At Body and Bath Gifts, we've selected some of the best products in the marketplace to bring wonderful fragrances into your home and that includes products made by Maroma in Auroville, India. Finding ourselves searching amongst hundreds of fragrances and products, what caught our attention at first was the amazing fragrance of 'Encens d'Auroville', the quality being apparent in the first sampling. We were even more pleased to learn that this is a company where "business is not done 'as usual', but with an increasing awareness and sensitivity towards the local and global environment, and towards the needs of Auroville, India." We were also pleased to find these products reasonably-priced and know that you will appreciate all of these qualities. Enjoy!!

About the company
Maroma was founded by Paul Pinthon from France. Paul was trained in the field of pharmacy and in 1976, founded Maroma with a fragrance called 'Encens d'Auroville'. In 1984, Laura Reddy, an American with training in Aromatherapy in France, joined Maroma and together, quality aromatic products made from natural botanical substances.
Their company is based in and supports the local community of Auroville, India. There, they employ about 100 people - only adults, mostly women from the local villages. They provide a clean and pleasant work atmosphere, health care facilities, hygiene programs, savings schemes and nutritional snacks among other things. What matters most to them at Maroma is how things are done where their "work is our love and a personal way to focus and grow with the visionary aims of Auroville."

About Encens d'Auroville products
Maroma has combined the traditional method of hand rolling each individual stick of incense with an unparalleled expertise of blending perfectly balanced natural fragrances. Their incense is natural. The bamboo sticks are rolled into sandalwood powder and bound together with a natural gum resin and then dipped into their own fragrances, which have been blended with pure essential oils.
Each and every fragrance Maroma creates conforms to the IFRA Guidelines code of practice (International Fragrance Association, Brussels). No animal products or materials are used in their products.

We know you will be very pleased to have these superb fragrant products in your home that evoke the mood of a warm, sunny garden.