Bain de Soleil is a brand of sunscreen

Sunscreen

Sunblock is a lotion, spray, gel or other topical product that absorbs or reflects some of the sun's ultraviolet radiation on the skin exposed to sunlight and thus helps protect against sunburn...

 produced by Merck

Merck & Co.

Merck & Co., Inc. , also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD outside the United States and Canada, is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. The Merck headquarters is located in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, an unincorporated area in Readington Township...

, formerly Schering-Plough

Schering-Plough

Schering-Plough Corporation was a United States-based pharmaceutical company. It was founded in 1851 by Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering as Schering AG in Germany. In 1971, the Schering Corporation merged with Plough to form Schering-Plough. On November 4, 2009 Merck & Co...

 Consumer Health Care. It is affiliated with the Coppertone brand. The name Bain de Soleil is French for "sun bathing." The brand uses the slogan "Welcome to a place more colorful.^TM"

Products

The brand is known for low-SPF

SPF

SPF may refer to:In science* Sun protection factor, a laboratory measure of the effectiveness of sunscreen* Specific Pathogen Free, a term for laboratory animals known to be without pathogens...

 products that are typically marketed to women seeking skin tanning.

Current product lineup includes:

• Orange Gelée
• Spray Transpâre

History

According to the website:

"In the 1920s, the famous, trend-setting Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist thought, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. She was the founder of one of the most famous fashion brands, Chanel...

, sporting deeply sun-bronzed skin, turned tanning into a fashion statement. In 1925, capitalizing on this fashion trend, Monsieur Antonine of Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 developed an Orange Gelýe dark tanning formula called "Antoine de Paris". The Orange Gelýe formula continued to thrive in Europe

Europe

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 into the 1940's when Lanvin

Lanvin

Lanvin may refer to:* Gérard Lanvin , French actor* Jeanne Lanvin , French fashion designer* Lanvin , French fashion house founded by Jeanne Lanvin...

, a New York

New York

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based company introduced the silky sensuous gel in the United States as Antoine's Bain de Soleil...translated as Antoine's bath of the sun."