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Kiehl’s were kind enough to invite me along recently to have a look around their Edinburgh store and find out a little more about the brand.

I've used Kiehl’s in the past, but mostly when I've been gifted some bits and bobs and Christmas and I've visited the concession in Glasgow's House of Fraser however although familiar with the brand I was really looking forward to finding out more.

 
The store itself is the largest in Europe and was opened in July 2012, bringing a little slice of New York to the chilly Edinburgh Streets.
All of  Kiehl’s staff are highly trained skincare experts and I met up with Lesley who talked me through the brand, conducted a skin test and showed me the types of products suited to my own skin type.

Kiehl’s was founded in 1851 by John Kiehl and was an old world apothecary and community pharmacy. The first store was in a place called "Pear Tree Corner" in New York's East village. It has since developed into a luxury cosmetics and skincare brand with stores in countries around the world.


In 1921 the company was taken over by Kiehl’s apprentice Irving Morse, the store was then taken over by Aaron Morse, Irving's son who transformed Kiehl’s into what we have today, Jami Morse Heidegger Aaron's daughter took over the store when her father passed away however his presence is still very much felt in the stores as they are full of photographs and even some of his prized Harley Davidson motorcycles.