Fermented rice
Yeoju fields
Radiance & nutrition
Our story
The radiance of queens. Revealed.
Five centuries of royal beauty rituals, kept secret within the walls of the Joseon palace — awakened today for your skin.
Manifesto
Within the walls of Gyeongbokgung, between 1392 and 1910, the queens of Joseon cultivated an art of the skin. Not a routine — a ritual. Not beauty — a posture. Today, we bring these gestures, formulas and secrets back to light for a generation that knows the skin remembers the seasons.
1392 — 1910
Five centuries of royal rituals
The Joseon dynasty lasted 518 years. Throughout that time, the palace nurtured a way of life in which skin was sacred. Skincare was part of the education of future queens, on par with calligraphy and tea ceremony.
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1392
Founding of Joseon
King Taejo establishes the dynasty. The first cosmetic oils are mentioned in the royal archives.
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1443
Creation of Hangul
King Sejong invents the Korean alphabet. Beauty recipes start being recorded for princesses.
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1613
Donguibogam
Heo Jun publishes the great royal medical treatise codifying the use of fermented rice, ginseng and honey for skin.
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1700
Palace pharmacy
Creation of the Naeuiwon (royal inner pharmacy) that produces the exclusive treatments of queens and concubines.
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1910
End of the dynasty
Recipes are preserved in books and aristocratic families. Today, we bring them out of the manuscripts.
The great treatise
The Donguibogam
UNESCO Memory of the World since 2009
Published in 1613 by physician Heo Jun at the request of King Seonjo, the Donguibogam is a 25-volume medical treatise gathering all the medical and cosmetic knowledge of East Asia. It is the source of our formulas.
"The skin is the mirror of the organs. When the liver breathes and the kidneys rest, the face holds light."
Heo Jun — Donguibogam, book IV
Royal pharmacopeia
Six treasures of Korean nature
Selected from the Donguibogam and still used today by the Korean farms we work with.
Red ginseng
Geumsan, 6-year cultivation
Elasticity & vitality
Mugwort
Ganghwado
Soothing & barrier
Centella asiatica
Jeju island
Regeneration & healing
Korean honey
Jeolla beekeepers
Hydration & nutrition
Propolis
Gangwon forests
Protection & radiance
In numbers
The heritage in four numbers
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of Joseon dynasty
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Donguibogam publication
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essential palace ingredients
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animal cruelty, ever
Today
Awaken the rituals — without betraying them
We work with short-circuit Korean farms, ISO 22716-certified Seoul labs, and natural preservatives that don't aggress the skin. Each product is formulated reading the Donguibogam in one hand and modern clinical data in the other. No empty marketing — just royal gestures, made accessible.
Our commitments
Four promises, forever
Transparent formulas
Every INCI published in full, no fog — you know exactly what's on your face.
Certified cruelty free
No animal testing, ever — nor by us, nor by our partners. Leaping Bunny certified.
Korean origin
Ingredients harvested in Korea, formulations validated in Seoul. Local production, short circuit.
Thoughtful packaging
Recyclable amber glass, vegetable inks, recycled hanji for gift sets. Zero useless plastic.
Continue the ritual
Discover the treatments we rebuilt from the palace manuscripts.
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