Posted: 8 years ago
Category: The Edit

The Edit: KORRES - how a Greek skincare business flowered into a Global brand

As loyal fans of KORRES (global Greek skincare powerhouse) for years - we've just discovered they have an A-List celebrity fanbase... Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, Rihanna, Drew Barrymore, Kylie Minogue, Charlize Theron, Cameron Diaz, Woody Allen, David Beckham (amongst others)!

KORRES owes it's name to the founder of the skincare brand George Korres, who, whilst still a student, started mixing natural pharmacy ingredients to create herbal preparations, natural remedies and eventually cosmetic products

Way back in 1996 KORRES launched the first natural 24hour moisturising face cream: Wild Rose, a global best-seller. Fast forward to 2003 another innovative KORRES product hitting the shelves was their Yoghurt Cooling Gel, the first cosmetic formula globally to incorporate edible yoghurt.

Born out of Athens' first ever homeopathic pharmacy in 1996, the first KORRES product was an aromatic herbal throat-soothing syrup with honey and aniseed; a recipe inspired by ‘rakomelon’, a warming spirit and honey concoction which George’s grandfather used to make in his hometown on the island of Naxos. Today the KORRES portfolio includes over 400 natural and certified organic products.