Calendula: a solar flower with a thousand virtues
With its bright, almost solar orange petals, Calendula officinalis is one of the most iconic plants in natural pharmacopoeias. Found in medicinal gardens since ancient times, this humble and generous flower offers the skin its soothing and restorative properties. At Apoticari, we have chosen to dedicate a treatment of its own to it: a revitalizing elixir, formulated around its deep softness and calming power.
A flower facing the sun, since Antiquity
A mild-season plant, calendula blooms almost all year round, always in the sun. Its name comes from the Latin calendae , meaning the first days of the month, in reference to its continuous flowering. It is also known as garden marigold , or sun flower . In ancient traditions, it was already prized for its purifying and healing properties: the Egyptians attributed it a rejuvenating effect, the Greeks used it in ointments, and Hildegard of Bingen recommended its use for skin inflammations. Over the centuries, calendula has become a staple in popular knowledge as a daily care plant.
It is found in monastic gardens and in herbal treatises, where its dried flowers were used in the composition of balms intended to soothe irritations, chapping, or minor burns. In Central Europe as well as in Auvergne, it was one of the simple but essential remedies, passed down from generation to generation. It alone embodies a form of gentle medicine, close to the skin and the rhythm of the seasons. 
A beneficial plant for fragile skin
Beneath its delicate exterior, calendula is a powerfully active plant. The ingredients contained in its flowers—flavonoids, carotenoids, and faradiol esters—give it remarkable anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and restorative properties. It supports the skin's natural regeneration mechanisms, helps soothe redness, calm feelings of overheating, and promotes the healing of minor skin lesions.
Its high tolerance makes it an ideal active ingredient for sensitive, reactive, or damaged skin. It is often recommended for young children, skin irritated by temperature changes, or skin weakened by stress or pollution. But calendula is also a beauty ingredient in its own right: it restores radiance, evens out skin tone, and helps maintain skin suppleness and comfort. Its action is both gentle and profound—true to the spirit of the medicinal plants we cherish at Apoticari.
Our Calendula Officinalis Revitalizing Elixir was designed as a daily, soothing, and regenerating skincare routine. Its formula is based on an oily macerate of organic calendula flowers, slowly infused in virgin vegetable oil to extract all of their active ingredients. This artisanal process, respectful of both the plant and the skin, guarantees a high concentration of active ingredients, without chemical transformation.
A few drops are enough, morning and evening, to nourish, soothe, and enhance the skin. The elixir can be used neat, or mixed with your usual cream, depending on the needs of the season. It gently accompanies the transitions of spring, when the skin needs light, calm, and a return to the essentials.
