Alès

Patrick (1935). French hairdresser, a “doctor” for hair. He didn’t feel a calling for this line of work, but found it by chance, needing a way to pay for his studies. He found one at age 17 as an assistant to the hairdresser Louis Gervais. Cutting hair and setting it caaught his interest and by age 21 he was already first hairdresser at Carita. In 1967 he went out on his own and opened his first salon in Paris. His studies inspired him to test on the hair certain therapies against plant diseases and ageing. In 1970 the first Phytosolba laboratories were founded and, with the imprimatur of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, began to produce and distribute treatment products. The Alès Group has important interests in the cosmetics industry and operating offices in Europe and the U.S.
The group acquired Jean-Louis Renaud Inc., which renamed Alès Group Canada.
The line Une Femme de Caron was launched.
The Alès Group consists of seven firms producing cosmetics, hair products and perfumes.