French skincare has earned a well-deserved reputation for its effective formulas, and you’ll find French-made cosmetics all over Paris—from brand boutiques and shopping centers to beauty stores. However, for the French, the pharmacy is the go-to destination. Why? Because that’s where you’ll get expert advice and personalized recommendations to help you choose the skincare products that best suit your needs.
In this article, we’re spotlighting some of the most popular and innovative French skincare products and dietary supplements of 2025, all available at Parisian pharmacies. Carefully selected to complement one another, these products represent the latest in beauty and wellness trends. Curious about shopping for cosmetics in France? Don’t miss our exclusive offer—check it out here.
France is for sure the country where the cosmetic brands per inhabitants rate is the higher in the world! There are new brands created almost every day, it’s not easy to choose one when confronted with this overwhelming variety. We selected some products that you could pick up next time you’re in France.
There are already famous brands or new trendy Parisian brands that are not yet famous abroad but very popular in France.
Huile Prodigieuse is a very famous Multi-Usage Dry Oil Spray. This luxurious oil nourishes, repairs, and softens both your skin and hair.
How to use it?
The Nuxe Oil is a great alternative to use as a moisturizer. Not only does it hydrate your skin but it is packed with tons of rich nutrients to help revitalize your complexion. But you can use it in many ways: as hair oil, body lotion, massage oil, shaving oil...
Crealine Micellar oil is an eco-biological cleansing oil designed for sensitive skin. It effectively removes make-up, including waterproof make-up, from the eyes and lips, while respecting the skin's natural pH and nourishing it.
How to use it?
Pour the oil into the palm of the hand, apply to dry skin and massage gently in circular motions. Add a little water to emulsify and the texture becomes milky. Rinse thoroughly. Use on face, eyes, eye contours, lips and neck.
Keracnyl Foaming Gel is a face and body cleanser for oily or acne-prone skin. It helps reduce blemishes, eliminate imperfections, and control excess sebum.
How to use?
Use twice daily: apply morning and evening to damp skin, lather, rinse with water, and gently dry.
The Perfect Lightening Serum is your ultimate anti-dark spot solution, designed to suit all skin types. It evens out your complexion, leaving your skin flawlessly radiant, beautifully uniform, and glowing with natural brilliance.
How to use it?
Cleanse your face thoroughly with a hydrating makeup remover before applying your skincare products. Use the dropper to dispense 3 to 4 drops of serum, and gently massage it into your face, neck, and décolletage
This Serum is anti-aging and ultra-hydrating by combining concentrated pure hyaluronic acid and vitamin B5 for optimal effectiveness while also being suitable for sensitive skin. The serum helps repair skin by replenishing the natural moisture barrier, and the serum texture leaves skin feeling supple and hydrated.
How to use it?
Fill the dropper with serum and apply 3-4 drops in the morning and/or evening on face and neck. It can be used alone or under a moisturizer.
Skin Renewing Vitamin C Serum is designed to target the first signs of aging. Formulated with 10% pure antioxidant vitamin C, it brightens the complexion, provides 24-hour hydration, and restores the skin’s barrier. Its lightweight, non-greasy, fast-absorbing gel texture leaves skin visibly radiant. Perfect for all skin types, even the most sensitive.
How to use it?
Apply daily to the face and neck, spreading evenly.
Caudalie anti-dark spots and radiance serum is both effective and gentle on the skin, correcting dark spots and preventing them from appearing. It acts on all types of dark spots (sun, acne, melasma, age) and is suitable for all skin types, even the most sensitive.
How to use it?
Apply the Vinoperfect Serum morning and evening to the face, neck and décolleté. Leave to absorb before applying your cream. For a flawless, luminous tan, apply the Vinoperfect Serum before your sunscreen if you are going out in the sun.
This Pro-Firming Lifting Cream combines the anti-aging power of patented marine bio-retinol with plumping hyaluronic acid and firming brown algae to visibly reduce wrinkles, lift, and firm the skin. Marine bio-retinol is twice as effective as retinol and far gentler. Formulated with 95% naturally derived ingredients.
How to use it?
Apply morning and evening to the face, neck, and décolleté.
