Aroma-Zone has been awarded the Marie Claire 2026 Beauty Excellence Award in the Innovation category, highlighting its commitment to expert, accessible and transparent skincare, active formulas and raw, traceable ingredients. This award, presented by an independent jury of beauty journalists, is based on a rigorous methodology: selection without nominations, analysis of trends, and assessment of the quality of formulations, the relevance of active ingredients and the impact of technologies.

Established 40 years ago, the Marie Claire Beauty Excellence Awards have gradually established themselves as one of the most recognised and widely followed accolades in the cosmetics sector. True to their commitment to excellence, each year they recognise products that leave a lasting mark on their era through the precision of their formulation, their effectiveness, their sensory appeal and their ability to meet consumers’ genuine expectations. Over the years, this event has successfully reflected the profound evolution of the beauty ecosystem: more sophisticated formulations, better-sourced ingredients, greater transparency and a constant quest for uncompromising effectiveness.

Chaired by Aurélie Lambillon, beauty editor-in-chief at Marie Claire, the 2026 edition brought together a jury comprising around twenty specialist journalists from France and abroad. Together, these experts assessed and recognised winners from all walks of life, selected for the relevance of their formulation choices, their technological approaches and their vision of beauty.

Since their inception in 1986, the Marie Claire Beauty Awards of Excellence have therefore been a mark of quality recognised internationally. In France, this recognition takes the form of a special feature on the winners in the magazine’s March issue, and each list of winners is widely covered in the magazine’s various editions around the world.

In 2026, at the 40th edition of this leading award in the cosmetics industry, Aroma-Zone was honoured with the Marie Claire Beauty Award for Excellence in the Innovation category.

This award recognises a skincare approach based on active formulas, raw and traceable ingredients, and a constant commitment to making innovation accessible to as many people as possible. At Aroma-Zone, making skincare accessible is an absolute commitment, embedded in the brand’s DNA since its inception. This model is based on precise control of the value chain: a fully in-house laboratory, limited marketing costs and the absence of excess packaging. The product’s entire value is thus concentrated in its formulation.

“Aroma-Zone is revitalising clean beauty with unbridled and committed energy. Active formulations, raw and traceable ingredients, and a commitment to transparency all contribute to expert, healthy and accessible cosmetics. It’s all so appealing!”

This accolade recognises the excellence of the work carried out by the R&D teams led by Pascale Ruberti, Director of Innovation & Products, and reaffirms our mission for over 20 years: to enable everyone to look after themselves with complete confidence.

The Marie Claire Beauty Excellence Awards are highly regarded within the beauty industry. What makes them unique is the way nominees are selected: products are not put forward by the brands themselves.

How are the awards decided?

In each category and every year, the jury independently identifies and assesses the most striking innovations on the market from among several hundred new products, based on rigorous criteria combining formulation quality, the relevance of active ingredients, technological aspects, perceived effectiveness and overall consistency. This methodology ensures that the awards are based solely on journalistic expertise, combined with an in-depth analysis of underlying trends in the sector.

The jury of expert journalists, both French and international, highlighted “an unprecedented societal phenomenon”, emphasising consumers’ growing embrace of a more transparent, responsible and economically fair model. Selected excerpts.

“Things are looking up for France’s second-favourite brand. The secret to its success? A strong commitment to ethical product development, with high-quality, organic-based products at remarkably affordable prices.”

“Premium quality and rock-bottom prices – a revolution!”

“Hyaluronic acid serum, drinkable collagen, enzyme mask: the bestsellers from this leader in affordable cosmetics are too numerous to count.”

For Aroma-Zone, this Marie Claire Beauty Excellence Award 2026 represents both collective recognition of the teams’ hard work and encouragement to continue its development in the pursuit of high-standard, transparent and sustainable beauty.

1. The Marie Claire Beauty Excellence Awards: discover the 2026 winners (02/02/2026) https://www.marieclaire.fr/les-prix-d-excellence-de-la-beaute-marie-claire-2026,1508362.asp

2. GMC Media – Our news https://www.gmc-media.com/nos-actualites

3. Aroma-Zone press release, 11 February 2026.