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Beauty, fragrance and the culture of care. The people behind skincare and perfumery, considered spa spaces and wellbeing practices, reported with attention to ingredients, methods and evidence.
Reportage
From a garden in Kyoto to a hammam in Marrakech and a stem-cell clinic at Costa Mujeres, nine treatments that have become reasons to travel in their own right.
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Beauty & Wellbeing / Reportage
In 1976, a 23-year-old literature student distilled rosemary in Haute-Provence and sold the oils at market. Fifty years on, L'Occitane has more than 3,000 boutiques, a hundred spas and marks the half-century by refreshing its shea icon.
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At The Boca Raton, Spa Palmera places new recovery equipment within a setting built around arches, mosaics, gardens and water. The contrast is deliberate. Automated massage and a multi-sensory chamber now sit alongside manual treatments and bathing rituals.
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CHANEL Beauty's limited Denim collection, created by Valentina Li of the Cometes Collective, turns washed blue, indigo and the casual ease of the 1990s into a vocabulary for eyes, lips, nails and skin.
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Hermès’ Plein Air Luminous Matte Skincare Foundation brings coverage and skincare positioning into the same product. The launch is also a study in the tools around makeup: bottle, brush, palette and spatula have been considered as parts of one application ritual.