Starting in Melbourne in 1987 and seeing its first in-store customers in 2004 at a former underground car park ramp space in St Kilda, Aesop is slowly infiltrating the world skincare market one unique store at a time, from Berlin to London's Covent Garden, the Hamptons to Shibuya, Tokyo. Luring us in with their disarmingly aromatic street samples, these local skincare greats are now unsurprisingly set up all over Melbourne (not to mention Melbourne's cafe bathrooms). At these stores you can expect expert service, a bevy of lotions, balms and scrubs for all skin types and a particularly strong urge to part with your credit card.

Aesop now has ten locations in Melbourne.