I love this picture. It is light, soft and pure. It reflects what Doux Me was all about.

For those who don’t know about Doux Me, I launched the brand in Paris in 2002, with just 4 face creams. It was the very first organic skincare brand in France to bear the Ecocert label. Ecocert was indeed just starting to build a guideline and standards to certify skincare and body care. Between 2002 and 2012, I launched 13 products, along an aromatherapeutic body oils range that was used in the Beautyroom, the little eco-spa in Le Marais. The brand won several prizes like the Beauty Challenger Prize in 2004 and the Creativity Prize in 2006, at Cosmeeting, the International Beauty Trade Show in Paris. The comforting face mask and scrub and the Lotion mist make-up remover were elected « best skincare » 2010 and 2011 by the Observatory of Cosmetics. I sold the brand in 2012. It is very different today.

The products were displayed in a little see-through, customized cooler. The idea was to have everyone think about the fact that applying beauty products on their skin daily is the same as eating food. The ritual of storing our beauty products in the fridge reminds us of the importance of taking care of our skin. This whole idea became reality thanks to French designer Olivier Peyricot.

This is the healing sanctuary I created in the heart of « Le Marais » in Paris. A small, cosy room where we could come to experience the most amazing body massages, facials and energy work. It had so much soul and vibrance. Some clients would even sometimes stay for an hour after their treatment, enjoying a delicious cup of tea.

Picture: Coco Amaradeil

This is a very precious collaboration with my talented jeweler friend Catherine Michiels, a silver charm where she carved two of my favorite symbols: a Lily and a butterfly coming together as one and only pattern evoking beauty, friendship and reinvention. The silk can be of any color, but this rainbow one is my favorite at the moment. It’s available on demand.

This started with a massage oil, mixing relaxing and sensual vanilla with red mandarin. I found the blend of all the ingredients so luminous that it led me to wonder what I could add or take away to interpret the smell of the sun. I decided to create a candle to celebrate this and found that adding ylang-ylang and cardamom could very well be sun’s perfect fragrance.

Design: Isabelle Rivoire-Grange

Picture: Nicolas Kowalski