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Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:42 am |
Darphin is France's foremost aromatherapy and phytotherapy skincare collection, trouncing its copy-cat, Decleor, with an unparalleled array of elegant, intertwinable formulations designed to revamp and refashion the appearance of skin with magnificent contrast and nuance.
Darphin Skin Care — Hydraskins
For more than fifty years, Darphin's miniscule niche has been women demanding "la haute couture de la beauté" — skincare utterly specific to an individual's skin type, age, condition, concerns and, more than any other formulator with the possible exception of La Prairie, an individual's preference to customize the finer points of their skin's natural appearance outside the realm of makeup.
Where La Prairie has a characteristically Swiss, clinical approach to skincare heavily tempered by luxury, Darphin revels in harnessing the therapeutic and aesthetic potential of plants in the most refined manner possible.
Darphin's creator, Dr. Pierre Darphin, would probably find the likes of most "natural" skincare underdeveloped:
* YonKa — with virtually every formula containing the same blend of five strong essential oils (Rosemary, Thyme, Cypress, Lavender, Geranium) in a limited number of base formulas, is comparatively heavy-handed, repetitive and simplistic;
* Dr. Hauschka — the use of single essential oils could be said to lack artistry;
* Jurlique — like Dr. Hauschka, single and basic essential oil complexes and plants repeatedly adorn a few base oil, cream and gel formulas with little to no thought given to their synergistic scientific and aesthetic potential;
* Decleor — probably closer in results and purpose to Clarins, Decleor arrived on the scene two decades after Darphin to ape its ideals in a manner that attracts a much larger, younger audience. In the process, costs are cut to produce cheaper products (far fewer ingredients, simplified formulas, far less anti-aging) and higher volumes (more generic, less individually-relevant products for quicker and easier sale through mass market channels, and reduced likelihood of dissatisfaction in case of incorrect use).
The Darphin skincare aficionado is typically a sensitive, artistic woman with a well-cultivated commitment to the finer things in life, and little (if any) interest in the vagaries of the mainstream beauty industry.
For these women, skincare is about finding a perfect marriage between pleasure and results, with the finest imaginable attention to detail, and the comfort of knowing they've satisfied the demands of their character and personal preferences without compromise.
Virtually no two Darphin skincare protocols are the same, and with hen's teeth availability of bona-fide Darphin specialists throughout the world (only three in Australia, and none in many countries), the exclusivity of the skincare and its methods is a natural outcome.
The abilities which enable individual realisation of the unconditionally luxuriant skin characteristic of perfectly-applied Darphin cannot be rushed or automated.
Darphin use which isn't ideal, is haphazard or (perhaps most importantly) incomplete, is an ultimately unsatisfying waste of time.
The department store is surely the worst place to experience Darphin, for its characteristic lack of attention to detail beyond its manufacture of desire through marketing, coercive gifts with purchase and a generally overriding devotion to the bottom line.
Only careful, individual attention finds the path through this prodigious range of skincare which unlocks its scintillating merits.
Darphin skin care has a high abstract value — the more intensely you experience it, the more it reveals to you its unique virtues.
With time, you'll enjoy details you didn't even notice at first — the unique luster it lends your perfectly prepared complexion, the harmony of exquisite formulas used in series, imaginative, artful stimulation of your senses through carefully controlled aromatherapy... the value of Darphin increases with time.
Aesthetic Properties of Darphin Moisturizers
How would you like your skin to look? Darphin Phytotherapy Moisturizers tackle the basic need for hydration while introducing an array of optical and tactile options.
