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  • Chamomile

    Chamomile

    Anthemis nobillis

    France

    Chamomile is recognized for its many medicinal properties. Throughout Antiquity, the Egyptians dedicated this plant to the sun. In 16th century London, it was considered as a weed while at the same time in Rome, it was used for its anti-inflammatory and soothing action.
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  • Cang zhu

    Cang zhu

    Atractylodes lancea

    China

    Cang zhu is a plant that grows in the mountains of northern and central China. It has been used since ancient times in Chinese medicine. The bitter-tasting root can be eaten cooked for its toning benefits and raw to fight water retention. In cosmetics, Clarins Laboratories have demonstrated that through the intermediary of G-protein, the root extract improves the skin’s barrier function.
  • Celosia

    Celosia

    Celosia cristata

    China

    Although native to India, celosia is widespread throughout the tropical regions of the Americas and Africa where the heat is ideal for developing the crested flower heads, commonly known as “cockscombs.” Highly prized by florists for its beautiful flowers and vibrant colours, celosia is also prized for its edible leaves and shoots, its seeds rich in soothing oil and its flowers for their astringent and blood-stopping benefits.
  • Cornflower

    Cornflower

    Centaurea cyanus

    France

    Cornflower is a biennial plant flowering from May to September. The French gave it the popular name spectacle-breaker in the 17th century, as apothecaries used to crush cornflower flowers together with dew or rainwater for soothing sensitive or irritated eyes. Apart from having a therapeutic effect, it has been used cosmetically by women to give eyes a bright sparkling look.
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  • Centella Asiatica

    Centella Asiatica

    Centella asiatica

    Southeast Asia

    Centella asiatica grows in the shady, humid regions of South East Asia, Australia and Africa where its creeping stems produce small umbrella-shaped flowers. Nicknamed « tiger grass » because tigers like to roll in its leaves to heal their wounds, it is traditionally used for its healing and soothing actions.
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  • Caimito (vu sua)

    Caimito (vu sua)

    Chrysophyllum cainito

    Caribbean

    Originally from the West Indies, the Caimito fruit tree can now be found throughout many tropical regions. This beautiful, tall tree with green and bronze leaves and fruit that resembles large, perfectly round apples, is often used for decorative purposes. Caimito fruit has a pulp that produces sweet, white milk, the inspiration for its local name of "pomme de lait" in the West Indies and "mother's milk" (vu sua) in Vietnam.
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  • Coconut tree

    Coconut tree

    Cocos nucifera

    Indonesia

    The coconut is the well-travelled fruit of the coconut tree, an elegant palm from hot regions of the world. It is believed to have originated in South Asia before colonising the tropical coastlands of Africa, America and Oceania thanks to its ability to float for days and still retain its capacity to germinate. The coconut tree is one of the oldest known “useful” plants. Just its fruit alone, the coconut, is a very complete food with its sweet, white nourishing flesh and delicious refreshing, slightly milky water. Traditionally, the oil extracted from its pulp, called copra, is recognised for its nourishing and protective benefits, while organic coconut water helps to encourage the supply of nutrients essential for skin cells.
  • Cantaloupe melon

    Cantaloupe melon

    Cucumis melo var. cantalupensis

    France

    In the early Renaissance, at the summer residence of the Popes in Cantalupo, Italian monks developed a variety of melon with a sweet, juicy, orange-coloured flesh which they called « cantalupo ». In the 15th century, the cantaloupe melon was introduced in Provence to enable the Sovereign Pontiffs, established in Avignon at the time, to enjoy their exquisite flavour.
  • Cocoa

    Cocoa

    Theobroma cacao

    Madagascar, Dominican Republic, Togo

    According to Aztec legend, the cocoa tree was a gift to man from the god Quetzalcoatl, in tribute to a princess who was sacrificed for refusing to betray her husband. From the young woman’s blood, the god brought forth a tree whose pods contained a treasure of precious cocoa beans, as bitter as pain, as strong as virtue, and as red as blood. To be made edible, cocoa beans must undergo a process of fermentation, drying, then roasting. Afterwards, they are shelled to extract the kernels which give the cocoa paste. It is from this paste that cocoa butter and cocoa powder are obtained. Cocoa unsaponifiables are extracted from the most precious fraction of the butter. These help to nourish the skin, protect it from dehydration, and prevent skin ageing. Cocoa powder extract, rich in polyphenols and OPCs (Oligomeric proanthocyanidins), has soothing and anti-free radical properties.
  • Cassia

    Cassia

    Acacia farnesiana

    Morocco or Egypt

    Found just about everywhere in the world, cassie is a shrub-like tree whose bright yellow ‘pom-pom’ flowers give off the intense fragrance of mimosa. An essential oil and absolute are extracted from the flowers which are highly prized in the luxury perfumery field. In cosmetics, the wax extracted from the flowers is used for its protective, filmogenic and smoothing properties.
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