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Forgotten Flowers

Forgotten Flowers, the story of a fantastic rehabilitation adventure

Season 1, Ep. 1
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10 years ago, L'Occitane en Provence embarked on an extraordinary quest: to recover the essence of flowers forgotten by the world of perfumery. 

To recapture their fragrance, the brand set up an unprecedented collaboration of experts: researchers, ingredient producers, perfumers... The adventure began! What criteria would be used to select these flowers? And when this was possible, how would their supply chain be re-established? How could their delicate essence be extracted? In short, how could they be reinvented?

 

In this podcast by L'Occitane en Provence in collaboration with Louie Creative, let's listen to those who have worked to bring these forgotten flowers back to Perfumery.


🎤🎤 Clara Baillot wrote and narrated this episode. 

Blanche Martin is in charge of production. 

Mari Jaworski was in charge of editing, sound direction and mixing. 

The original music was composed by Marine Quéméré. 


Thanks to Anne-Sophie Bouville, Jean-Charles Lhommet, Jean-Pierre Pavier, Romain Pochet and Virginie Albelda for their contributions.


“Inoubliables” is a podcast by L'Occitane en Provence, produced by Louie Creative, Louie Media's content agency. 🎤🎤


⭐️⭐️And if you enjoyed this wonderful story, the best way to support the podcast is to tell others about it.

Simply by sharing the listening link, which you can find in the episode description. You can also leave stars and comments. 

Thank you very much! ⭐️⭐️

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