KORRES NATURAL PRODUCTS

1973

George Korres, just eight years old, starts playing with ingredients and products behind his mother’s pharmacy counter.


1988
While still a pharmacology student, George starts working at Athens’ oldest homeopathic pharmacy.


1992
George sets up an exemplary homeopathic laboratory at the pharmacy, based on international lab standards.


1996

KORRES is born. The first KORRES product is an aromatic herbal syrup with honey and aniseed, a recipe inspired by «rakomelon», a warming spirit-with-honey concoction.


1999
An American buyer spots KORRES products in a pharmacy while on holiday on the island of Crete and calls George Korres asking to be the first to import them to the US.

2000

A number of partnerships with the most prestigious department stores in Britain and France – including Selfridges, Harrods, Liberty’s, Bon Marche and Galleries Lafayette – follow.


2003
KORRES Yoghurt Cooling Gel becomes the brand’s second global innovation. KORRES Yoghurt Cooling Gel is the first cosmetic worldwide based on edible yoghurt and becomes an instant international hit, selling over 1,000 pieces per day.

2006
KORRES products hit shelves in Asia, starting in Japan and China.


2007
KORRES stores open in New York, Paris, Shanghai, Madrid, Vienna and Geneva.

2008

KORRES is awarded as the World’s Most Innovative Brand by International Cosmetic News.




2009

KORRES presents the first natural antiageing line to achieve higher scores on all clinical tests compared to the market’s best-selling conventional antiageing creams. The Quercetin & Oak line proves that nature’s chemistry can be stronger than man-made.


2010

American ELLE votes KORRES Quercetin & Oak Antiageing & Antiwrinkle Night Cream one of the World’s Best Beauty Products, while American Marie Claire hails the day cream as one of ‘25 miracle-products that will change your life’.

I use many of his products and I intend to try a lot more! I love the wild rose 24-hour moisturising & brightening cream and the yogurt sunscreen.