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The essences everyone is snapping up

The 3 best-selling essences this month at Ma Petite Corée.

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Hydration

Hyaluronic acid, ceramides: a light layer of hydration between your toner and your serum.

Tip: Pat it onto skin that's still slightly damp.
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Best seller of the month

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Best seller right nowBIO HEAL BOH Probioderm 3D Lifting Cream Essence 100ml
BIO HEAL BOH

BIO HEAL BOH Probioderm 3D Lifting Cream Essence 100ml

Korean cream essence BIO HEAL BOH Probioderm 3D LiftingThe Probioderm 3D Lifting Cream Essence is a korean cream essence in a 100 ml pump bottle by...

✓ Shipped from Seoul, 100% authentic

29.90 €
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All our Korean essences

Every essence in the shop is right below.

194 products
HANYUL
49.90 €

HANYUL Red Rice Moisturizing Elasticity Emulsion

HANYUL Red Rice Moisturizing Elasticity Emulsion gently hydrates your skin right after cleansing and toning steps. Its light, non-sticky texture absorbs quickly without leaving a greasy film. Enriched with niacinamide, glycerin, and ceramides, it leaves your skin soft, comfortable, and visibly plumper morning and night before your cream.
NATURE REPUBLIC Ginseng Royal Silk Essence 40ml, flacon sur fond doré, gouttes effet soie, marque Nature Republic en gros plan.
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NATURE REPUBLIC
45.90 €
75.90 €

NATURE REPUBLIC Ginseng Royal Silk Essence 40ml

Reveal the natural glow of your skin with NATURE REPUBLIC's Ginseng Royal Silk essence. Enriched with red ginseng and silk extracts, this luxurious essence targets signs of aging, leaving your skin radiant and revitalized. ✔ Highlights: 🌿 Red ginseng: known for its revitalizing and anti-aging properties, it helps energize and regenerate the skin. 💫 Silk extracts: provide intense hydration and improve skin texture, giving it a silky softness. 📈 Enriched formula: improves skin elasticity and restores its natural glow. 🌟 Light and non-sticky texture, perfect for quick and effective absorption. 🛡️ Suitable for all skin types, including sensitive skin, for safe daily care. Incorporate this essence into your skincare routine for a bright, hydrated, and visibly rejuvenated complexion. A daily luxury that makes a difference!
BLITHE
44.90 €

BLITHE Vital Treatment 8 Nourishing Beans 123ml

Discover the ultimate revitalization for your skin with BLITHE Vital Treatment 8 Nourishing Beans. Formulated with a powerful blend of eight nourishing beans, this nutrient-enriched treatment directly targets signs of fatigue, leaving your skin radiant and revitalized. ✔ Highlights: 🌱 Eight antioxidant-rich beans: provide enhanced protection against external aggressors. 💧 Intense hydration: restores and maintains the skin's water balance throughout the day. ✨ Light and non-sticky texture: absorbs quickly for a fresh and luminous complexion. 🌟 Firms and improves skin elasticity: contributes to a firmer and more toned appearance. 👩‍🔬 Dermatologically tested: suitable for all skin types, even the most delicate. Ideal for regenerating your skin after a long day, BLITHE Vital Treatment 8 Nourishing Beans is the perfect choice for youthful-looking, healthy skin. Add it to your beauty routine for visible and lasting results!
AESTURA
31.90 €

AESTURA Atobarrier 365 Hydro Essence 200ml

Discover true hydration with AESTURA Atobarrier 365 Hydro Essence. Formulated to provide intense and lasting hydration to your skin, this lightweight essence quickly penetrates to restore and strengthen the skin barrier, while delivering an unparalleled feeling of freshness. ✔ Highlights: 🌊 Intense hydration: its unique formula offers your skin a hydration bath for immediate comfort. 🛡️ Strengthens the skin barrier: protects against external aggressions and maintains healthy, resilient skin. 🌟 Lightweight texture: absorbs quickly without leaving a greasy residue, ideal for daily use. 🌿 Suitable for all skin types: specially designed for sensitive and dry skin. 🍃 Improves skin vitality: thanks to its beneficial ingredients, your skin regains radiance and suppleness. Incorporate AESTURA Atobarrier 365 Hydro Essence into your beauty routine for hydrated, protected, and radiant skin all year round!
SU:M37
88.90 €

