Clear alpine lake beneath snow-capped peaks and spruce forest.

Our Story

Austrian moor, Korean formulation.

Three places, one slow process: where the moor forms, where it is refined, and where it ends up.

01From the Alps

Formed over thousands of years.

Moor forms in the wetlands of Salzburg, Austria, as plants settle and mature through natural microbial processes. We import it directly and build each formula around it.

Snow-capped alpine peaks reflected in a still mountain lake.

02Refined in Korea

Carried forward by Korean formulation.

In Korea, we pair the moor with textures made for daily layering, formulated to European and Korean cosmetic standards.

Gloved hands scooping Super Volume Cream from its jar on a lab bench, beside a dish of dark moor granules.

03On Your Skin

Quiet care, repeated daily.

Nothing rushed. A routine you can keep, with results described only as far as the evidence goes.

Close-up of dewy bare skin across the cheek and jaw.

The manifesto

When the primordial purity of the summits descends into the profound depths over eons, nature distills its essence into a potent, self-healing energy.

We carry this sacred legacy forward, refined by the pinnacle of Korean beauty technology.

Now, the eternal rhythm of the Alps begins to flow within your skin.

Alpine Vitality

04Our principles

Three things we hold to.

  • 01

    Good raw materials

    We start with ingredients we can trace, beginning with moor imported from Austria.

  • 02

    Enough of what matters

    Key ingredients go in as real amounts, not as a name on the label.

  • 03

    Honest about limits

    We describe what a formula can do for the look of skin, and where the evidence stops.

How we write

05The maker

Made by Gewissen.

Alpen MOOR 1618 is developed by Gewissen, a Korean company that works with research partners across Europe to source and study the ingredients we use.

  • Europe

    Research partners in Austria, Germany and France

  • Seoul

    Where Gewissen is based

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