Our Journal
Behind the Making of Our Scented Crystals
The wisdom and appreciation for craftsmanship gained from visiting Mr. Dulob—the long standing maker of our Bastide scented crystals—in his workshop and atelier is unmatched. He has been making Ba...
Read moreOil Painting Like a Bastide Beautisan
Ask our resident oil expert beautisan Myriam to describe her job, and she’ll tell you it’s so much more than thoughtfully concocting sumptuous, soothing, skin-loving formulas—a tall order in and of...
Read moreThree Generations of French Beauty and Savoir-Faire
Forty kilometers away from our Aix boutique, nestled in Carnoux-en-Provence, sits a family-owned gem of scientists and product formulators that have dedicated their craft to the love of Provence an...
Read moreIn Provence, there is a wilderness that stretches around the Mediterranean coast, from the Rhone to the Gard rivers. This area of more than 14,000 hectares is full of marshes and saltwater lakes, p...
Read moreThe Architecture of a Passion and a Flagship
Projects that combine the aesthetics of horizontal lines with a well-defined finality: this is what characterizes the works of Amelia Tavella. But above all it is a work of physical substance, to w...
Read moreProvence Moments with our Nose from Grasse
Since the day one of our Bastide adventure, we have been working closely with Mathieu, our “Nose”, to recall the Provence he knows from childhood and to reimagine it into a transportative collectio...
Read moreNatural Formulas from our Artisanal Soapmaker
As we started our mission to create a collection of the best must-haves for a naturally beautiful lifestyle, we knew we needed to find experts deft in using natural ingredients to their most potent...
Read moreBastide's candlemaker is a man of few words, but many talents. With his wife and business partner (we clearly are obsessed with family businesses), Guilhem oversees a team of fifteen experts de bou...
Read moreArtisanal Provence Soap, Made by a Master Savonnier
Soaps have always been intimately linked to the history and culture of Provence. Perhaps because of its simplicity and its purity or because of its ability to create sensorial, experiential pleasur...
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