2%
Donated Every Order
Essance donates 2% from every order to Friends of Trees to support reforestation and community-rooted environmental care.
About Essance Skincare
Consciously Crafted with Generational Plant Wisdom
Founded in 2011 by Jasmine Tran, Essance blends traditional botanical knowledge with modern skincare rituals to support healthy, radiant skin.
Founded in Portland in 2011
Plant-based + cruelty-free formulas
Small-batch crafted in-house
Our Story
From Family Rituals to Modern Skin Health
Essance was founded to transform time-honored plant rituals into formulas that fit real daily skincare routines.
Our Founder Story
Jasmine Tran created Essance to share generations of plant care wisdom through elevated formulas made for daily ritual.
Read her story →What Makes Essance Different
Each formula is developed to balance performance, gentleness, and consistency so your routine feels both luxurious and dependable.
Our ingredients →Made with Intention
From ingredient selection to final production, small-batch craftsmanship helps maintain freshness, quality, and care.
Shop the collections →Women-Owned · Minority-Owned · Certified by the State of Oregon
Sustainability + Giving
Care Beyond the Jar
Essance donates 2% from every order to Friends of Trees while continuing refill-forward packaging practices that help reduce waste. Alongside small-batch production, those choices reflect a broader commitment to care that extends beyond the jar.
Refill
Bring Your Own Jar
Customers can bring back clean Essance jars to ask about refill options and help reduce packaging waste over time.
Small Batch
Made with Intention
In-house, small-batch production helps preserve freshness, reduce excess waste, and keep quality more consistent.
Our Founder
I created Essance to share generations of plant-care wisdom through elevated formulas made for daily ritual.
Essance was founded in early 2011 by Jasmine Tran. After years as a project and account manager, and as a formulator in the skincare industry, she decided to put her passion for truly natural products and her generational knowledge of the healing properties of plants and herbs to work for Essance.
Blending her formulator's training at traditional beauty brands with plant medicine passed down through generations, Jasmine built a modern, timeless line. Every product is formulated with intention and produced in small batches in Portland, Oregon, to ensure freshness and shelf stability.
Jasmine Tran
Founder, Essance Skincare
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