Allow me to introduce to you....Mistral!
During winter and spring the Mistral wind sweeps down from the Alps across the storied landscape of Provence, leaving behind luminous, deep blue skies. Our collection of exquisitely scented bath, body and home products takes its name from this legendary wind whose fragrant course is shaped by the mountains, rivers and plants of the region.
The Mistral wind moves over the entire Rhone valley, creating seasonal changes and spectacular climatic swings. It has a profound effect on the terrain by rejuvenating the soil, creating lush planting conditions and giving birth to fields of herbs and flowers.
By evoking the powerful spirit of the Mistral wind, we invite you to experience the scents and colors of Provence as part of your daily bath and beauty moments.
(What a hunk!)In 1993, Matthew Tilker, Mistral’s founder and president was studying alternative cancer therapies in Europe on a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. During a stay in Provence, France, Matthew met a seventy year old master soap maker who, in a family factory, still crafted soaps according to a three hundred year old traditional triple milling process, always using the finest natural ingredients. The soap maker’s artistry, love of his craft, and extraordinary knowledge and experience in soap making, left a lasting impression on Matthew. After completing his studies and returning home to California, Matthew imported soaps directly from Provence and sold them at his mother’s home during the 1994 holiday season. It was the beginning of Mistral; and his mother loves to remind him that the first Mistral store was actually located in “mom’s” house!
The soaps were so popular, that within months, Matthew opened the first Mistral boutique on a quaint street in his hometown of Solana Beach, California. Over the next several years he returned often to the South of France experimenting with different fragrances and unique formulas as he worked with the best perfumers in Grasse. Matthew’s talent and passion for fragrance, as well as his background in natural healing, encouraged him to create and develop an extraordinary line of soap scents, which continues to be embraced wholeheartedly by Mistral customers. In 2001, a second Mistral boutique opened in Los Angeles.
Currently, the Mistral line offers customers thirty soap fragrances, as well as a full range of Mistral-scented personal care products. In addition to the Mistral stores, customers can shop online at the mistralsoap website, the Mistral catalog, and at fine stores and boutiques in the US, Canada and internationally.
The true test of any personal care product is its power to transform you. At Mistral, we take our name from a wind which brings change and transformation throughout the region of Provence. Every product we create honors the very spirit of the legendary Mistral wind and informs our core philosophy of change. When you apply one of our nourishing body care products, bathe with our exquisite soaps, or inhale one of our signature fragrances, your skin will soften and beautify, your mood will brighten, and your spirit will be soothed. It is this journey, both sensory and experiential, that guides our research and product development team in their quest.
This could sound like a lofty goal for our products, however, with the fields and perfumers of Provence, we have the world’s most wonderfully unique selection of natural ingredients, knowledge, and talent as our laboratory. From the lush fields of lavender, linden trees and sparkling summer sunflowers, we select pure steam-distilled oils, essences of flowers and fruits for their natural benefits, and use time-honored techniques refined and enhanced over the centuries. Every Mistral formulation blends the best of modern science with the age-old wisdom and traditions of the past.
At the heart of each Mistral product is a special fragrance crafted in Grasse, which is then formulated for each product. This transformative power and energy carried forth on the slightest breeze, comes to you as cream on your hand, a bubble in the bath, or a bar of soap, imparting an unmistakable aroma that infuses your spirit filling you with joy. When the regal scent of perfect gardenia smells exactly like the flower in morning dew, or the invigorating aroma of lemon verbena picked fresh and rubbed in one’s fingers reaches your nose evoking a noon garden, we know you will feel the transformative spirit of Mistral.
I got a wonderful package in the mail....It pretty much blew me away as soon as I opened it too.
I opened it up and it was a few mini soaps from a company called Mistral! I love french ANYTHING so as you can pretty much tell....
This is going to be a very good review!
The first thing that I tried was the Wild Blackberry soap...
Each summer, "les paysans" (the farmers) proudly bring their vine-clipped blackberries to local village markets. Inspired by this summer ritual, Mistral's blackberry scent is a delicious mix of sweet berries entwined with green vine, white musk and vanilla. Travel in style with creamy Mistral Wild Blackberry Travel Size Soap, hand-crafted in Provence.
Shea Butter enriched for dry skin
Triple-milled to last long
Travel soaps make great gifts and guest soaps
Guaranteed to delight your senses
All vegetable French soap
Travel in style
Not tested on animals
Then the South Seas:Born in the rippling turquoise waters of the South Seas, this mesmerizing marine scent is reminiscent of a sun-drenched sea breeze carrying faint splashes of grapefruit, white flowers and soft woods. This soap delivers an ocean experience to even the most landlocked bather. Travel in style with ultra rich Mistral South Seas Travel Size Soap, hand crafted in Provence, France.
Lychee Rose:This cheerful fragrance, inspired by the revered Chinese lychee fruit, blends fresh lychee with juicy mandarin, peach and black currant. These fruits intermingle with white rose, warm woods, sensual amber and white musk to create a delightful scent. This is truly a contemporary floral fruit fusion. Experience ultra rich Mistral Lychee Rose triple milled shea butter soap, hand-crafted in Provence, France.
and last but not least....Verbena Flower:
Each morning the bright green verbena leaves exhale their wonderful lemon-like scent into the luminous, dew-filled air. This invigorating clean fragrance, with hints of mint, lime, marjoram and flowering jasmine, evokes the fresh radiance of summer. Verbena is one of the most energizing scents for a morning wake up. Travel in style with one of our most popular soaps, ultra rich Mistral Verbena Flower exfoliating Travel Size Soap, hand crafted in Provence, France.I also got two samples of their parfume in Wild blackberry (my fav) and 
the Verbena Flower. Both wonderful!
the Verbena Flower. Both wonderful! I have to say, no scream....I love MISTRAL!!! I mean it...This comapny knows how to make some darn good smelling products that is totally lush. I give them a 10!!!! Thanks oh so very much for the samples. Now I am hooked! Please go to thier site to see for your self. You wont be sorry that you did!!! I want to try them all now!
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Thanks for reading my review!
-Heather
