Aesop is owned by L'Oréal (France, EPA: OR), which acquired the brand on 31 August 2023 from Natura &Co.[1][2] Aesop was founded in 1987 in Melbourne and was independent until 2023.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Aesop is an Australian skin care house founded in Melbourne in 1987, known for plain amber bottles, unusually designed shops and a refusal to make anti-ageing claims. L'Oréal bought it from Natura &Co in 2023 for $2.53 billion, the largest acquisition in the group's history.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full L'Oréal ownership tree →
L'Oréal acquired the Australian skincare brand Aesop from Natura &Co for $2.525 billion, its largest acquisition. Natura sold to reduce the debt it had taken on buying Avon and The Body Shop, so one group's retrenchment funded another's expansion.
No tagged news items yet. Headlines are added nightly from public feeds; only titles and links are stored.
Headlines link to the original publisher. Brandtree does not reproduce article text.
The parent company of Aesop is L'Oréal, a publicly listed company headquartered in France.
Aesop originated in Australia in 1987, but it is owned today by L'Oréal, which is headquartered in France. So Aesop is an Australian-origin brand under French ownership.
L'Oréal completed its acquisition of Aesop on 31 August 2023, after announcing the deal on 3 April 2023.
Aesop was an independent company from its founding in 1987 in Melbourne until L'Oréal acquired it in 2023.
Yes. As of 8 September 2026, Aesop is still owned by L'Oréal. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.