The Smell of Relaxation: New Orleans Spa with Asian Influences Gets National Recognition
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 7, 2004
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Taking relaxation one step further, Miss Celie’s Spa Orléans, 914 N. Rampart Street in the French Quarter, was lauded in the December 2004 edition of AMERICAN SPA magazine for their Ma-KOH-DO-ssage™.
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"Miss Celie’s Spa Orléans (New Orleans) brings Japanese wisdom to the city’s French Quarter with its trademark Ma-KOH-DO-ssage™ Japanese Incense Infused BodyWork ($105, 75 minutes). Inspired by what the Japanese call Koh-Do, or incense appreciation, the popular treatment centers around an hour-long massage preceded by 15 minutes of guided meditation. Aromatic incense enhances the experience. Each of the four scents has a specific purpose: Aqua heals; Bloom uplifts; Grass purifies; and Earth promotes stability. The incense, made by Japanese Company Nippon Kodo, is available for purchase so clients can recreate the experience at home. "Sense of smell is so important to people," says Miss Celie’s co-owner Keith West-Harrison. "This a great way to put relaxation and scent together."
–M.S.
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Research into the history of the French Quarter building showed the addition of the Spa actually returned the building to it past.
"Back in 1883, Miss Celie Brune, a lively Creole woman, pampered New Orleans’ socialites at her Maison de Beauté. The salon was located in a parlor of 914 N. Rampart St., the Rooming House owned by Mlle. Lizzy Agnes Francais. Lizzy, the eccentric widow of an indigo baron, spent most of her life traveling. It was during these journeys, with Miss. Celie as her nursemaid, that they discovered the great European Spas. Returning to New Orleans, they recreated those opulent surroundings in the home she was given by Lucien Mansion, a free man of color. A luxurious way to relax and refresh one’s appearance, she attracted many of the prominent Storyville Madams. The building was bequeathed to Miss Celie in 1890 by Lizzy upon her death. Reborn, Miss Celie’s Spa Orléans, again pampers her clientele in the Grand French Quarter Manor."
The Spa’s Manager is a two year-old American Bulldog puppy named Sadie Chanel. She spends her time entertaining guests and hanging out under the desk or in the courtyard.
For more information please contact Keith West-Harrison at 504-522-7288 or misscelie@spaorleans.com.
Keith & Andre West-Harrison
Miss Celie's Spa Orleans
914 N. Rampart Street
New Orleans, LA 70116
504-522-7288
1-800 THE SALON ext. 70116
