hosts also lavender and rosemary amongst its plants, and their extracts make the fragrance of A Single Shampoo unmistakeable.
Lavender comes from the Mediterranean area and has been used to cleansethe body since the times of ancient Romans.
Also, the name rosemary comes from two Latin words: ros and maris, that together mean sea dew and refer to the light blue of the flowers.
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Lavender
Plant
Rosemary
Agastache
The extract of Agastache Mexicana has a strong anti-inflammatory effect with calming properties.
Davines uses Agastache for its super-active ingredient contained in the line for brittle hair Naturaltech Energizing.
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Agastache Mexicana
Plant
Agastache Mexicana
Echinacea
Native Americans considered echinacea a sacred plant for its numerous healing properties. Davines grows it in its Scientific Garden and uses it in the Naturaltech Well-being line: echinacea extract is rich in polyphenols known for their antioxidant properties.
Echinacea
Native Americans considered echinacea a sacred plant for its numerous healing properties. Davines grows it in its Scientific Garden and uses it in the Naturaltech Well-being line: echinacea extract is rich in polyphenolsknown for their antioxidant properties.
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Echinacea
Lemon
Scented lemon trees grow in our bistrot and in the Scientific Garden.
The phytoceuticals extracted from this plant are used in our Naturaltech Rebalancing shampoo, ideal to control an excessive sebum production.
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Lemon
Plant
Lemon
Design: an encounter between science and humanism
The Scientific Garden plants
Plants have been selected according to the scientific properties useful to Davines Research and Development laboratoryor to the wellbeing of staff. The Scientific Garden is indeed both a place of research, and a natural space one can enter to enjoy the beneficial effects deriving from contact with green.
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