PONANT EXPLORATIONS has formed a strategic partnership with CARITA, a luxury French skincare and beauty brand. The duo have teamed up to create “a seafaring holistic sanctuary at sea to encourage guests to slow down, reconnect and explore both the world around them and their inner self.”
Through this new exclusive collaboration discerning travellers will be able to disconnect and reclaim time to themselves with CARITA aboard PONANT EXPLORATIONS’ ships as they explore new horizons.
The urban haven in the heart of Paris that has been elevating beauty to the realm of art and culture since 1945, CARITA is now taking experiential luxury beyond the cabin with a range of exclusively developed services and protocols designed to help people reconnect with body and mind as they explore the world and themselves.
“This collaboration with Maison CARITA reflects a shared vision of a highly distinctive experience, founded on excellence, personalisation, and a resolutely sensory approach,” says Benoît-Etienne Domenget (pictured below), CEO of PONANT EXPLORATIONS.
“This sensory journey, designed to reconnect body and mind, redefines the boundaries of experiential beauty and high-end expedition explorations at sea. By combining meaningful exploration with holistic well-being, we elevate our passengers’ journey. These onboard paths to reconnection are profound, exclusive, and perfectly orchestrated.”
“We are delighted to partner with PONANT EXPLORATIONS, a house that shares our French heritage of excellence, personalisation, and refinement,” said Chiara Allegri, Global Brand President, CARITA.
“The art of travel and the art of beauty share the very same quest: a profound reconnection with oneself. With PONANT EXPLORATIONS, we bring our urban sanctuary to a new horizon of ‘chosen deceleration.’ Whether through our iconic signature services or protocols developed exclusively for these voyages, we combine the expertise of our beauty artisans with our avant-garde technology to elevate the passengers’ journey.
“We are thrilled to join PONANT EXPLORATIONS in shaping this new era of transformative luxury,” Allegri (pictured above) said.
Inspired by the art of travel, personalisation is at the heart of every PONANT EXPLORATIONS x CARITA experience. Each treatment begins with a wellness consultation to identify physical and emotional needs for the creation of a tailored ritual to restore personal harmony.
Tailored and Exclusive Rituals to Reconnect With the Self
As well as offering signature CARITA services including Lagoon Repair Therapy for the face, the 11 Faubourg Ritual for face and body and The Mythical Head Spa for the hair, CARITA has created a menu of exclusive services specially developed to resonate with the experience aboard PONANT EXPLORATIONS ships. These include The 5 Senses Night Recovery protocol, an immersive, holistic ritual designed to awaken the five senses and unlock the skin’s nocturnal regenerative powers, and the Jet Lag Draining Protocol with Icoone, a targeted rescue protocol to counteract travel fatigue.
For the quintessence of long-lasting metamorphosis, meanwhile, specially designed cures are curated programs like a progressive journey, compounding the benefits of high-performance treatments, ensuring visible, enduring transformation session after session.
CARITA’s wellness offering will be available aboard PONANT EXPLORATIONS’ luxury icebreaker, Le Commandant Charcot, starting this month, and across the entire fleet of 12 ships, including the sailing yacht Le Ponant, by February 2027.
