Marie Ondine Guerlain (born 9 September 1975) is a French artist, designer, nutrition health coach and proprietor of Ondine Cuisine. She is a sixth-generation member of the

Guerlain Guerlain () is a French perfume, cosmetics, and skincare house which is among the oldest in the world. Many traditional Guerlain fragrances are characterized by a common olfactory accord known as the "". The house was founded in Paris in 1828 b ...

perfume and cosmetics dynasty.

Family

Marie Guerlain was born on 9 September 1975, in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

, France. Her parents are both of French ancestry. Guerlain is a sixth-generation member of the

family and granddaughter of Raymond Guerlain who designed the perfume bottle for Shalimar. She has one sister. Her family relocated to the UK in 1977. Throughout her career she has lived in Switzerland, France, US and Asia.

Education

Guerlain was educated at

Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle The Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, usually referred to as the Lycée or the French Lycée, is a French co-educational primary and secondary independent day school, situated in South Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and ...

Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil Collège Alpin International Beau Soleil, known informally as Beau Soleil, is a private boarding school in Switzerland. Founded in 1910 by Madame Bluette Ferrier, it is located above sea level on the Swiss Alps of Villars-sur-Ollon. The college p ...

and

Woldingham School Woldingham School is an Private schools in the United Kingdom, independent Boarding school, boarding and day school for girls, located in the former Marden Park of outside the village of Woldingham, Surrey, in South East England. It is a Roman ...

, Surrey. Guerlain studied art foundation course at Chelsea Art College and then undertook 3D design and architecture at

Kingston University Kingston University London is a Public university, public research university located within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, in South London, South West London, England. Its roots go back to the Kingston Technical Institute, founded ...

before studying Fine Art and Design at the

Parsons School of Design The Parsons School of Design is a private art and design college under The New School located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1896 after a group of progressive artists broke away from established Manhattan art ...

, New York. Guerlain later went on to qualify in 2016 as a nutrition health coach at the Institute of Integrative Nutrition, New York, NY.

Philanthropy

In 2009 Guerlain acted as an ambassador for

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, a charity for seriously and terminally ill children. She was Executive Director and Chairman of Innocence in Danger UK (2010-2012) an international child welfare organisation established in 1999 as part of an

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initiative. She was patron of the Marie Collins Foundation that enables children who suffer sexual abuse and exploitation via Internet and mobile technologies to recover. In 2013 she was Executive Director of the

NSPCC The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a British child protection charity founded as the Liverpool Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (LSPCC) by Thomas Agnew on 19 April 1883. The NSPCC lobbies t ...

’s annual Art Ball.

References

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