SU:M37 Secret Essence 80ml

SU:M37 Secret Essence is a fermented Korean essence that hydrates and preps your skin after cleansing. The ferment filtrate visibly brightens your complexion, while niacinamide and sodium hyaluronate plump and even skin tone. Panthenol and allantoin soothe and strengthen your skin barrier. Use morning and evening.
THE WHOO
173.90 €

THE WHOO Bicheop Self-Growing Essence 50ml

THE WHOO Bicheop Self-Growing Essence is a Korean anti-aging essence that deeply hydrates and brightens mature skin. Enriched with niacinamide, hyaluronic acid, adenosine and ginseng extracts, it helps smooth the appearance of fine lines and plumps the skin. Use morning and evening before your regular moisturizer.
BENTON
29.90 €

BENTON Fermentation Essence 100ml

BENTON Fermentation Essence is a 100ml fermented Korean essence that hydrates and softens your skin daily. Enriched with triple-fermented ingredients, peptides and ceramides, it helps maintain skin suppleness and radiance. The fluid texture absorbs quickly without leaving a greasy film.
HANSKIN
25.50 €

HANSKIN Real Complexion Hyaluron Skin Essence 300ml

Discover the HANSKIN Real Complexion Hyaluron essence for deep and lasting hydration thanks to its formula enriched with hyaluronic acid. This light yet powerful essence quickly penetrates the skin to leave it soft, plumped, and radiant. ✔ Highlights: 💧 Hyaluronic Acid: deeply hydrates and retains moisture for noticeably softer and smoother skin. 🌟 Fluid texture: absorbs quickly without leaving a sticky residue. 🍃 Enriched formula that soothes and nourishes, ideal for enhancing the skin's natural radiance. 📏 Improves elasticity and firmness for a visibly rejuvenated complexion. 👩‍🔬 Suitable for all skin types, including sensitive skin. Incorporate the HANSKIN essence into your daily routine for a revitalized and radiant complexion day after day. A true youth elixir for your skin!
MA:NYO
33.90 €

MA:NYO Galactomy Niacin Essence 50ml

Reveal the natural radiance of your skin with MA:NYO's Galactomy Niacin Essence. Enriched with Galactomyces ferment filtrate and Niacinamide, this lightweight essence revitalizes your complexion, improves your skin's texture, and brings unparalleled brightness. It is perfect for those seeking an effective and natural skincare product. ✔ Highlights: 🌟 Galactomyces Filtrate: improves skin clarity and hydration for renewed radiance. ✨ Niacinamide: evens out skin tone, reduces redness, and fights imperfections. 💦 Lightweight and absorbent texture that leaves no sticky residue. 🔭 Visibly reduces signs of fatigue for refreshed skin. 🌸 Suitable for all skin types, even the most delicate and sensitive. Incorporate this essence into your daily skincare routine for revitalized and radiant skin. An essential ally for a perfect and luminous complexion day after day!
DR.CEURACLE
35.90 €

DR.CEURACLE Vegan Kombucha Tea Essence 150ml

Discover the DR.CEURACLE Vegan Kombucha Tea essence, a perfect fusion of care for your skin thanks to a rich and nourishing formula. By combining the power of kombucha tea with plant-based ingredients, this revitalizing essence offers your skin deep hydration and a natural glow. ✔ Highlights: 🍃 Kombucha: a powerful antioxidant that helps detoxify and balance the skin. 🌱 Vegan formula: respectful of your skin and the planet. 💦 Intense hydration: retains moisture and keeps the skin soft and supple. ✨ Restores radiance: revitalizes and brightens the complexion for an immediate healthy glow. 🔬 Light and silky texture: penetrates quickly without leaving a sticky residue. Perfect for all skin types, including sensitive skin, it easily integrates into any skincare routine for radiant and revitalized skin day after day. Make this essence your essential ally for a radiant and healthy complexion!
AROMATICA
32.90 €

