Our History
An Arlesian at heart, Julie, the founder, draws inspiration from her adopted city, a blend of tradition and modernity, inseparable from this city for 2000 years, to define the contours of the brand identity.
Married to Jean-François, a native of Arles and from a family very attached to Arlesian culture and its transmission, Julie wishes to pay tribute to the city, founded by the Emperor Julius Caesar, to its artistic history and to its heritage.
The name Alyscamps (pronounced “Alisscan”), inspired by the Roman site in Arles which means “Champs-Elysées” in Provençal, naturally gives its name to the brand.
Van Gogh, the artist who inspires
This artist, whose major work was painted in Arles and St Rémy de Provence in a few months, is our source of inspiration.
A universal work that still moves people today in every corner of the world.
Thus, the graphic charter takes up the colors of the Master's paintings and the cases, a textured effect which reflects his brushstroke.
Alyscamps draws its origins from this territory and its riches, for a timeless and universal beauty.
The knowledge he has acquired over 20 years allows him to develop treatments combining performance and sensoriality in formulas
respectful of the skin and the planet.
What does science advocate?
Which endocrine disrupting or carcinogenic active ingredients should really be avoided?
Is it possible to limit allergens but add fragrance?
How to reconcile high efficiency and naturalness? sensoriality and safety?
With an independent formulator, she then works on compositions where each ingredient is carefully selected.
These observations, marked by the absence of "pleasure" or effectiveness in treatments claiming to be "clean" and natural, have profoundly contributed to the genesis of the brand.
Subject herself to hormonal acne since her adolescence, a fan of dermocosmetic brands available in pharmacies for better tolerance, Julie has always regretted the lack of sensoriality and aesthetics of these products.
A mother of two, she noted that her daughter, aged 12 at the time, had never showered with perfume because of her atopic skin ; a limited choice of products because most skincare products
detergents on the market contain irritating sulfates that aggravate itching.
These observations, marked by the absence of "pleasure" or effectiveness in treatments claiming to be "clean" and natural, have profoundly contributed to the genesis of the brand.
A doctor of pharmacy and former intern at Paris hospitals, Julie worked for over 20 years as an expert and then head of pharmacovigilance (= evaluation of the side effects of drugs) for the pharmaceutical industry, health authorities and her consulting firm.
It was during a consultancy mission whose objective was to evaluate the tolerance profile of the main cosmetic ingredients that she became interested in the formulation of the skincare products she uses.