Hydrance is A lightweight moisturizing cream that keeps skin hydrated, soft, and supple all day. Its non-sticky, airy texture leaves skin refreshed and comfortable from morning to night. For normal, combination, and sensitive skin.
How to use it?
1–2 times daily. Apply morning and/or evening to the face, neck, and décolleté.
Anthelios UVAIR SPF50+ delivers high broad-spectrum protection against UVB and everyday UVA rays in an ultra-light, non-greasy texture. Ideal for daily use, it’s suitable for all skin types.
How to use it?
Apply the sunscreen product just before exposure. Re-apply frequently and generously to maintain protection, especially after swimming, perspiring or towelling.
This anti-mark repair cream for the body speeds up epidermal repair by 6 days, helps reduce the appearance of marks, and soothes uncomfortable skin sensations. Perfect for reducing marks left by superficial aesthetic or dermatological procedures, minor skin damage, or tattoos that weaken the skin.
How to use it?
Apply Epitheliale Ultra Repair Anti-Mark Repair Cream to weakened areas on the face and body.
This fortifying and stimulating anti-hair loss shampoo, enriched with quinine, provides a real boost to help slow hair loss and restore strength and vitality to lackluster hair.
How to use it?
Use as often as needed. Apply to damp hair and scalp, lather gently, massage, and then rinse thoroughly.
The whole body, and especially the scalp, responds and undergoes changes during major hormonal shifts—such as pregnancy, fatigue, or stress—which can lead to hair loss. This reactive hair loss can be managed to help prevent thinning. That’s why René Furterer Laboratories created the Triphasic Reactional Anti-Hair Loss Treatment. This unique natural complex stimulates hair regrowth, strengthens strands from within, and helps maintain scalp balance.
How to use it?
Once a week, after shampooing and on damp hair, apply the contents of one ampoule to your scalp, part by part. Gently massage to distribute and help absorb the treatment. No rinsing required. One Triphasic Reactional Anti-Hair Loss Treatment kit provides a complete 3-month course.
The French brand Botot is the oldest oral care French brand: the mouthwash elixir was created in Paris by the doctor Julien Botot for French King Louis XV in 1755. The brand still exists nowadays and keeps making oral care products. We particularly recommend their Cinnamon Clove Mint toothpaste, and the concentrated mouthwash elixir, inspired by the original formula of the King's mouthwash elixir.
How to use it?
You can use Botot water morning and evening after brushing your teeth, or whenever your breath needs. Pour a few drops into a glass of water and rinse your mouth with it by swishing vigorously.
Roger & Gallet is a very famous French perfume company founded in 1862 in the Heart of Paris. All their fragrances are imagined by French master perfumers, their bottles are invented by great French designers and their boxes are decorated with poetic artistic illustrations. Fleur de Figuier is based on a fig pulp accord, heightened by crisp notes of fig leaves and refreshed by hints of mandarin blossom. It's a fragrance with both warm and fresh tones and incredibly enveloping relaxing benefits.
How to use it?
For a long-lasting fragrance that can carry you throughout the day, where you spray your scent definitely makes a difference. Pulse points, including behind the ear, at the base of the throat, and on the wrists, are regarded as being among the best places to spray perfume.
France is not only the country of cosmetics, it is also the country of supplements and other health products. Many brands are making Made in France health products with natural vitamins, minerals, and plants. It is strongly recommended to seek the advice of a health professional before taking Food supplements: by buying them in a Drugstore instead of online, you can get useful advice from pharmacists. Here are some quality health products that could be useful for you or your relatives.
Phytophanere is a concentrated blend of vitamins, minerals, natural oils, and plant extracts designed to work from within to enhance hair and nail quality. With 15 carefully selected ingredients, it helps restore strength, boost growth, and improve volume. Key actives include zinc to support hair growth, vitamin B6 to aid cysteine synthesis for stronger hair and nails, and biotin to help maintain healthy hair.
How to take it?
2 capsules daily, with a glass of water, preferably in the morning with a meal. It is advised to do 2 cures of 3 months per year: one in autumn and one in spring.
