As a military doctor, a surgeon, a convinced humanist and a lover of Nature, Doctor Jean Valnet devoted his life to what he called "the medicine of total man."
Convinced of the benefits of medicinal plants, he was the first to study the therapeutic virtues of essential oils clinically and developed an unprecedented knowledge of aromatherapy. He is considered one of the architects or even founding father of the development of modern phyto-aromatherapy.