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Our Story

Branche d’Olive founder, Jane Comyn, writes:

It started…

with the purchase of a wrought iron washstand from a Provençal flea market; I worried it wouldn’t fit in the car. It was the last week of a trip to find decorative antiques for newly acquired space in a local ‘Antique’ centre. No longer able to sleep in the car, I needed to head home. Slinging the stand over my shoulder I made my last stop – a stall selling Marseilles soap in every colour and fragrance imaginable. I negotiated a box full: 64 soaps. And the stand? It did fit.

a plant

And then…

whilst the washstand never sold, indeed it’s still used at trade fairs, the soaps changed my life. Sales were such that I returned repeatedly, buying in ever increasing quantities. I met ‘le savonnier’ and told him my clients adored his soap. He asked if I would like to be his ‘distributeur pour l’Angleterre. I replied, ‘je suis votre homme’! His minimum? 2000 soaps – no negotiation. ‘Madness’, said my husband, ‘I won’t give up the day job just yet’.

a dinner table outdoors

Luckily…

a friend and fellow antique centre exhibiter, Ruth Watson, was game to join in. We formed a partnership. Branche d’Olive was born and we began, sourcing other luxury lifestyle products to complement the soap, always adopting the mantra ‘Quality without compromise and style without complication’. Carefully curated from the outset, the collection slowly developed to encompass home fragrances, elegant accessories and pampering bath and body ranges

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Changing times & The next chapter…

post Covid, Ruthe retired and we rebranded, giving our iconic olive branch a contemporary twist while retaining its timeless elegance. Sustainability remains at our heart: UK-made bath and body products, 95.6% naturally derived ingredients and 100% PCR bottles.

Next, we’re introducing UK-made, hand-thrown ceramic dispensers with metal pumps, recyclable 1L aluminium/sugar-cane refill pouches and a new fragrance this Spring. Exciting times, all sparked by a wrought iron wash stand bought over twenty years ago! Oh, and my husband has now given up his day job!

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