Our company was founded in 2007 by Bernadette Brysch and Catharina von Rogister in Hamburg. We develop better-aging products – skincare with skin-soothing plant extracts and supplements containing highly effective micronutrients. From our base in Hamburg’s Schanzenviertel, we ship our products to customers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland – and now even beyond.

Behind cicé is a team whose priorities go beyond maximizing profits. What truly matters to us is:

Happy customers

All customers are looked after personally, warmly and with a great deal of expertise - from the sending of free samples and the individual answering of all open questions to the processing and checking of every order by at least two female employees. 

The most important principle: A purchase must always be a conscious decision. We do not want to seduce people into buying, but to convince them with highly effective products. Therefore, the offer of free samples is essential for us - as well as transparent and detailed information on our website. The beautiful result is very high customer satisfaction: the repurchase rate is over 70% and the ratings in the cicé online store speak for themselves.

Happy working

All employees assume a special degree of responsibility for each other and for the company. This strong commitment is supported by an employee-friendly structure: each employee adapts her hours and working time to her private life. The cicé founders are convinced that work-life balance comes first - and then success.

Responsibility is a key issue for us. We prefer to hire our own staff rather than outsource tasks to external service providers. This allows us to take full responsibility for the well-being of everyone involved in creating value at our company. Whether someone manages influencer relations, cleans the office, packs parcels, or produces advertising visuals – everyone is permanently employed and is part of a team that works together fairly and on equal terms. And we invest in the next generation: our company is a training organisation and regularly offers internships for schoolkids.

In the history of our company, we have already mastered ten parental leaves and hired two women who had little knowledge of German at the time they were hired. We are growing together and doing so very successfully.

Responsible treatment of animals

cicé bears the PETA-Approved-Seal. This means that we do not carry out animal testing, we do not commission animal testing and we do not sell our products in countries that require animal testing because we do not want to accept that importers commission animal testing with our products.

In addition, all cicé products are vegan.

Sustainable management

The cicé products are free of microplastics, mineral oils and silicone oils.

They are manufactured in Germany and Austria - predominantly in a production facility with its own photovoltaic system. The packaging (dispensers and folding boxes) is also 95% produced in Germany. This avoids long delivery routes.

For shipping to customers, the products are packed lovingly and plastic-free in boxes made of recycled paper and shipped climate-neutral with DHL GoGreen Plus. 

The cicé office is supplied with 100% green electricity and heated with district heating. All female employees come to work by bicycle or public transport. The company finances job bikes. In our company history, air travel has only been used as a means of transport for three business trips. 

We use natural resources for the production and transport of cicé. That's why it's important to us to give something back: Since 2020, one square meter of flowering meadow has been planted for every product sold. In this way, we are creating a space that endangered insect species, birds and field hares need to survive. The implementation is carried out by the Blütenfreunde at Lake Schaalsee.

Why does cicé use plastic dispensers?
Glass containers are not the right choice for cicé due to the high energy consumption during production and recycling. In addition, further packaging material would be necessary to ship the dispensers in a break-proof way. Shipping is also more energy-intensive because glass containers are heavier. In addition, cicé relies on airless dispensers - partly for ecological reasons. And these are always made of plastic.

Why are airless dispensers also good from an ecological point of view?
Neither germs nor oxygen can penetrate these dispensers. So the products are never really "opened" and therefore have an extremely long shelf life. A clear plus in terms of sustainability - because far too many half-full cosmetic products are thrown away.

Can the dispensers be returned and refilled?
For technical reasons, this is not possible with airless dispensers. Please peel off the label and dispose of the dispenser and cap in the yellow bin: cicé dispensers are made of highly recyclable PP, HDPE and PET. 90% of cicé dispensers are COTREP and ECOCERT certified! By the way, cicé does not use dark plastic because it is more difficult to recycle.