• The Serum, a violet glass bottle with a paper band
  • The Serum in use
  • The texture of The Serum
  • Three drops of the serum falling from the glass dropper onto a fingertip
  • The serum standing on a mirror against darkness, lit through the glass
  • The Serum, a violet glass dropper bottle, in 3D
  • A short film of The Serum
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The Serum

The Serum

$48.00
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A water-gel for dehydrated skin.

Size
  • Cash on delivery, all over Lebanon
  • Tomorrow in Beirut, 2 to 3 days elsewhere
  • A person answers on WhatsApp

Lasts about 7 weeks at twice a day.

Remind me on WhatsApp when it runs low

What is in it

Orange blossom from Nabatieh, almond from Aley.

Orange blossom water, glycerin, hyaluronic acid, panthenol, sweet almond oil, xanthan gum.

Every ingredient 9

  1. Aquawater

    Water. It is first on a list because there is more of it than anything else, which is true of almost every cream ever made.

  2. Glycerinvegetable

    Glycerin, from plants. It pulls water out of the air and holds it against the skin. One of the two or three things in skincare that simply works.

  3. Niacinamidevitamin B3

    Niacinamide. It calms redness and, over weeks, evens out tone. It is the least dramatic useful thing in this shop.

  4. Citrus aurantium amara flower waterorange blossom, Nabatieh

    Distilled from the blossom in spring, over about three weeks. It is what most of these smell of, and the peel of the same fruit is what brightens the Bright Drops.

  5. Prunus amygdalus dulcis oilsweet almond, Aley

    A soft, unfussy oil pressed from almonds grown on the terraces above Aley. It sits on the skin rather than sinking straight through it, which is why it is the base of eleven of the twelve.

  6. Sodium hyaluronatehyaluronic acid

    A molecule that holds many times its weight in water. It plumps the surface for a few hours; it does not change your skin, and anybody who says it does is selling something.

  7. Panthenolprovitamin B5

    Panthenol. It settles skin that has been irritated, which is why it is in the eye cream and the day cream rather than the cleansers.

  8. Xanthan gumto thicken it

    Xanthan gum, from fermented sugar. It decides whether a serum runs off your fingers.

  9. Sodium benzoate, potassium sorbateto keep it

    Sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate. Anything with water in it grows things without a preservative, and a mouldy cream is worse for your skin than any preservative ever was.

And what is not in it

  • No fragrance added. What you smell is the rose, the orange blossom or the laurel.
  • No essential oils used as perfume.
  • No alcohol denat.
  • No silicones.
  • No claim that any of this is clinically proven, because none of it has been through a clinical trial.

Tap any line to read what it does. If one still means nothing to you, ask us and we will tell you why it is in there.

How to use it
  1. Three drops on damp skin, morning and night.
  2. Press it in rather than rubbing.
  3. A moisturiser on top, or it evaporates.

Where it grew
  • Orange blossomNabatiehdistilled in spring; the peel goes into the Bright Drops
  • AlmondAleycold-pressed, the base oil in eleven of the twelve

Delivery

Cash on delivery. Pay the courier, and open the box before you pay.

$3 all over Lebanon. Free over $60.

Tomorrow in Beirut, 2 to 3 days elsewhere.

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The Serum 30 ml $48

On skin

The Serum in use
In useThree drops on damp skin, morning and night.
The texture of The Serum
The textureA water-gel. No acids, no fragrance added.

What people said

7 reviews

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  • 4 2
  • 3 0
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2 photographs from customers

  • Michelbought it

    sensitive · 58 · Batroun

    I bought it late, at fifty-eight, expecting nothing. Four weeks in my wife noticed before I did. The people here answer their messages like people, which is half of why I stayed.

    After 4 weeksAugust 2026

  • Roybought it

    oily · 28 · Mar Mikhael

    Good. I use it at night only, in the morning it is a bit much under sunscreen. That may be me rather than the bottle.

    After 7 weeksJuly 2026

  • Jadbought it

    normal · 36 · Dbayeh

    Expensive for thirty millilitres. Worth it, because three drops is genuinely three drops and the bottle has lasted longer than I expected.

    After 9 weeksJuly 2026

  • Rimabought it

    dry · 42 · Achrafieh

    I bought it because a friend had it on her shelf and would not stop talking about it. Now I am the friend who will not stop talking about it.

    After 14 weeksJune 2026

  • Samarbought it

    sensitive · 49 · Beirut

    No tingling, no purge, no two bad weeks at the start that I was told to expect. It simply behaved from the first night.

    After 17 weeksMay 2026

  • Zeinabought it

    combination · 24 · Gemmayzeh

    A photograph from Zeina

    Six in the morning, five bottles, four minutes. This is the one I would keep if I had to keep one. It is also the one I finish fastest, which is the only complaint I have.

    After 22 weeksApril 2026

  • Alinebought it

    dry · 45 · Broummana

    A photograph from Aline

    Half a year. I have been through three bottles and I have stopped looking at anything else, which for me is a first since I was twenty.

    After 26 weeksApril 2026

Every review here is from somebody who bought the bottle, and every one is signed with their skin, their age and how long they used it.

Complete the routine

This bottle is one of five steps. Here are the other four, matched to the time of day you would use this one.

  1. Cleanse
  2. Tone
  3. Treat The Serum the one you are looking at
  4. Moisturise
  5. Protect

Tick the steps you are missing.

Three bottles in the bag and ten per cent comes off by itself; five and it is fifteen. There is no code to type.

Goes with

The two it is used with. Nothing here is needed to make this one work.

To you

Every price is on this page. Nothing appears for the first time at the checkout.

  • Delivered

    • All over Lebanon · $3
    • Free over $60
    • Tomorrow in Beirut · 2 to 3 days elsewhere

  • Paid on delivery

    • Cash to the courier
    • No card, no account
    • Open the box before you pay

  • Picked up

    • Gemmayzeh · ready in 2 hours
    • Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00
    • Free

How you pay

  • Cash on deliveryYou pay the courier when the box is in your hands, and you can open it first.
  • Whish MoneySend it to the number we give you. The box goes out the same day.
  • OMTAny branch. Bring the order number, nothing else.
  • BOB FinanceThe same as OMT, if a branch is closer to you.
  • Bank transferFresh USD, for orders over $150.

Prices are in US dollars. Lebanese pounds at the day's rate, if you would rather.

Card payments through a local gateway on request.

The bag

Free delivery over $60. Tomorrow in Beirut.

The twelve

Gemmayzeh, a ground floor with a still in the window