Best Beauty & Personal Care Products Companies in France
The 303 best Beauty & Personal Care Products companies in France in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: X NIHILO.
France produces some serious Beauty & Personal Care Products companies, and this directory ranks 303 of them by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum. Total disclosed capital across the cohort sits at $107M, with X Nihilo leading at $27M raised, followed by Willo at $17M and Joone at $12M. No unicorns yet, but the funding stack is real and the category is moving.
The global Beauty & Personal Care Products market was valued at roughly $104.3B in 2022 and is forecast to reach $106.6B by 2027, growing at a 5.31% CAGR. So what's actually driving that? Rising disposable income, expanding middle-class spending, and a growing female workforce are the demand engines most analysts keep pointing to. I'd add that the regulatory environment remains notably loose, which cuts both ways for startups chasing shelf space or direct-to-consumer positioning. France's active investors here, Bpifrance, Cathay Capital, and Odyssee Venture among them, are clearly betting the domestic pipeline has more room to run. The companies worth watching are the ones converting funding into durable revenue, not just rounds.
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Ranked: Best Beauty & Personal Care Products companies in France
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | X NIHILO Manufacturer of fragrances | $27M | 24 mo ago | Seed | Olivier Royere Co-Founder | 2013 | — | — | 7 job openings · 1 award |
| 2 | Willo Internet-first brand of electrical toothbrush | $17M | 69 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyTailwind CSS+32 | 2 patents Dental hygiene devices for automated tooth cleaning and plaque removal | — |
| 3 | Joone Manufacturer of drones for agricultural and commercial applications | $12M | 69 mo ago | Series B | Carole Llewellyn Founder & CEO | 2016 | Shogun Page BuilderCart FunctionalityShopify+39 | — | — |
| 4 | typology Typology is a skincare and cosmetics products company. | $11M | 92 mo ago | Seed | — | 2018 | Cart FunctionalityGridsomeSentry+27 | — | — |
| 5 | L'Occitane Beauty and personal care brand | $10M | 81 mo ago | Public | — | 1976 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+44 | 32 patents Dermatological cosmetic formulations and specialized skin‑care dispensing packaging | 1 launch |
| 6 | WAAM Brand of natural skin care & hair care products | $7M | 47 mo ago | Series A | Dieynaba Ndoye Founder & CEO | 2013 | Cart FunctionalityPrestaShopDoofinder+46 | — | — |
| 7 | Les Eaux Primordiales Manufacturer of perfumes, scented candles, and related fragrance and body products | $5M | 40 mo ago | Series A | Arnaud Poulain Founder & Creative Director | 2015 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyTailwind CSS+20 | — | — |
| 8 | Merci Handy Provider of body and skincare products, including serums, makeup, and deodorants | $3M | 60 mo ago | Seed | — | 2014 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyAlgolia+37 | — | — |
| 9 | R-PUR Manufacturer of high-filtration anti-pollution masks and related health supplements. | $3M | 78 mo ago | Seed | Flavien Hello Co-Founder & CEO | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+29 | 5 patents Personal protective face masks with particulate/chemical filtration for urban pollution. | — |
| 10 | Sampar Developer of innovative skincare products and cosmetics | $2M | 135 mo ago | Series A | Patrick Sounigo Founder & CEO | 2004 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Vitry Manufacturer and brand of makeup products | $2M | 182 mo ago | Early Stage | — | 1795 | WordPressMySQLQuill+15 | — | — |
| 12 | TAAJ Brand of skin care products | $2M | 193 mo ago | Seed | — | 2007 | ShopifySmile AppReact Router+24 | — | — |
| 13 | Medene Brand of natural body care products | $2M | 60 mo ago | Seed | Laure Lacaze Founder | 2018 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Essor Brand of cosmetic products | $1M | 66 mo ago | Funding Raised | Pierre Poignant Co-Founder & CEO | 2020 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle Workspacestyled-components+11 | 7 patents Autonomous object handling systems for aircraft/spacecraft interior logistics and maintenance | — |
| 15 | 365c Brand offering hair & body care products | $744K | 112 mo ago | Deadpooled | Rozina Valimahamed Founder | 2012 | — | — | — |
| 16 | JUS Parfums Internet first brand offering perfumes products | $708K | 62 mo ago | Seed | GyungYong Lee CEO | 2018 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyTailwind CSS+21 | — | 1 launch |
| 17 | IN'OYA Brand of natural skin care products | $468K | 136 mo ago | Seed | Laila Mkimer Co-Founder | 2010 | Cart FunctionalityPrestaShopDoofinder+22 | — | — |
| 18 | TooFruit Manufacturer of certified organic children's cosmetics | $414K | 156 mo ago | Seed | Katell Perrot Co-Founder | 2011 | WordPress Block EditorElementorWordPress+41 | — | 1 internship |
Top 12 Beauty & Personal Care Products companies in France
#1
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2013$27.4Mraised▾
Ex Nihilo is a manufacturer of fragrances. The firm mainly offers perfumes. Besides fragrances, it paltry sells scented candles for home decors. Sells products via its online store and through partnered offline retailers.
