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For the incoming Winter Arc. ❄️ — As the days grow shorter and temperatures fall, MODERN ALCHEMIST brings an intensive approach to skin nourishment, renewal, and longevity.

A sumptuous concentration of omega-rich botanical oils, including Borage and Avocado, alongside essential fatty acids and biomimetic vegetal cholesterol, replenishes the skin’s lipid reserves, helping maintain a supple, lustrous complexion even through the harshest months ahead.

Our formula integrates a sophisticated network of renewal-oriented actives includes the near-mythical Asian Yam, nicknamed the Root of Light, alongside our proprietary Bio-Retinol Complex, supercharged with antioxidant carotenoids, and fully active Bakuchiol.

Together, these botanical powerhouses deliver a comprehensive approach to longevity care, boosting natural cellular turnover, supercharging skin rejuvenation, heightening skin density, and maintaining vitality through the slower rhythms of winter.

A little modern alchemy for the season ahead.✨

A little divine intervention for your skin. ☁️ — Freshly distilled organic botanical hydrosols, low molecular weight hyaluronic acid, Tremella Snow Mushroom, panthenol, peptides, probiotics, and a highly bioavailable fermented mineral complex come together in COCOON DEW, our multi-active face mist designed to replenish hydration, comfort the skin, and leave your complexion feeling impossibly fresh and revitalized.

A little closer to cloud nine, one mist at a time. ✨

Our founder, Eddie Yao Zhao, on T Magazine China Edition. — In its Brave New World feature story, T Magazine explores the entertainment and media empire Zhao has built, his influence across industries, and how that has helped shape a new, modern China emerging on the global stage.

And somewhere within that expansive portrait, Gentlerist makes an appearance in his life on the other side of the world. From the private farm sanctuary he retreats to in Texas, where our botanicals are cultivated, to the people and processes behind our formulas, the piece offers a glimpse into a side of Eddie’s world that is particularly close to us. ♥️

A topical multivitamin for your skin. ⚡️ — Just as a well-rounded diet provides the nutrients essential to overall health, GOLD DROPS brings together the most comprehensive spectrum of skin-beneficial lipids, antioxidants, vitamins, and botanical actives to nourish and support the entire skin system.

A precisely formulated blend of organic plant oils and botanical emollients, including Jojoba, Squalane, Green Tea Seed, Marula, and Prickly Pear, delivers essential fatty acids and vital nourishment with a biomimetic affinity for the skin’s own healthy lipid architecture, supporting its natural barrier and replenishment needs.

Beyond the lipid foundation, a concentrated, high-potency antioxidant network featuring super-antioxidant Astaxanthin, time-defying Coenzyme Q10, and plant retinol-alternative Bakuchiol works alongside rejuvenating Date Palm and Quinoa Peptides to help defend against daily skin stressors, optimize skin vitality, and prime the skin for longevity.

All in an exceptionally lightweight, fast-absorbing oil that leaves skin feeling nourished without heaviness.

Powerful yet therapeutic. — A thorough cleanse, approached with exceptional gentleness. HALCYON brings together next-generation biosurfactants, including plant amino acid-derived cleansing agents, to effectively lift away impurities, debris and daily buildup through mild, skin-compatible chemistry. A finely pH-optimized, sulfate-free formula cleanses deeply without leaving the skin feeling stripped or depleted.

Formulated with ingredients your skin will love, including Organic Rose Water, Aloe Vera, Glycerin, Green Tea and Thermal Water. Considered for every season and every day, HALCYON Cleansing Gel Emulsion delivers a cleanse that feels as good as it performs.

Post-Summer Glow. ☀️ The sunlight hours may be fading, but luminosity doesn’t have to.

Liquid Courage brings together three complementary forms of Vitamin C in a bi-phasic serum, delivering a megadose of Vitamin C for glow, collagen support, and a brighter, more even-looking complexion. It’s amplified by Ferulic Acid, Vitamin E, and an extensive network of botanical antioxidants. Together, they comprehensively defend against oxidative stress, power collagen synthesis, and address the uneven tone and loss of radiance that can follow months of summer sun.

Cocoon Dew delivers a fine veil of organic botanical waters, bio-identical humectants, biomimetic peptides and skin-comforting actives—light and weightless, yet substantial enough to deeply drench the skin.

Mist generously post-cleanse and as needed throughout the day, then let everything that follows meet a complexion already replenished, conditioned and refreshed.

Modern Alchemist was conceived as a skin activator in face oil form—replenishing what the skin naturally loses while delivering the lipids, antioxidants, and bioactive compounds it relies on to function optimally. Its lipid-rich architecture nourishes the skin while supporting renewal, barrier function, and the biological processes associated with a more youthful baseline.

Our signature Bio-Retinol Complex brings together high potency rosehip, sea buckthorn, algae-derived carotenoids, and bakuchiol to create the most comprehensive natural analogue to retinols. Rather than concentrating on a single mechanism, the complex works across complementary anti-aging pathways associated with renewal, elasticity, antioxidant protection, and youthful skin function.

Fermentation-derived Menaquinone-7, or Vitamin K2, brings an especially rare dimension to a face oil. This highly bioavailable, lipid-soluble form of Vitamin K is incorporated for its relationship to cellular homeostasis and healthy tissue function, extending Modern Alchemist beyond conventional nourishment into a more sophisticated approach to maintaining the conditions in which skin can function at its best.

Our Omega-Lipid Complex is equally powerful. Phosphatidylcholine is a phospholipid fundamental to cellular membrane functionality, making it particularly compelling in a formula designed around replenishment and skin function. Vegetal Cholesterol Extract provides a biomimetic form of a fundamental lipid naturally present within the skin barrier, where cholesterol works alongside ceramides and fatty acids to maintain cohesion, suppleness, and effective barrier function.

Together, these are actives produce a synergy rarely experienced in traditional face oils: a multi-pathway Bio-Retinol Complex, fermentation-derived Vitamin K2, membrane-supportive phospholipids, and biomimetic vegetal cholesterol. Modern Alchemist pairs them within a therapeutic lipid matrix to deeply nourish the skin while helping optimize the processes that support its strength, renewal, and longevity.