Gorgeously light and silky body oil that's rich in antioxidants and essential nutrients / 3.4 oz 

Symbiome’s The Premise Postbiomic Body Oil is gorgeous in a very unexpected way. When we first came across it, we weren’t looking for a body oil, specifically; we carry a lot of great ones already. But this one is so gorgeously light and silky that we immediately fell in love with it, and the reason for its silkiness made us love it exponentially more.

To fully appreciate how unusual it is, you’ll have to read Dara’s interviews with Symbiome’s founder, Larry Weiss, about his work with the Yanomami tribe in the Amazon and his work with fermented plant oils from their environment. The quick version: Larry sourced these oils after three expeditions to study the members of a disease-free, semi-nomadic tribe in the Amazon that boasted unusually good health, unusually good skin, and as he discovered, a dramatically more diverse microbiome than most of us have.

According to Larry’s research, we’re missing about 80% of the “good bacteria” found on the skin of the Yanomami—bacteria that do very important work. Primarily, they a) provide significant antioxidant protection, and b) help regulate a broad range of systems in the body that are essential to its health and resilience.

The precision-fermented blend of oils in The Premise, which come from sustainably harvested plants that grow in the tribe’s milieu, is rich in specific postbiotics. They contain the fruits of the labor done by these very busy good bacteria: lipids, phytosterols, and antioxidants that are essential to skin health but that skin often has trouble creating on its own. As Larry noted during his discussions with Dara, these postbiotics provide more predictable and consistent results than probiotics ever could.

This fermentation process also makes for smaller, more lightweight oil molecules that can sink more deeply into the skin without the greasiness or clothing transfer that you might experience with other body oils. Skin feels smoother, brighter, and absolutely perfectly moisturized. It’s the perfect body oil for year-round use, and we love it on the ends of hair, too.

This vegan, organic formula is free of added fragrance. Its blend of plant oils gives it a mellow citrusy scent with a hint of sweet, earthy musk. It’s absolutely lovely.