- 2024Seed—
- Jan 2024PE$26.8M
- Apr 2022Grant (prize money)$184K
- Dec 2020Grant (prize money)$30.3K
#2
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2015 · 20 employees$5.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of perfumes, scented candles, and related fragrance and body products. The company offers a range of eaux de parfum and extraits de parfum. Cartouchières and travel atomizers are available. The company also provides samples, body products, and gift cards.
- Feb 2023Series A$5.4M
#3
Series A · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2013 · 27 employees$6.9Mraised▾
Producer of natural beauty products created to provide care for the skin and hair. The company's products are eco-friendly and vegan and can be used alone or customized as per the requirements, enabling users to get access to quality homemade beauty products.
- Jun 2022Series A$5.3M
- Feb 2020Seed$1.6M
#4
Seed · Limoges, Nouvelle Aquitaine · founded 2014 · 3 employees$17Mraised▾
Internet-first brand of electrical toothbrush. The brush is automated and the liquid toothpaste and water are suctioned into the mouthpiece and out to the sink. The mouthpiece is made from supple silicone and is covered with nylon bristles. The brush is connected to an application to track brush history.
- Sep 2020Seed$295.9K
- Jun 2016Seed$224.5K
- Nov 2015Seed$430.3K
#5
Series B · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2016$11.8Mraised▾
Manufacturer of drones for agricultural and commercial applications. They produce drones designed for precision spraying of crops, offering an end-to-end solution for agricultural needs. Additionally, they develop enterprise-level drone platforms for various commercial uses, including data acquisition and specialized applications. The company also provides an open-source software toolkit to support the development of drone infrastructure. Their offerings include both ready-to-use drones and drone kits for hobbyists and developers.
- Sep 2020Series B$11.8M
#6
Public · Paris, Ile de France · founded 1976 · 10000 employees$10Mraised▾
L'OCCITANE is a beauty and personal care brand selling products across various categories including bath & body care, skin care, hair care, grooming products, personal and home fragrances. They sell candles, scented sachets as part of the home fragrances product line. They sell their products through their online store as well as through their own beauty boutiques. As of 2012, they have over 2000 boutiques across the world.
#7
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2014 · 54 employees$3.3Mraised▾
Provider of body and skincare products, including serums, makeup, and deodorants. The company offers a variety of products designed to address specific skin concerns, such as blemishes, stretch marks, and ingrown hairs. Product lines include body serums targeting different areas, hand and face cleansers, deodorants, and makeup items like blush and highlighter. The product range also features bath bombs and hair and body mists. The focus is on providing effective and aesthetically pleasing solutions for everyday skincare needs.
- 2021Seed—
- Sep 2016Seed$3.3M
#8
Seed · Paris, Ile-de-France · founded 2018 · 53 employees$11.3Mraised▾
Producer of skincare and cosmetic products intended to meet an individual's skin care needs. The company's products engage in producing a vegan and cruelty-free range of serums that contain a single raw, natural, and sometimes even edible ingredient such as avocado oil or cranberry powder to target specific skin problems, enabling individuals to prevent skin diseases.
#9
Seed · Marseille, Provence Alpes Cote d Azur · founded 2018 · 8 employees$1.6Mraised▾
Operator of an aromatherapy company intended to design and market blends of organic essential and vegetable oils for beauty and well-being. The company's portfolio includes a ready-to-use safe mixture of essential oils to combat daily ailments like stress, fatigue, aches, and skin problems, enabling customers to use compounds from plants to help maintain a healthy mind and body.
- May 2021Seed$1.6M
#10
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2016 · 13 employees$2.8Mraised▾
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- Dec 2019Seed$2.8M
#11
Funding Raised · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2020$1.2Mraised▾
Brand of cosmetic products
- Dec 2020Grant (prize money)—
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$1.2M
#12
Seed · Paris, Ile de France · founded 2018 · 6 employees$707.5Kraised▾
Manufacturer of perfumes intended to come up with ethical and colored fragrant perfume brands. The company's platform provides colorful, eco-responsible, and creative fragrances with an original transparency policy, the products are designed to be reusable, and the bottles are refillable and returnable, enabling individuals to have an enhanced sensory experience.
- Mar 2021Seed$707.5K
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Common questions
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