About the school
Laval de Nize, a beautiful secret valley in the glorious Herault region of the Languedoc is the setting for learning to create your own signature scents on a perfume course or making your own beauty products and cosmetics using the highest quality essential oils for a learning holiday with a difference.
The High Languedoc National Park around Hérépian breathes France's cleanest air, with a climate and soil heaven-sent for wild flowers and herbs. This remote retreat is nearby to where many of the raw aromatherapy ingredients including clary sage, mint, Californian poppies, ginkgo, violets, arnica and verbena are grown.
You’ll stay in an elegantly restored house split into two buildings with beautiful views over the valley.
The main building has been lovingly restored to a high standard; the main building houses five rooms, two of which boast their own sun terraces with views over the valley. The second building is a gite and houses six rustic rooms all with ensuite facilities and one of the rooms has it's own mini kitchen and wet room.
In keeping with the period, the decor in the main house is simple and all rooms have either wooden or tiled floors, comfortable wooden beds, shutters rather than curtains, tea and coffee making facilities. All rooms are named after flowers and each bathroom has hand-made soap and other products created on-site for you to enjoy.
The restaurant provides tempting dishes using local produce and serves many organic wines from the region.
A creative break learning to make perfume or your own beauty products at this tranquil retreat in one of the most beautiful areas of South West France is sure to relax, restore and get your creative juices flowing.
Features
- Tranquil, relaxing retreat set in the secret valley of Laval de Nize
- Two buildings, one main house with four rooms, the lab and massge centre and one gite with six rooms
- Swimming pool
- An area of outstanding natural beauty
- Surrounded by wild flowers and herbs
- 100% organic herb garden
- Regulated by ECOCERT in France
- All essential oils and products used are organically produced and sourced
- Just under an hour from Montpellier or Beziers airport or train station
- On-site laboratory for perfume, essential oils, cosmetic and beauty product creation
- Day courses and residential beauty and perfume holiday courses offered
- Courses also on offer suitable for professional therapists and practitioners
Customer Feedback
“I just wanted to say a HUGE thank you for a wonderful few days! The course far exceeded my expectations in so many ways. We learnt how to make fabulous products, the course notes are very thorough and have allowed me to come home and make the products myself without any problems. Great accommodation, great setting and all of the food we had was fresh, tasty and plentiful, I cannot recommend this course enough!”
Janey Lee Grace, co presenter on the Steve Wright Show on Radio 2 and author of a number of books Imperfectly Natural, highly recommended this course after she spent a weekend at the school learning to make her own unique organic perfume and beauty products.
School Location
School directions
By Taxi - Nearest airport: Montpellier
Montpellier airport is just under an hours drive from the retreat. Car hire is essential if you decide not to book the optional transfer as there is no public transport to the retreat.
You can also take the train to Montpellier.
Flights are also available to Beziers which is also around 1 hour away and transfers can be arranged from this airport also.
You can also fly to Carcassone which is 90 minutes away. Toulouse and Perpignan airports are around 2 hours away.
You can pre-book a transfer to the beauty & wellbeing retreat from Montpellier airport or train station for 120 Euros each way for up to 4 people sharing (arrivals after midnight are priced at 150 Euros).
Full directions will be shown on your booking confirmation voucher.