My dear friend Violette asked me, while thinking of creating her own brand back a few years ago: « will you collaborate? ». The beauty veteran in me said yes right away. Yet it’s always the heart and the love you feel for a human and a creation that says yes. The brand got launched in April 2021 and it’s absolutely gorgeous. Meet the 2 formulas I put my heart and passion into and call my babies: Avec Amour, the roll on fragrance and Boum Boum milk, the all over hydrating spray. Try them out and check the rest of the brand, which is a total gem!

The second bespoke product of Carolinew Friends Collection is designed for Elisa Sednaoui Dellal, a multi-talented Egypto-Italian who started her career as an actress and model, and today focuses mainly on her true passion, social entrepreneurship, having founded the ESF Foundation in 2013 and been serving the UNHCR as a supporter for the last two years. She is also mom to Jack.

This perfume oil has been crafted for her own personal use only. It is entirely handmade and each ingredient is chosen according to her favorite smells and skincare criteria. Made of a proprietary fragrance blend mixing Jasmine, Tiare flower, Ruby grapefruit and other unique flower essences, this perfume oil embodies sensuality, femininity and warmth. It is made out of 100% natural and pure essential oils, vegetable oils and flower essences.

Special thanks to artist Marcela Gutierrez for Elisa’s portrait.

Picture by Claire Cottrell

Art by Isabelle Rivoire-Grange

This book is an art book and compile of all my favorite personal DIY health and beauty recipes. It’s a team work with dear friend Isabelle Rivoire-Grange. It’s an invitation to love yourself first. I am an advocate of self-healing, creativity, experiment and complete freedom. Recipes are only interesting because they are guides, but you only are the master of your health. We can learn by ourselves, look for all the information we need to maintain a state of balance (or at least aim to it). This book is about showing different ways to create your own remedies, allowing you to reflect on how a specific aromatherapy synergy makes you feel or perhaps, on how one and only scent reminds you of a comforting moment. Then maybe this is going to become your favorite, and from that point on, there is a whole world opening up to become the « artisane » of your health. Enjoy it. Celebrate freedom. Cultivate love for yourself & others. And pursue knowledge.

Where to get SEASONS:

caroline@caroline-w.com or IG @caroline_wachsmuth

This bespoke beauty oil has been formulated for Cécile Cassel, AKA “Hollysiz”, a sexy French rock singer and very dear to my heart. Cécile has been one of the first, most genuine supporters of my previous organic beauty line. Her dream product is naturally coming as the first off the rank from the CarolineW Friends Collection. All details regarding this unique product and the Friends Collection concept are in the Friends Collection post, in the Beauty Book section.

Art Direction by Isabelle Rivoire-Grange.

When I decided to sell my organic skincare company in Paris 3 years ago, I was hungry to explore new creative outlets. I wanted to focus on bespoke creations, blog about new ideas, write a book, be free.

This is part of what sparked the Friends Collection. I see it as my personal pile of gratitude. It’s about giving love back to the gems in my life who constantly supported my creations, who have been genuine, generous and loyal.

This collection thrives on freedom and the celebration of “just what is needed” by creating bespoke products for my friends and community. Each product of the collection is recyclable, upcyclable, sustainable and beautiful, like all the best things are.

Twice a year, I design a special product for a special friend. It is for their personal use, and just a few copies are available in select stores. It’s about gratitude, love, art and collaborations.

CECILE’S ROSE OIL LAUNCHED JUNE 15

This bespoke beauty oil was formulated for Cécile Cassel, AKA “Hollysiz”, a sexy French rock singer who is very dear to my heart.

Cécile has been one of the first, most genuine supporters of my previous organic beauty line. Her dream product is naturally coming as the first off the rank from the CarolineW Friends Collection. It’s as unique and multidimensional as the lady herself, a celebration of her huge heart, beauty and talent.

Her « super rose » elixir is a blend of organic and natural vegetable oils, essential oils and wild crafted flower extracts that throws down the perfect balance of essential fatty acids 3, 6 and 9 as well as vitamins E, A, C and K. A gorgeous natural perfume that will also pay our skin dry patches and split ends a serious visit, too.

It’s handmade and very limited edition. A very small batch is available at Ofr in Paris and in LA later this Summer!

Art Direction by my dear friend Isabelle Rivoire-Grange.

Ofr, 20 rue Dupetit Thouars, 75003 Paris.

Meet Le Baume & The Stars, the beautiful multifunctional balm and all-round moisturizer I created for Emilie Cresp . It repairs, moisturizes and nourishes while leaving the warmth and sparkles of sun’s fragrance on your skin.

Decor by dear friend Isabelle Rivoire-Grange.

Meet SEASONS, the book I published to gather some of my favorite natural self-care recipes on paper, not only online. This is an invitation to love yourself first, explore what works for you and safely unleash your creativity within your beauty rituals.

SEASONS is also about friendship, featuring the work of my talented friend Isabelle Rivoire-Grange, who mastered the art direction and the illustrations, together with photographer Vianney Tisseau. And a very beautifully written foreword by my dear friend Lili Barbery-Coulon.

The Friends Collection is getting bigger with Mana 28, the bespoke perfume oil I made for astral sister Catherine Michiels . We met 25 years ago when working in the press industry. And followed our true callings ever since. One day, she asked me to create a perfume oil that would be totally ‘her’. Made it, the alchemy is inside and her Mana 28 is now available to purchase on her website. Subtle mix of Jasmine flowers, bergamot, cistus resin, poplar buds extracts, lavender, coconut oil scents, and some Hawaian magic – photo by Catherine.

Creating Jatamansi was a very blissful experience. This is a line of body products celebrating femininity, blending mystical, sensual essential oils such as Himalayan Nard (also called Jatamansi), uplifting yet soft citrus notes and velvety spices. The delicate illustrations have been designed by my talented friend, illustrator and designer Amélie Hazard.