I was absolutely deeeeeelighted when an invitation arrived to visit Saison’s head office and private show room- all things fragrant and beautifully packaged easily win my heart over. It was while I was there however that I discovered the stories behind the brands that Saison carry– almost every product has a wonderful history to its name.
The products won’t be found in department stores and are certainly not mass produced- you are looking a little luxuries, often times hand crafted by years old traditions.
Jason and Justin were so lovely and patient with my multitude of questions- ‘So when exactly did they start to sell Les Anis de Flavigny in the Paris Metro?’ and were stumped by nothing I asked.
And of course, the extra sweet cherry on top was the discovery of Darcy and Harry, two sweet but slightly on edge Dachshunds. I say on edge because my natural inclination is to swoop in and pick up every dog I meet and I can only imagine what it’s like for someone the size of Harry to have a mad woman clawing after you. Still, they made the entire experience just wonderful.
Behold, Saison….
Hand pressed soaps.
Linari is a French fragrance product that is German made and features Zubrano, Wengi and Mapel wood for the bottle lids and through out the range. True luxury.
Nesti Dante are one of Italy’s oldest soap companies and only make just that: soap. Saison is the only distributor of Nesti Dante soaps in Australia having discovered them on a trip to Italy years ago and forging a relationship with the family run business.
The soaps are olive oil based and all of the products that are used to make the soaps are locally sourced.
The showroom is for trade only, you can however shop till your heart’s content at Saison.com.au
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[…] had heard of Saison after reading Lady Melbourne’s post last year (http://www.ladymelbourne.com.au/2010/07/saison-saison-saison/) but again, local online stores don’t really register with me. Then out of the blue they […]
Ellie- I was lucky and it was just beautiful. There are stockists on their website if you want to try their products before you buy.
LoataBavadra- hey man- I investigate, you shop!
amelia- ha ha ha, they do look kind of terrified!
Rusty Hoe- darling thats what I’m here for digging out the gems so you guys can shop 🙂
Vanessa- they have plenty of stockists you can visit 🙂
Alicia – Sea Of Ghosts- I know, they are tooooooo cute!
msihua- nothing Msishua, my life felt complete.
Claire- try one of their stockists.
chacha- definitely but in a good way!
ohh wow ! fragrance overload <3
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What a shame they don’t have a shop…I need to smell the purfume, soap etc before I buy it. The showroom looks so inviting as well.
Goodness! A dachshund and fantastic looking boys!… oh yes and pretty packaging.. what more could one want?
Dachshunds!!!
What a lovely looking head office!
Love the Italian soaps. What a shame the showroom isn’t open to customers though! It looks beautiful! Oh well, will have to content myself with the website instead 😛
Another great find, Lady M. Thank you!
Ooohhh I love the packaging. I’m a sucker for a beautifully packaged product. Slightly jealous of your tour, mind you my credit card would have needed CPR by the time I left so it’s probably a good thing I wasn’t there. 🙂
Love that you show even an old Melbournite like me all the gems that you normally don’t know about.
Lady Melbourne’s dog blog tour of Melbourne continues! Loving the sweet and slightly terrified looking babies. xxx
Once again I’m impressed !!!
Lady Melbourne your blog is so addictive girl !
Having just switched to an olive-based moisturiser and feeling my skin sigh in relief, I feel this warrants further investigation. How lucky you were to have the invitation!