Nearing the festive season, the Christmas collections have already come to town and so has L'Occitane's humble fragrant merchant and his big basket of enticing gifts.
The tradition traces back some 30 years, when the brand's founder Olivier Baussan distilled lavender and rosemary for essential oils that would be sold in the markets of Provence. The fragrance merchant symbolised to Baussan, who went from one village to the next to sell his cosmetics and perfumes.
Capturing the scents of Provence, the botanist and perfumer created fragrances according to French tradition, which L'Occitane continues to follow till today.
The Christmas 2009 collection brings a bouquet of candied flowers with limited
edition Candied Rose, Sweet Cherry, Delicious Almond and Shea Vanilla goodies.
In Provence, candied fruits have long been a delicacy at festive celebrations,and flowers can also be prepared using the same traditional method. For example, roses are coated in a syrup that crystallises over time, resulting in the sweetest petals.
In a floral heart of rose petals with sweet and fruity accents, the Candied Rose Eau de Toilette delivers the scents of this delicate delicacy. The new fragrance comes along with Candied Rose bath and body products as well a scented candle to wrap them all up for a sumptuous gift set.
Available as bath and body products,Sweet Cherry takes inspiration from sugar-coated cherries, Delicious Almond makes one think of marzipan dusted with powdered sugar, while Shea Vanilla wins over with the yummy scent of shea nuts coated with smooth vanilla.
Besides the four festive scents, L'Occitane rolls out limited edition shea butter hand cream for a good cause. Its best-selling hand cream in frangipani,acacia, rosebud and ylang ylang versions are sold with cute New Year 2010 cards designed ML Chiratorn Chirapravati,with proceeds going to the Foundation for the Blind in Thailand.
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