This probiotic supplement is your key to a balanced and harmonious digestive system. By replenishing your gut with beneficial bacteria, Lactibiane Ref promotes a healthy microbial environment, supporting digestion and overall well-being. Its carefully selected strains target gut discomfort, bloating, and irregularities, helping you maintain a comfortable and balanced digestive rhythm. With Pileje Lactibiane Référence 30 Gélules, you're empowering your body's natural processes for optimal comfort and vitality.
How to use it?
Take 1 capsule daily with a large glass of water, preferably before a meal.
Activ' Anti-Rides is an innovative treatment for dry and sensitive skin that visibly reduces wrinkles while boosting hydration. Powered by Glycoserum EF®, vitamin C, and zinc, it delivers a dual anti-ageing and moisturizing action, helping restore the skin barrier. Clinically proven results show up to a 22% reduction in wrinkle depth and a 63% increase in hydration in just three months.
How to take it?
Take 1 capsule daily with a meal and a full glass of water. For best results, use continuously for 3 months.
Artixine is recommended for joint comfort. With age, joint flexibility decreases: over time, the cartilage, the protective cushion in between the bones, wears away. The joints become painful and stiff. Artixine helps to relieve sensitive joints and maintain bones and connective tissues. Artixine particularly suits people over 40 years old, with chronic joint pain, arthritis.
How to use it?
The small pillbox contains a 3-week program, and the big one is for a 3-month program. During the first week, take 2 capsules morning and 2 evening, preferably with meals. During the other weeks, take 2 capsules only in the morning, preferably with a meal.
This supplement combines blueberry and marigold, a natural source of lutein, to help maintain healthy visual acuity. Blueberry helps maintain sharp vision and supports overall visual comfort.
How to take it?
Take 2 capsules daily with meals, accompanied by a large glass of water.
You might ask why it would be better to shop in a Parapharmacie than in a random Beauty Shop? Well, for Perfume or Makeup it would not matter much, but as far as skincare and cosmeceuticals are concerned, it is always better to have useful advice from professionals. The pharmacists are trained to identify your needs and to suggest the best products according to your skin types, skin disorders…
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Monge Pharmacy is one of the largest and most diverse drugstores in Paris, offering a wide range of high-end French brands and products. In addition to world-famous bestselling brands, Monge Pharmacy also makes it easy and convenient to find unique and trendy French brands that are hard to find elsewhere.
The pharmacy employs friendly multilingual staff, making communication very easy. It also offers the highest tax refund rate (15%) in Paris.
In addition, you can get an extra discount with the O’bon Paris coupon. Click here to check our special offer. Please note that the 10% discount coupon cannot be used on products already on sale. It is only available at the "tax refund / Caisse rapide" counter: show the coupon clearly before payment to take advantage of the discount.
Parapharmacie Monge is located at 78 rue Monge. It is easy to access by metro via line 7. You can get off at the Place Monge station, metro gate 1. There is only one Parapharmacie Monge in Paris! Monge is often imitated, but never equaled.
Parapharmacie Monge is open Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m to 8 p.m. It is also open on the follower Sundays and national holidays (2026): January 1st, February 1st, 15th, March 1st, 15th, April 5th, 6th, 12th, 26th, May 1st, 8th, 14th, 24th, 25th, June 7th, 21st, July 5th, 14th, 19th, 26th, August 15th, 16th, 30th, September 13th, 27th, October 11th, 25th, November 8th, 11th, 15th, 29th, December 13th, 25th, 31st, and January 1st, 3rd, 17th, 31st 2027.
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PARAPHARMACIE MONGE NOTRE DAME
Address : 78 rue Monge, 75005 Paris
Parapharmacie Monge is open Monday to Saturday, 8 a.m to 8 p.m. It is also open on the follower Sundays and national holidays (2026): January 1st, February 1st, 15th, March 1st, 15th, April 5th, 6th, 12th, 26th, May 1st, 8th, 14th, 24th, 25th, June 7th, 21st, July 5th, 14th, 19th, 26th, August 15th, 16th, 30th, September 13th, 27th, October 11th, 25th, November 8th, 11th, 15th, 29th, December 13th, 25th, 31st, and January 1st, 3rd, 17th, 31st 2027.