Our Story

The Press House began in Savannah with a quiet fascination with a remarkable botanical oil long overlooked outside a small circle of scientific and beauty communities.

What began as years of studying healing lipids, extraction methods, and the fragile nature of bioactive compounds gradually evolved into a careful practice: sourcing exceptional amaranth, cold-pressing it slowly, and refining it with extraordinary attention to preserving its living activity.

Our process combines scientific understanding with technical restraint, guided by the belief that exceptional oils are not manufactured into excellence, but carefully prepared to preserve and reveal the character they already possess.

Today, each bottle is prepared in limited quantities from squalene-rich amaranth and select botanical extracts chosen to enhance the oil’s activity.

Our Standards

  • After evaluating amaranth grown around the world, we chose a single source heirloom variety distinguished by its purity and naturally rich squalene content. Our amaranth is grown exclusively by small-scale farmers practicing regenerative agriculture. Learn more about amaranth.

  • Our oil never comes into contact with plastic at any stage of preparation. Glass vessels are used throughout the process to preserve the integrity of the oil’s delicate composition.

    No solvents or chemical extraction methods are used. The oil is prepared exclusively through a proprietary process of extraction and multi-step resting and centrifuge clarification.

    Throughout production, the oil is protected from excessive light and oxidation through the use of UV-resistant glass and minimal exposure to air.

    All of our botanical extracts are steam distilled, and have only been chosen for their ability to enhance or complement the activity of amaranth oil. Nothing is added purely for fragrance, so you will always smell the notes of the earth carried by the amaranth flowers through their seeds.

  • A portion of each release supports women and children in the Savannah community.

  • We give thanks for a loving God.

    “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”

    - Arundhati Roy