Möno’i… ‘o Tahiti teie, te mahana ‘e tä na mau moemoe’a e nä muri mai ra. Nö te rahira’a, e ma’a möhina noa iti teie, ‘ua rau te ‘ü ‘e te no’ano’a. I Pörïnëtia farāni nei, tö na ‘äi’a tupura’a, e orara’a rahu’a teie nö na i te mahana tāta’i tahi e ‘ua rau tö na fa’a'ohipara’a. I Tahiti, “Te Ara ö te Möno’i“, e ‘e’a mäta’ita’ira’a ‘e ha’api’ipi’ira’a, ‘ia...

Monoi… the name alone conjures up Tahiti, a vision of sunshine and faraway islands… To many people, monoi is a small bottle with a colorful label and a floral, exotic fragrance. In French Polynesia, its birthplace, monoi is a way of life, a daily product with multiple uses. On the island of Tahiti, the Monoi Road is a journey of initiation that will make you discover the sacred oil of the Pacific, now exported all over the world. The story starts with the subtle marriage of coconut and tiare Tahiti flower. In the traditional Polynesian method, fresh coconut is...