Armand Petitjean, a student of the great Francois Coty, launched Lancôme in 1935. His historical achievements included Nutrix cream (1936) with a formula unchanged to this day, and the Océane product line (1955) its formula contains very pure seawater enriched with algae and oligo-elements. The products are sold worldwide, but are personified by the “techniciennes”, or women who graduate from the Lancôme school and travel the world to carry Lancôme’s message all over the world.