Darphin Hydraskin — abundant light-weight moisture produces a fresh, dewy-look ideal for summer and blondes;
Darphin Predermine — rich and satisfying for skin which feels dense with a resilient, firm and demi-matte finish without visible traces; fills fine lines and wrinkles without adding colour;
Darphin Stimulskin — stimulating and smoothing for maximum glow, depth and warmth; develops a lively and rich luster with plump features and moist highlights; a finish matched to evening ware;
Darphin Instant Lumiere — while applied, lightens skin colour and greatly increases reflectivity for a uniformly pure and bright glow; beloved by brides; in colder months, increases the contrast between skin and darkly coloured hair without makeup;
Darphin ArovitaC — midway between Predermine and Stimulskin with more visible moisture but less tightening than Predermine, and less of Stimulskin's intensity, better-suited to daily wear. |
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:43 am |
Decleor is not recommended — subclinical irritation from the basic skincare is common and products to prevent and treat photoaging are barely of any use in theory, let alone practice.
The product collection is massive and replete with duplication and general redundancy.
Although touted as being the most natural skincare, Decleor products are generally heavily preserved and adulterated by fragrance and colouring.
Decleor appears to derive much of its purported benefit from its aromatic hydrocarbons.
Unsurprisingly, Decleor skin care users are instructed to breathe deeply, however scent does not correlate with direct, positive effects on the skin any more than chiral or oxygen skin care provide benefit.
Aromatherapy is of primarily psychological benefit — skin benefits, if any and parasympathetically-derived, are not sustainable.
Products released since the sale of the Decleor trademark to Japanese Shisheido appear to have even less therapeutic potential than older products.
Although similar to Darphin, the volatile and aromatic component of the skincare is greater and more readily released, and Decleor omits concentrated use of the few botanical extracts which appear to have the greatest potential.
Ultimately, Decleor appears to be a toy of beauty therapy and a skin-challenging implementation of aromatherapy.
Heavy users of Decleor skin care typically delude themselves about the benefits of their skin care, yet none have uncharacteristically firm and elastic skins.
The likelihood that any heavily, financially or ideologically invested user of Decleor skin care will avoid skin care failure to any meaningful extent is practically nil.
link : http://www.treatment-skincare.com/Decleor.html |
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:10 am |
I read that a while ago on Melbourne Dermatology site. Isn't the Decleor your favorite brand? Will you switch to Darphin now? |
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:40 am |
Calorblind, I wouldn't put too much credence in the items you quoted. They are on a website that apparently sells Darphin and does not sell Decleor. They seem like nothing more than ads slamming competing products and praising Darphin with a lot of empty edjectives. Not surprisingly, the blurb warns that you have to use the complete Darphin line or you won't get any benefit. Yeah, I'd take that position too if I were selling Darphin products--more sales!!
I have no opinion about any of the products described because I haven't used them. But, if you have experienced good results from Decleor--and I recall you have--I'd trust your own experience over the advertisements here. |
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:05 am |
yeah, i was kindda upset when i read that, esp the line when it said "Heavy users of Decleor skin care typically delude themselves about the benefits of their skin care, yet none have uncharacteristically firm and elastic skins."
honestly, i am a fan of both produtcts. I use both of them according to my mood, and needs, but i need to say the Skin MAt range from darphin is a really good one! Better than decleor's oily skin range |
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Fri Apr 10, 2009 5:16 pm |
Interesting article but I have to disagree on a couple of points at least.
"Unsurprisingly, Decleor skin care users are instructed to breathe deeply, however scent does not correlate with direct, positive effects on the skin any more than chiral or oxygen skin care provide benefit.
Aromatherapy is of primarily psychological benefit — skin benefits, if any and parasympathetically-derived, are not sustainable"
Now perhaps scent does not have any direct impact on the skin but aromatherapy does have an impact on emotional wellbeing which in turn affects our skin. For example neuropeptides have an effect on the skin.
http://journals.prous.com/journals/servlet/xmlxsl/pk_journals.xml_summary_pr?p_JournalId=3&p_RefId=122&p_IsPs=Y
"Although touted as being the most natural skincare, Decleor products are generally heavily preserved and adulterated by fragrance and colouring."
While Decleor do use some chemicals I'd rather not use they do not use nearly as many as Darphin themselves. I was quite shocked at the amount of chemicals in the Darphin products.
For lack of chemicals I have fround Dr Hauschka to be the best. |
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