Three sisters at the heart of our story
My name is Nabila, and together with my two sisters — Alya, a pharmacist, and Sophia, a chemist — we had the great fortune of growing up alongside our grandmother, an apothecary, in a Mediterranean garden. With patience and passion, she passed down to us her love for noble ingredients, her savoir-faire in crafting balms, her deep knowledge of the virtues of plants, and her mastery of the art of skincare. We look back with emotion on early-morning orange blossom harvests, and on the precious moments spent by her side distilling flowers while she revealed to us the secrets and importance of every detail in preserving the full potency of each ingredient. This is truly where our initiation into cosmetics began.
With L’ODAÏTÈS, we pay tribute to her. We have reinterpreted her ancestral formulas in my sister’s pharmaceutical laboratory, enriching them with our scientific expertise to create and manufacture in France highly effective botanical skincare. Raised from an early age to appreciate the quality of raw materials, we rely on the finest extraction techniques to preserve the integrity and biological richness of our active ingredients. Our indulgent skincare — with its exquisite, sensorial textures and the comforting scent of orange blossom — showcases rare and powerful plant extracts from the Mediterranean and the desert, especially the date, a magical and exceptional fruit for the skin!
In the spirit of Daïtès, the Greek god who invented the feast, L’ODAÏTÈS treatments nourish your skin with an abundance of high-quality, sensorial, and pleasure-filled active ingredients.
Enhancing active ingredients with
Advanced extraction techniques
It is to honor our grandmother’s passion for noble ingredients that we chose specific extraction methods for our actives. We favor distillation, cold extraction, CO₂ extraction, and bio-fermentation in order to preserve the integrity and biological richness of our active ingredients. These techniques also promote optimal absorption of our treatments by the skin through biomimicry.
Botanicals from the desert and the Mediterranean
The date, our powerful star ingredient
The date — a gem brimming with vitality and light — is one of our cherished star active ingredients, celebrated for its unsuspected richness and its 360° benefits on the skin. Its hydrating, repairing, regenerating, energizing, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory properties have been demonstrated and confirmed by numerous scientific studies. More broadly, we hold in high regard botanical actives derived from Mediterranean plants and, in particular, those from the desert — such as prickly pear, acacia, aloe vera, desert date tree, jujube, and more. These plants have made the desert — a harsh and demanding environment — their home of choice. They harbour an extraordinary concentration of active molecules that enable them to capture and retain water, fight oxidation, and repair external damage.
A truly sensory experience
Neroli, our signature scent
Neroli, the essential oil distilled from the blossoms of the bitter orange tree, is a true liquid gold that has long captivated both perfumers and formulators. Its addictive, sensual scent and immense evocative power make it utterly irresistible. Its fragrance is deeply anchored in our olfactory memory, recalling the comforting orange-blossom–scented bottles of our childhood evenings.
From creation to sale, we control every step
Our raw materials are sourced directly by Sophia from producers based mainly in the Mediterranean basin. Our unique formulas are created by Alya and Sophia with a minimalist approach, keeping only what is essential so that each treatment delivers the highest level of efficacy and sensoriality.
We entrust manufacturing to two partner laboratories — one located in the Bouches-du-Rhône region and the other in the Chartres Valley — chosen according to the specific galenic form of each product.
French & responsible manufacturing
The naturality index of our products, calculated according to the ISO 16128 reference standard, is indicated on each product page. All plant-derived active ingredients are organic and can be easily identified in every INCI list by an asterisk. Our packaging is made primarily of glass, recycled PET (for our makeup removers and cleansers), and PE for the airless mask bottle. Our anhydrous cleansing powder — formulated without water — reflects our commitment to reducing water waste. The spatulas provided with our exfoliant, carved by hand from olive wood by artisan women, illustrate our ecological and social responsibility. Our boxes are fully biodegradable (including the copper-colored hot stamping) and reserved only for fragile products. You will never find unnecessary outer packaging. We remain constantly on the lookout for new eco-responsible packaging alternatives compatible with our formulas.
For more details, we invite you to discover this article in which Nabila shares the touching, meaningful, and beautiful story of L’ODAÏTÈS.
Our motto: we believe that any product applied to or absorbed by the body must be healthy and nourishing.
