At the end of the 19th century, theindustrial revolution in France reached its peak. Totally dominated by men, Marie Valentine Lebrun is a true woman at the head of revolutionary progress in the cosmetics industry.

It was in 1895 at the Hôtel de Nocé locatedat 26 place Vendôme in Paris that she created the first French cosmetics brand on a global scale, KLYTIA, and her first Beauty Institute.

This name will become a generic and will beused to define institutions dedicated to beauty care around the world.

A personal drama is at the origin of theseinnovations. At 30, Ms. Lebrun loses her husband and sets out to find a new affair to forget about her grief. Passionate about cosmetics, she decided to offer all women in the world a cosmetic brand of a certain quality standard.