I was going through my emails a couple of days ago when I came across a name I thought I'd never see again...Saffron Rouge.
Do you guys remember Saffron Rouge? At one point, this was the largest online retailer of natural and organic skincare products and cosmetics. It operated from 2002 until the company ultimately dropped off the map in 2015. The closure was unexpected - there was no goodbye email to their customers. The company simply shut down its website leaving people, who had been ordering with them for years, scrambling to figure out what was going on.
Fast forward to 2021 and it looks like Saffron Rouge's founder, Kirstin Wood, has started another business venture - MPENZY. Much in the spirit of Saffron Rouge, MPENZY (pronounced as "mmm-pen-zee") is an ingredient-conscious brand that offers organic body products. MPENZY describes itself as a brand that "truly focuses on transparency," so I am hopeful that it has learned from the mistakes of Saffron Rouge.
In the time that Saffron Rouge has been gone, I've actually found products that work well for me so I doubt I'll be trying anything from MPENZY. Having said that, MPENZY seems like a promising company. The packaging and product descriptions look good. The prices aren't too bad (some of the products are 50% off currently). I do wish the company a successful future.
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