Aromatica Employee Directory

The pioneer of a clean and safe beauty care in Korea, AROMATICA will continuously strive to launch safe, healthy and sustainable products. Jerry Kim, the founder of AROMATICA, left a stable and promising lifestyle at a reputable financial company to positively contribute to the community with his accomplishments. To gain more knowledge, Kim studied... abroad in Australia, where he was exposed to aromatherapy. Kim, who had suffered from dry and sensitive skin since his childhood, discovered the natural remedy from botanical essence. He developed a deep passion for herbs and plants and their efficacies. Also, he realized that most of his personal care products consisted of synthetic fragrance and harmful ingredients. Although synthetic chemicals may feel impactful and harmless, they are compounds that damage the health and skin. To protect the skin, trustful ingredients should be fundamentally used. To withstand for a healthier alternative, Kim began to import safe and efficacious ingredients to cosmetic companies in South Korea to drive out harmful ingredients in the cosmetic industry. Cosmetic businesses realized that there was a higher cost alternating synthetic compounds with safer ingredients, so continued the use of their former ingredients. Kim, the first aromatherapist generation in Korea, decided to start his own business in 2004. Jerry Kim established Koreas clean beauty industry, AROMATICA. Jerry was an initiator of the cosmetic ingredient safety campaigns in Korea organized by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) which is a non-profit American activist group that specializes in research and advocacy of human health and the environment. In addition, by actively informing about EWGs ingredient campaigns and bringing the attention of Korean cosmetic companies to the issue of safe cosmetic ingredients, Jerry opened a new era for Koreas clean beauty industry. AROMATICA has introduced EWG to Korea for the first time, acting as an EWG Safe Cosmetics Campaign Partner in the US Environmental Organization since ...Read More