What is it about the phrase “French girl” that makes the pulse quicken? Just saying it conjures images of Françoise Hardy smiling on a scooter, the ends of her blunt cut catching the breeze; Anna Karina pouting behind a crisp black cat-eye; and Brigitte Bardot whispering to honorary Frenchie Jane Birkin behind tangles of slept-in second-day waves. Or perhaps it’s the nation’s modern-day muses who incite envy—lipstick painted onto the pillowy lips of Léa Seydoux and Anais Mali, the effortless sun-kissed highlights of Caroline de Maigret and Constance Jablonski. It all adds up to an alluring je ne sais quoi—but what if you could actually bottle it?
That seems to be the question beauty brands had in mind when they created a new wave of soaps, serums, and balms designed to capture the essence of la vie Française. And they have. A skin-care routine of French Girl Organics’s smoothing face exfoliator, Odacité’s rose geranium–scented A Winter in Paris serum, and Lancôme’s tightening French Lift cream will deliver the kind of sculpted complexion that renders makeup unnecessary. Beyond a gamine glow, It’s Skin’s confectionary-inspired lip balm lets the flavor of macarons linger on lips, while the enveloping scent of Wary Meyers’s lemon verbena soap is almost as patriotic as its red, white, and blue stripes. Here are six products that can take you from Francophile to true Parisian with the flip of a lid.
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