L’OCCITANE
L’OCCITANE started in 1976 in Haute-Provence, a province in southern France located between the Mediterranean and Alps. Olivier Baussan, the founder of L’OCCITANE, marked the start of its story. For more than 30 years, Provence has been the inspiration behind L’OCCITANE’s line of beauty products. Its unspoiled land and well-bound tradition has been the secret to their product’s success. Even up to now, L’OCCITANE’s products are still relying on the small town of Manosque.
L’OCCITANE’s skin care line draws inspiration from the Mediterranean art de vivre and other conventional methods in Provencal. Its continuous focus in the authenticity of their products, L’OCCITANE never fails to set rigorous standards on its quality. Behind every product is a story that goes back to Provence techniques, traditional standards and sustainable development programs.
Even before L’OCCITANE’s success, the company also instilled social responsibility. Its main purpose is to respect man and environment through trade and sharing. L’OCCITANE started in Burkina Faso a sustainable development program in shea butter on 1989. During 1997, L’OCCITANE is the first to introduce to the world a Braille product labeling for the blind. They were the first ones to establish a large organic plantation in Corsica to preserve the Corsican maquis in 2006.
Its line of product also gathered rave reviews and supporters with various awards. L’OCCITANE received from AFB an Access Award for its efforts to pursue Braille labeling in their products in 2000. Its dedication to helping the visually impaired also earned them an award from the American Foundation for the Blind in October 2008. Helen Keller award is given to those who promote the quality of life for those who are visually incapable. On that same year, L’OCCITANE also bagged the Grand Prix Parfum Award for 2008 for its Notre Flore Eau de Parfum collection. The Marie Claire French Award is given to 10 prestigious fragrance lines with unique packaging and scent. L’OCCITANE bagged the best fragrance in “free-standing retail store/ stand alone distribution network”.
L’OCCITANE cater to a lot of products ranging from skin care, fragrance, body and hands, bath and shower, hair care, men products and other botanical products for home use. Most of their product lines contain organic ingredients that are safe for your skin. Their ingredients are all natural and cultivated through organic farming techniques -- meaning, no pesticides, chemicals and other fertilizers.
L’OCCITANE also has their best-sellers that got most of their consumers wanting for more:
- Shea Butter Hand Cream: Its a synergy of Shea butter, honey, sweet almond extract with the delicate fragrances of jasmine and ylang-ylang essences. Its smooth texture is pleasing to your senses and touch. It quickly absorbs, heals and protects dry and dull skin. Vitamin E nourishes skin and brings it to life.
- Immortelle Divine Cream Moisturizer: It’s an anti-aging cream that fights off the signs of aging. Immortelle and Myrtle essence provides skin regeneration by collagen products and enhances microcirculation. It tightens skin contours, enhances firmness, brightens skin pigmentation and skin tone and evens out skin texture.
L’OCCITANE’s pursuit for quality living also brought about their success. Their success was owed to these three causes: looking back to its heritage, literacy, support for women in developing countries, pursuit for quality life in the visually impaired and preservation of traditional culture.
Please visit L’OCCITANE facial cleansing products page.
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L'Occitane Eau Delicate (Fresh Face Water), 6.7-Ounce Spray Bottle List Price: $20.00 Sale Price: $20.00  |
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The Shea Butter Fresh Face Water is a gentle alcohol-free toner that respects dry and fragile skin. Rich in Shea extract and floral waters (orange blossom and cornflower), it completes make-up removal and tones skin... |
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L'Occitane Mousse Nettoyante Lumiere, Immortelle (Brightening Cleansing Foam), 5.1-Ounce Bottle List Price: $24.00 Sale Price: $18.00 |
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Lighten the complexion with this gentle face cleanser, enriched with Immortelle floral water and citrus fruit peel. Clinical testing of this product over a 3 week period showed an improvement in the evenness and radiance of skin... |
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L'Occitane Concentrè Jeunesse Cade pour Homme (Youth Concentrate for Men), 1.7-Ounce Glass Jar List Price: $34.00 Sale Price: $36.00 |
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Stop time in its tracks! Firm skin and reduce wrinkles. Enriched with a complex of CADE essential oil, birch sap extract and beech bud extract, this daily skincare treatment moisturizes for an immediate feeling of comfort, fortifies and protects against the harmful effect of environmental aggressions for a better anti-aging prevention and provides effective action to fight the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines... |
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L'occitane Immortelle Brightening Instant Exfoliator, 2.60-Fluid Ounce List Price: $36.00 Sale Price: $36.00 |
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This Brightening Instant Exfoliator exfoliates the skin for an immediately even-toned and luminous complexion. Its fresh texture transforms into a soft milk while rinsing. It combines: pure organic immortelle essential oil to protect against free radicals and for anti-wrinkle and firming effectiveness... |
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L'Occitane Brightening Immortelle-Brightening Moisture Cream, 50mL List Price: $48.00 Sale Price: $45.94 |
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The Brightening Moisture Cream is a daily moisturizer which visibly preserves youth and brightens skin.Its fresh and light gel-cream texture combines: - organic immortelle essential oil, concentrated in time-released micro capsules, for a long lasting anti-wrinkle, anti-free radical and firming effectiveness, - Bellis perennis brightening extract, combined with a vitamin C derivative to make the complexion uniform and more radiant, - a moisturizing fig extract to deeply nourish skin and light reflectors for glowing skin. |
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L'Occitane Olive Tree Organic Toning Face Mist, 5.1-Ounce Bottle List Price: $22.00 Sale Price: $22.00 |
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A fresh mist that tones, invigorates, moisturizes and softens the skin. A certified organic formula by Ecocert with a fresh new fragrance. Organic mint essential water tones, refreshes, stimulates, invigorates, and purifies the skin while organic olive tree leaf extract preserves the hydration of the skin... |
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L'Occitane Shea Butter-Ultra Rich Face Soap, 100-grams List Price: $7.00 Sale Price: $7.00 |
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Generously sized for everyday use and the bath. Formulated with a 100% vegetable base and enriched with nourishing Shea Butter. L'Occitane works directly with women's Shea-processing collectives in western Africa, supporting economic recovery--and a heritage of natural harvesting traditions... |
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L'Occitane Creme Tres Precieuse, Immortelle (Very Precious Night Cream), 1.7-Ounce Glass Jar List Price: $74.00 Sale Price: $59.40 |
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Very Precious Cream is effective at stimulating and regenerating skin through the night, when skin is in its peak repair phase. Very Precious Cream fights all signs of aging: skin disorganization, wrinkles, loss of firmness, and loss of radiance and pigmentation marks... |
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L'Occitane Olive Tree Organic Moisturizing Face Lotion, 1-Ounce Bottle List Price: $38.00 Sale Price: $38.00 |
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A lightly textured fluid that protects skin from daily aggressions, provides long lasting hydration, and brings radiance. A certified organic formula by Ecocert with a fresh new fragrance. Organic borage oil, rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids and Vitamins A, D, and E helps prevent aging by contributing to the regeneration of the epidermis... |
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L'Occitane Veloute de Riz Ultra-Matifiant (Ultra Matte Face Fluid, Rice), 1-Ounce Bottle List Price: $24.00 Sale Price: $26.00 |
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With an ultra light and velvety texture, this moisturizer * is recommended for combination and oily skin. Enriched with rebalancing zinc and red rice extract from Camargue (located just outside Provence in France), as well as astringent red rice vinegar and mattifying powdered red rice... |