Marquise de Sevign

In 1892, Clementine and Auguste Rouzand the daughter of a chocolate maker and son of a controller of mines decided to purchase a small chocolate shop in the thermal resort town of Royat, France. Auguste soon found he had a passion for chocolate.
 
“If you are not feeling well, if you have not slept, chocolate will revive you.”

Marquise de Sevigne, February 11, 1677