Toiletries at Four Seasons Hotels
Jul 20, 2010, 6:03 am
#62
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L'Occitane in huge bottles that get topped up.
Btw stayed in a suite at Ciragan Palace Istanbul last month - Molton Brown, which I like best together with Bvlgari - white or green.
Btw stayed in a suite at Ciragan Palace Istanbul last month - Molton Brown, which I like best together with Bvlgari - white or green.
Jul 4, 2011, 8:45 am
#63
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Here's what I have seen:
Four Seasons Hualalai: L'Occitane
Four Seasons Maui: L'Occitane
Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire: Asprey Purple Water (unusual - and I actually liked it!)
Four Seasons George V: Bulgari The Vert (love!)
Four Seasons Boston: L'Occitane
Four Seasons Hong Kong: L'Occitane
Frankly, I'm a little surprised by the L'Occitane in those Four Seasons hotels, for the rates that I paid for the rooms...
Four Seasons Hualalai: L'Occitane
Four Seasons Maui: L'Occitane
Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire: Asprey Purple Water (unusual - and I actually liked it!)
Four Seasons George V: Bulgari The Vert (love!)
Four Seasons Boston: L'Occitane
Four Seasons Hong Kong: L'Occitane
Frankly, I'm a little surprised by the L'Occitane in those Four Seasons hotels, for the rates that I paid for the rooms...
Jul 4, 2011, 9:42 am
#64
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Here's what I have seen:
Four Seasons Hualalai: L'Occitane
Four Seasons Maui: L'Occitane
Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire: Asprey Purple Water (unusual - and I actually liked it!)
Four Seasons George V: Bulgari The Vert (love!)
Four Seasons Boston: L'Occitane
Four Seasons Hong Kong: L'Occitane
Frankly, I'm a little surprised by the L'Occitane in those Four Seasons hotels, for the rates that I paid for the rooms...
Four Seasons Hualalai: L'Occitane
Four Seasons Maui: L'Occitane
Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire: Asprey Purple Water (unusual - and I actually liked it!)
Four Seasons George V: Bulgari The Vert (love!)
Four Seasons Boston: L'Occitane
Four Seasons Hong Kong: L'Occitane
Frankly, I'm a little surprised by the L'Occitane in those Four Seasons hotels, for the rates that I paid for the rooms...
I have yet to see any hotel provide toiletries that I would consider using, which is why I always take my own.
Jul 4, 2011, 10:08 am
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The only FS I know that has Sodashi amenities is FS Kuda Huraa - a class act!
Aman's custom spa line is up and running (experienced this at Amanpuri, Amantaka etc) but their toiletries tend to be locally made - better than most, certainly, but not as pure as their new spa line!
It is expensive to put chemical-free toiletries in rooms and most hotels are just too mean. Either that or their guests are not sufficiently discriminating or knowledgeable to know that just about every branded hotel amenity is made from petrochemical waste. All they care about is the smell (synthetic, of course).
Jul 4, 2011, 10:37 am
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how does cost compare to full size hermes and aqua di parma? i dont know much about this stuff, but those seem to have been the most expensive standard offerings mentioned here.
id assume aman would do it on request, at least for amanjunkies.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/luxur...ry-brands.html
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Jul 4, 2011, 7:33 pm
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You are confusing brand image and quality. L'Occitane, if anything, uses more expensive ingredients than Asprey, Bvlgari and Molton Brown, all of which derive from laboratory test tubes and are, therefore, incredibly cheap to manufacture (you just pay for the packaging).
I have yet to see any hotel provide toiletries that I would consider using, which is why I always take my own.
I have yet to see any hotel provide toiletries that I would consider using, which is why I always take my own.
Again, to each, their own, but thank you for posting a reply. It is great that there so many diverse opinions out there, because there is not always one clear, correct answer!
Jul 5, 2011, 4:21 am
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FS Hampshire, garden view room, had L'Occitane in small bottles.
And they were pretty mean about replacing them! Surely when the shower gel gets to less than half of a small bottle it should be replaced?!
And they were pretty mean about replacing them! Surely when the shower gel gets to less than half of a small bottle it should be replaced?!
Jul 5, 2011, 6:19 am
#71
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May be I'm odd to you but I do not like when bottles which are not empty are replaced. It's a waste and both for economics & nature it makes me uncomfortable. They always shall add one new bottle, but not take away the old one when it still contains product.
Jul 5, 2011, 7:12 am
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Well - for me - the L'Occitane toiletries do absolutely nothing. The soaps make my face itch, and the conditioners and shampoos do nothing special for my hair. So, for me (and maybe not for you), L'Occitane is a bit on the ordinary side.
Again, to each, their own, but thank you for posting a reply. It is great that there so many diverse opinions out there, because there is not always one clear, correct answer!
Again, to each, their own, but thank you for posting a reply. It is great that there so many diverse opinions out there, because there is not always one clear, correct answer!
Jul 5, 2011, 7:19 am
#73
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standard option? wow. only hotel at all right?
how does cost compare to full size hermes and aqua di parma? i dont know much about this stuff, but those seem to have been the most expensive standard offerings mentioned here.
id assume aman would do it on request, at least for amanjunkies.
how does cost compare to full size hermes and aqua di parma? i dont know much about this stuff, but those seem to have been the most expensive standard offerings mentioned here.
id assume aman would do it on request, at least for amanjunkies.
Designer brands, such as those you mention, charge for their name and their packaging, but their manufacturing costs are so low that they often, allegedly, do deals with hotels. It is a little like product placement in movies - if your name is in a hot hotel, then the publicity is well worth the outlay.
Jul 5, 2011, 8:03 am
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Jul 5, 2011, 8:09 am
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I agree with Vuitton. I much prefer the L'Occitane toiletries to those awful Molton brown and Bulgari products. The perfumey smell of those brands gives me a headache.