I am searching for the name of a French (Breton) cosmetics magnate who
produced a haemorrhoid cream from a recipe of his grandmother

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Request for Question Clarification by rainbow-ga on 26 Jan 2005 09:46 PST

Hi johnans,

Not a lotion for hemorrhoids, however, could this be the one you are thinking of?

"The French natural cosmetics company Yves Rocher is celebrating 25
years on the German market, as well as 40 years since it conception.
In 1974 Yves Rocher became the first cosmetics maker to distribute its
products via mail-order in Germany. Its beauty adviser and mail-order
catalogue, The Green Book of Beauty, offered some 300 plant-based
products for women. Today's catalogue contains 500 products.
In 1977 Yves Rocher introduced its own high street speciality shops
for direct selling as well as personal contact to support mail order
sales and now has some 60 such shops and more than 3m customers in
Germany. The best seller in Germany is Riche Creme, a night cream.
In 1956 in the family attic, Yves Rocher created a lotion from a
plant: pilewort. His idea was to use the botanical recipes from his
grandmother for women's well being and beauty..."

HighBeam Research
http://static.highbeam.com/c/cosmeticsinternational/october101999/happybirthdaytoyvesrocher/

 
Best regards,
Rainbow

Hi Johnans,

I'm glad I was able to locate the person you were looking for. 

And thank you luntes-ga for the translation you provided.

Best wishes,
Rainbow

Very quick result.  Many thanks.

Hello,
Rainbow is right.
You're probably looking for Yves Rocher. 

And below there is my translation from French to English of an
information I found in the page  http://janoux.free.fr/agada.htm

Yves Rocher à débuté voici 40 ans avec une crème fameuse contre les
hémorroïdes vendue par le biais de petites annonces dans les journaux.
Il est en somme l?inventeur, bien avant la Redoute, de la vente par
correspondance. C?est un Breton , toujours vivant , en Bretagne.

Yves Rocher began here 40 years ago with a famous cream against the
haemorrhoids sold by the means of small advertisements in the
newspapers.  He is considered the inventor, long before Redoute, of
the mail order trading.  He is Breton, still alive, in Brittany.

luntes

Hi, 
Yes, that the answer I was hoping for.  Many thanks 
Johnans-ga

Hi Johnans,

You're very welcome. Thank you for the rating and tip.

Best regards,
Rainbow