Discover the products that our customers value most. Made from the purest natural ingredients, carefully selected, these essential L’OCCITANE products will provide you with effective care, a wonderful sense of well-being and sublime fragrance.
OLIVIER BAUSSAN, FOUNDER OF L’OCCITANE.23-year-old Olivier Baussan decided to recreate the traditions of his region.
After purchasing a steam distiller, a relic from the past, Olivier harvested wild rosemary and produced pure rosemary essential oil. He sold this essential oil at local markets; this all-natural product was quickly embraced by villagers and L’OCCITANE was born.
1976 Using an old soap factory, Olivier revives the traditional art of Marseille soap-making.
1977-L’OCCITANE reserves its first harvest of lavender, the fragrant and iconic symbol of Provence.
1992-The first L’OCCITANE boutique opens in Paris on Rue Vavin.
1996-L’OCCITANE boutiques open in New York City and Hong Kong.
1999-The verbena harvest collection launches.
2001-L’OCCITANE partners with ORBIS, an international NGO that fights blindness.
2011-Immortelle Divine Cream receives the “Best Miracle Cream” award following user trials organized by the Anti-Ageing Beauty Bible.
2012-L’OCCITANE now has over 2,000 stores all over the world!
L’OCCITANE offers high quality beauty products and fragrances, developed following the principles of phytotherapy and aromatherapy. Our textures and fragrances are inspired by the Mediterranean lifestyle: using a L’OCCITANE product is always a moment of well-being and sensory delight.
We follow a strict formulation charter to guarantee the best quality, the best efficiency, and an optimal pleasure of use, while respecting people and environment. We strive to use high-quality, traceable, natural ingredients. We use over 200 botanical ingredients, a quarter of them organic certified, which are carefully selected for their effectiveness and their ability to give your skin the elements it needs to be beautiful. These ingredients are used at an ideal concentration in our formulas. We therefore systematically give priority to natural ingredients whenever possible. For example, we use vegetable oils in place of oils derived from petrochemicals, as they have a better affinity with the skin. However to ensure that our products offer optimum safety and effectiveness, we may use synthetic molecules when no reliable and effective natural alternative exists, while always erring on the side of caution.
