Olivier Carreras [SEP] native language
Olivier Carreras
Olivier Carreras is a French documentary film director, producer and TV presenter.
used steam distillation to produce essential oil from wild rosemary and lavender which he sold at open-air markets in his native Provence. "L'Occitane" was named for the women of Occitania. This area existed during the Middle Ages, spanning southern France, north-eastern Spain and northern Italy. Occitan was the native language and is still spoken as a second language in some areas of this region.
In 1976, using an old soap factory that was donated to him, Olivier Baussan revived the traditional art of Marseille soap