L'Occitane en Provence is an international retailer of body, face, and home products based Manosque, France. The company was founded in 1976 by Olivier Baussan with the purpose to create a company that celebrates and preserves the traditions of his native Provence. L'Occitane means "the woman from Occitania (the ancient province that once covered the south of France, north-eastern Spain and northern Italy)"