Want your skin to feel and smell good? That was the thinking behind L’Occitane en Provence, the skincare line that uses handmade essential oils in their famous shea butter body and hand lotions. As for the name, L’Occitane means “the woman of Occitania,” Occitania being a region in the middle ages that included parts of southern France, northeast Spain, and northern Italy. En Provence was added later to further emphasize the company’s French roots.