AROMATICA Organic Oil 30ml

Discover AROMATICA organic oil 30ml, the ultimate solution to nourish and revitalize your skin with 100% natural ingredients. This precious oil is designed to penetrate deeply, providing optimal hydration while respecting the most delicate skin. With its soothing and regenerating properties, it leaves your skin soft, radiant, and perfectly balanced. ✔ Highlights: 🌿 100% organic ingredients: environmentally friendly and gentle on your skin. 💧 Intense hydration: penetrates deeply for long-lasting comfort. ✨ Silky texture: absorbs quickly without leaving a greasy residue. 🔹 Activates cellular regeneration: promotes skin elasticity and firmness. 🌸 Suitable for all skin types: even the most sensitive and reactive. Incorporate AROMATICA organic oil into your skincare routine for radiant and perfectly hydrated skin. Experience renewed skin, full of life and brightness, every day!
SULWHASOO
68.90 €

SULWHASOO Yunjo Essence Mist 50ml

Brume essence Yunjo Sulwhasoo. Vaporise un voile hydratant à tout moment de la journée.
I'M FROM
29.90 €

I'M FROM Mugwort Essence 150ml

Discover the new I'M FROM Fig Cleansing Oil makeup remover, perfect for giving your skin effective and natural care. Enriched with fig extracts, this cleansing oil dissolves makeup while respecting your skin's natural balance. Its unique formula deeply removes impurities and excess sebum, leaving your skin fresh and soft after each use. ✔ Highlights: 🍃 Fig extract: rich in antioxidants, it helps protect and revitalize the skin. 💧 Intense hydration: nourishes the skin while maintaining its natural elasticity. 🌟 Easy application: its light texture transforms into a silky emulsion upon contact with water, simplifying rinsing. 🔍 Reduces the appearance of pores for smooth and even skin. 🧴 Perfect for all skin types, even the most delicate. Adopt the I'M FROM Fig Cleansing Oil in your beauty routine and enjoy radiant skin in a single step. A must-have for those who want a gentle yet effective solution for radiant skin day after day!
ARENCIA
37.90 €

ARENCIA Vitamin C Glutathione Booster Shot Essence 95ml

Dans ta routine, l'essence Vitamin C Glutathione Booster Shot Essence booste l'éclat pour un coup de lumière. Bonus : donne du peps. Un geste simple, à répéter matin ou soir.
COSRX Advanced Snail Radiance Dual Essence 80 ml – flacon pompe sur fond jaune, détail n° 1COSRX Advanced Snail Radiance Dual Essence 80 ml – flacon incliné, étiquette dorée, détail n° 2
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COSRX
24.90 €
32.90 €

COSRX Advanced Snail Radiance Dual Essence 80ml

COSRX Advanced Snail Radiance Dual Essence is a two-phase Korean snail essence that hydrates and brightens your complexion. This lightweight formula combines snail secretion filtrate with niacinamide complex to deliver visibly plumped and radiant skin. Use morning and evening for renewed luminosity and hydration.
VT COSMETIC
40.90 €

VT COSMETICS Cica Reti-A Essence 0.3 30ml

Transform your skin with a gentle retinol action that boosts radiance while respecting the skin barrier. The formula with Cica soothes irritations and strengthens the skin barrier for a smoother, more even complexion. 🌿 Ideal for an anti-aging routine inspired by K-Beauty, even for sensitive skin.
MARSHIQUE
24.90 €

