A BLOOMING TRADITION

Our new limited edition Orange Blossom Solidarity Balm celebrates the women of Burkina Faso with its bright and colourful motifs.This Solidarity Balm helps to nourish and protect the skin all day long, while its delicate, seductive fragrance delights the senses.

A special bond with women in Burkina Faso in the 1980s, the women who make shea butter in Burkina Faso made a convincing impression on Olivier Baussan, through their savoir-faire and their multiple uses of the exceptional ingredient.Intrigued by its properties, Olivier Baussan decided to develop a range of L'OCCITANE products based on shea butter, which was an immediate success among consumers. To meet the growing demand, L'OCCITANE created a co-development program with the local women. Today, more than 10,000 women in Burkina Faso work in this industry, while several hundred tons of this ingredient travel each year between Burkina Faso and L'OCCITANE's factory in Manosque, France.The L'OCCITANE Foundation chose to expand this partnership, focusing its action on women's leadership worldwide.
 

Through a partnership of excellence with UN Women.

In 2017, L'OCCITANE goes even further with a partnership with UN Women's Fund for Gender Equality.In doing so, the L'OCCITANE Foundation broadens the scope of its involvement by supporting the two thematic areas covered by the Fund for Gender Equality: women's economic and political empowerment.Since 2009, the Fund has supported 120 programs in 80 countries, touching the lives of some 10 million direct beneficiaries, with a focus on the objective of “achieving a more equal world, a 50-50 planet, where women and girls can freely exercise their leadership in all areas of public, economic and political life.