Pioneer of Swiss Serenity
In the first half of the 20th century, courageous women made a huge mark on the history of the cosmetics industry. Helena Rubinstein, Dr. Nadia Payot – and Mila d’Opitz-Altherr were all pioneering women who became world famous. In1938, the woman from the Swiss canton of Appenzell laid the foundation stone for a skincare company that is now among the global elite of the industry. The success is based on the brand’s own product lines as well as contract production for many internationally renowned luxury cosmetics brands. Women have remained at the helm of the St. Gallen-based company until today, with female leadership now in the third generation. They aim is to convey Swissness and serenity. Apparently it’s working.
Closely Linked to Research from the Start
In the 1930s, while searching for skincare solutions for herself, Mila experimented with nurturing substances, finally formulating a hormone-based skin cream – an unheard of innovation for the skincare market of the day.
Working together with a dermatologist and various chemists Mila developed further skincare products that she produced in her own company and sold domestically and abroad, initially under the brand name Milopa. In 1965, to avoid confusion with a similarly named baby food brand, the name changed to that of the founder, «Mila d’Opiz», a brand has come to represent the quintessence of all the experience gathered over decades. The mother company M. Opitz & Co. AG is also well established as an extremely successful manufacturer in the White Label Products sector.
Swissness at Its Best
The latest line «Royal Black Pearl» has profited from forward-looking ingredients derived from cutting-edge scientific research and from the special expertise of one of the most highly regarded cosmetics companies of our time.
This luxurious line is the product of a collaboration led by an internal development team in conjunction with the leading research institutions of Switzerland. The first of its kind, this product line, based on epidermal and dermal cell regeneration in connection with «intelligent polypeptides», sets an entirely new standard for high-performance, clean anti-aging skincare. Safe, natural, efficient, sustainable: attributes that sound like the future and predestine this high-end brand for a place in our curated selection.