MARSHIQUE Wrinkle Repair Guasha Essence 45ml

MARSHIQUE Wrinkle Repair Guasha Essence is a Korean anti-aging essence with a built-in roller applicator for facial massage. This lightweight formula combines hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, peptides and centella asiatica to hydrate, soothe and visibly smooth your skin. The integrated roller enables daily gua sha massage without additional tools.
SU:M37
152.90 €

SU:M37 Secret Essence 150ml

SU:M37 Secret Essence is a fermented Korean essence that hydrates, soothes and brightens your complexion from the first application. Enriched with niacinamide, betaine and panthenol, it helps refine skin texture and even out the appearance of tone. The lightweight fluid absorbs quickly without stickiness.
SU:M37
88.90 €

SU:M37 Secret Essence 80ml Set

Revitalize your skin with the SU:M37 Secret Essence 80ml set, the perfect elixir for radiant and hydrated skin. Composed of exceptional fermented ingredients, this treatment penetrates deeply to provide lasting hydration while improving the texture and natural radiance of your skin. ✔ Highlights: 🌿 Fermented formula: optimizes nutrient absorption for revitalized and lively skin. 💧 Intense hydration: boosts the skin's hydration level, leaving a lasting fresh sensation. ✨ Tightens and refines skin texture, for a visibly smooth and luminous complexion. 🔍 Improves skin elasticity and reduces the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. 🧴 Lightweight and non-sticky, it is suitable for all skin types, including sensitive skin. Incorporate this essential treatment into your beauty routine to reveal a radiant complexion full of vitality day after day. An essential choice to enhance your skin with irresistible softness and luminosity!
T'ELSE
24.90 €

T'ELSE Kombucha Hydro Glow Essence 150ml

T'ELSE Kombucha Hydro Glow Essence is a Korean hydrating essence that revives your skin's radiance daily. Enriched with kombucha extract, 3-layer hyaluronic acid, and niacinamide, it visibly refines skin texture. The lightweight, fluid formula absorbs quickly without stickiness and suits all skin types.

ESSENCE

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Korean essences: the secret to bouncy skin

The essence is the most "Korean" step of the routine: more concentrated than a toner, lighter than a serum, it hydrates and preps your skin. Many rely on ferments and probiotics. At Ma Petite Corée, you'll find essences from Laneige, Mixsoon, Haruharu Wonder, Torriden or Bio Heal Boh.

The Korean routine in 8 steps

The essence is step 5, after the toner and before the serum. In the morning, the routine ends with sunscreen.

Why Korean essences make a difference

Korean brands have made the essence a step of its own: watery textures that sink in fast, rich in ferments, probiotics or plant extracts. It helps the next products spread more easily.

Which essence for your skin type?

Dry skin loves essences with ceramides; oily skin prefers very fluid textures; sensitive skin likes probiotics and short ingredient lists; mature skin goes for peptides.

Budget pick or luxury treat

Essences from Unove or Anua are perfect to get started. For a more luxurious treat, discover our Premium K-Beauty selection.

The star ingredients

FermentsThe signature of Korean essences.
ProbioticsFor more comfortable skin.
Hyaluronic acidLight hydration.
CeramidesStrengthen the skin barrier.
Vitamin CFor glow.
PeptidesFor firmness.

Fermented rice, makgeolli or beans: Korean essences often draw on fermentation, a big part of Korean tradition.

Frequently asked questions

What does an essence do?
It hydrates and preps your skin, between your toner and your serum, with a very light texture.
Essence, serum, ampoule: what's the difference?
The essence is the most fluid, the serum is more concentrated, and the ampoule even more so, often used as an intensive course.
Is an essence a must?
No, but it makes a real difference on dehydrated or dull skin.
How do I apply it?
A few drops in your hands, then pat gently onto your face.
An essence for men?
All-in-one essences replace toner, serum and cream in a single step.
Are the products authentic?
Yes. Our products are bought in Korea and shipped by our team in Seoul.