Developed as a Lavender Farm in 1802, the founding family created the brand Le Chatelard when they began selling lavender sachets direct to customers from a Market Stall in Nice in the 1990's. A necessary diversification to ensure the family business remained viable. Leap forward to 2004 and the next evolution began, the building of a soap factory on the original site in Saint Auban sur l'Ouvèze. Making their own soaps by hand, following the traditional recipe for Marseille soap this aspect of the business grew quickly and in 2012 they opened their first store in Nice.