
The Science of Light
The Science of Light as defined by La Prairie seeks to understand the various factors that impede skin’s luminosity. In pursuing their research, the scientists at La Prairie asked themselves a simple, essential question: what if there were a way to decode skin’s luminosity?
A new chapter in La prairie’s Heritage of bold scientific research has thus come to light.
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"Architecture is the wise, precise and magnificent balance of forms brought together under the light"
Le Corbusier



Design
The relationship between form and function, between beauty and utility, is central to the Bauhaus philosophy. The aesthetic of La Prairie's approach to design is a reflection of this essential symbiosis.
The clean lines of the pearlescent, cylindrical White Caviar Eye Extraordinaire and White Caviar Crème Extraordinaire vessels are punctuated by a brilliant, sculpted ring that evokes the collection’s namesake caviar beads. The high-polish silver cap opens like a jewel box to reveal an integrated, light-reflecting mirror.
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INTERPRETATION
Inspired by the architecture of light, La Prairie boutiques feature an artistic interpretation of the interaction between light and shape
In this very simple yet elegant form, with its gentle curves, light changes the impression of shape.
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MECHANISM
With a press of the sleek inverted button, an innovative airless pump – designed to preserve the illuminating properties of Lumidose – is activated releasing the perfect dose of pristine white cream for extraordinary luminosity.
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Ingredients
Golden Caviar
Lumidose
Golden caviar glistens. The reserve of the most discerning, it has been specifically selected by the scientists at La Prairie to bring the potency of life to the White Caviar collection.
Drawn from this luminous bead, Golden Caviar Extract helps firm skin, improving its light-reflecting ability.
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Following years of research that included screening 50,000 ingredients to find the single most powerful illuminating active, Lumidose was identified by the scientists at La Prairie.
This revolutionary patented molecule is the most effective in supporting the inhibition of melanin formation, the pigment that causes dark spots.
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Illuminating caviar
To seize the light is to seize time. Light reveals the passage of time - it identifies it, marks it, expresses it. The fundamental relationship between light and time shapes our lives, defining our waking hours, our time to dream. Our lives revolve around it.
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