Our Journal

Verveine du Sud: Inspired by the waters of the bastide

The first in a new collection of light, fresh fragrances that capture the special, intimate moments that surround water in Aix-en-Provence, we present Verveine du Sud. The perfect summer scent for ...

Welcome to La Sieste Bastide, in the heart of New York City

Here at Bastide, we make an effort to incorporate a little bit of the peacefulness of Aix-en-Provence into the every day – whether through meditation, making time for a short walk at lunch, or indu...

The Art of Soaping

The people of southern France have practiced “soaping” for centuries – it literally means washing with soap. This everyday, seemingly mundane task might be overlooked by most, but our Beautisan Béa...

Your Guide to Dry Oil

What is dry oil? Incorporating oils into your beauty routine is increasingly popular among clean beauty aficionados. It’s no wonder, considering oils are full of skin-loving ingredients. When most...

4 Fun Ways to Re-use Your Candle Glass

We've all been there before. We light up our candles for that one last burn and find yourself aching over the fact that you'll have to throw out the glass. Before you pull that bold move, find 4 cr...

Five Things You May Not Know About Bastide

  At Bastide, we create all of our products in accordance with our Blacklist – a list of over 30 ingredients that we would never use in our products. You’ll never find ingredients such as sulfates...

Rose Olivier - A Love Story

With every great product comes a compelling story of how it came to be... Picture the majestic olive tree, known for its virility and nobleness, standing tall and confident in boundless land. Acros...

6 Uses for Lavender to Feel at Your Best

One rarely thinks of Provence without dreaming of lavender. It embodies both the unique ambiance of the Mediterranean with the warmth of the sun. Lavender has been cultivated locally for generation...

Oil 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...

Bastide pops up at Marché Maman

Dear New Yorkers, your first chance to smell, feel, and experience the full Bastide collection is here!  Our good friends, Elisa & Benjamin (who also calls the south of France home!) have opene...

Three 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...

Shirin's Picks - 5 Gifts from Nature to Share

Natural gifts with health benefits to lift spirits and cure common ailments, chosen by Bastide’s co-founder Shirin von Wulffen

Liquid Gold: The Beautiful Benefits of Provence Olive Oil

Here in Provence as well as at Bastide, there are a number of things that we hold sacred: family, nature and the absolute joy of simplicity. From the closet to the kitchen, we rely only on the esse...