Laboratoires M&L

What they make

According to their website, this entity operates the L'Occitane en Provence brand, a French cosmetics and fragrance house founded in 1976 in Haute-Provence, which built its first production site near Manosque in 1981. Skincare, fragrance, body-care and home-fragrance lines are formulated and made in France, drawing on ingredients such as shea butter, almond, lavender and Corsican immortelle. Beyond this flagship brand, the wider group's own site discloses that the Manosque site and a second production facility at Lagorce (Ardeche) also formulate and manufacture goods for sibling L'OCCITANE Group brands Melvita and Erborian, so this entity's manufacturing role extends past L'Occitane en Provence alone. A long-running supply relationship sources shea butter from women's cooperatives in Burkina Faso, Fair for Life-certified, providing hundreds of tons per year. Distribution runs through the brand's own boutiques plus large partner networks of hotels and spas, including an affiliated hotel-and-spa property, Le Couvent des Minimes. The wider L'OCCITANE Group holds B Corp certification.

• Skincare products formulated with botanical ingredients associated with Haute-Provence and Corsica (shea butter, almond oil, lavender, immortelle/Helichrysum italicum)
• Fragrances, including eau de toilette and hair-and-body mist ranges
• Body-care lines: shower oils, hand creams, body lotions and hair care
• Home fragrance products
• In-house formulation, manufacturing and R&D at the group's own Manosque site (Haute-Provence), which also runs public factory tours
• A second, group-operated production site at Lagorce (Ardeche) that, per the group's own site, also formulates/manufactures for sibling brands Melvita and Erborian, indicating this entity's output is not limited to the L'Occitane en Provence brand alone
• Long-standing direct sourcing of shea butter from women's cooperatives in Burkina Faso, Fair for Life-certified, supplying hundreds of tons annually
• Retail distribution through the brand's own boutique network plus partner hotels and spas, including an affiliated hotel-and-spa property, Le Couvent des Minimes

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