Souss-Massa, Morocco

From Morocco to Sarajevo, straight from the cooperatives.

Every drop of argan oil and every product we sell comes from women's cooperatives in southwestern Morocco. We order directly, with nobody in between, and the oils reach us the way they were pressed, undiluted.

Morocco is not decoration on a label. It is our supply chain and our contract. That is why every product has a manufacturer's technical sheet behind it, and why the brand is a named company in Sarajevo with a real shop.

The Souss-Massa region

Southwestern Morocco, between the Atlantic and the Atlas. The argan tree grows nowhere else. In 2014 UNESCO recognized what Berber women know about this tree as intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

For argan we work with women's cooperatives in the Souss-Massa region. The women there press argan by hand the way their grandmothers did before them, cold, with no industrial refining.

We have been there. We tried what we buy, and we saw the money stay with the women who do the work.

What we bring back from Morocco

Argan
Argania spinosa
Cold-pressed, one single ingredient. The only ingredient in our 100% argan oil.
Black seed
Nigella sativa
Pressed from the seed, one ingredient. The only ingredient in SANOUJ oil.
Orange blossom
Citrus aurantium
The floral note at the center of the ANU body milk and the ALJIG shower gel.
Aker fassi
A traditional recipe
Poppy peel and mineral color. The red in the AZGGAGH lip and cheek balm.
Prickly pear
Opuntia ficus-indica
Pressed from the seeds. In the TIFAWT face mask, alongside nila leaf.
Avocado
Persea americana
A rich oil for the hair fiber. In the LHRIR conditioner.

The road from Morocco to Sarajevo

We order directly from the cooperatives. Raw materials and finished products travel by ship from Morocco to Rijeka, then by truck to Sarajevo. Duties and taxes are paid officially and the paperwork is open.

That is how we know exactly where every gram came from, and why every shipment arrives with fresh production dates, not off a warehouse shelf.

Moroccan care, available in BiH

LHRIR and ANU carry argan oil, SANOUJ is cold-pressed black seed oil, and ANNAY pairs jojoba with glycerin. IHLA washes on a four-surfactant system, with aloe vera and wheat protein in the formula. Pay cash on delivery, and delivery is free from 59 KM.

See the whole line

Our story

Hussam started AZOURANE so that Morocco would reach Bosnia in a way that respects the hands at both ends of it. The whole story is on the Our story page.

Our story