Jacques courtin-clarins biography

PARIS — Jacques Courtin-Clarins, who died Thursday in his home in a Paris suburb at age 86, was a pioneer in natural beauty products and practices who promoted the philosophy that feeling good is tantamount to feeling beautiful. We will all miss him.

Christian courtin-clarins daughter

You May Also Like. She recalled how, in the early days of his business, Courtin-Clarins would develop products by polling long lists of customers to find out what they were thinking. He studied medicine up until the outbreak of World War II, when he worked in hospitals helping the wounded. In , he opened the first Clarins beauty institute, in Paris, where Courtin-Clarins introduced an innovative massage technique, plus oils and creams with formulas based on pure plant-based extracts.

In the Seventies, Clarins broadened its distribution outside of pharmacies to department stores and beauty clinics.

Courtin-clarins family

The company went public on the Paris Bourse in He was always very attentive to others, had a nice smile and success never went to his head. He was a great figure in our industry. He asked us to devote attention to the service side of the business — training for him was as important product development. He had a passion for listening to and respecting the consumer.

He was such an inspiration to me personally. I think he left this world very happy. He stayed involved with the company up until the end. A week ago, he was meeting with Christian and Olivier about new product innovations.