Meet Stephan Francisci - Immortelle Producer & Distiller | L’Occitane

Meet Stephan Francisci, a Corsican producer and distiller who has worked with L’OCCITANE for more than 15 years and was the first person to cultivate the, previously completely wild, immortelle flower. We launched our organic large-scale immortelle plantation programme with him in 2004, securing the supplies he needed to start him off – and our partnership has gone from strength to strength ever since. Stephan lives in his native region of Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. He works the land on his estate, Domaine Amuredda, concentrating much of his time and effort into cultivating a native variety of the everlasting immortelle flower. Stephan is responsible for the exclusive immortelle essential oil in our Limited Edition Divine Grand Cru Cream. Let us tell you about how he grows the everlasting immortelle crop – which covers his sunshine-soaked Corsican fields in a sea of yellow – using eco-friendly farming methods that reproduce conditions usually found in the wild. Get more i