PORTRAIT OF AN INSPIRING FOUNDER
Daily attendance at the family hammam in her childhood and the memory of a herbalist grandfather fueled Karima Lasfar’s desire to share the benefits of this art of living and to travel to Paris. Born in Algeria, in Ghardaïa, the aptly named “pearl of the oases”, Karima Lasfar is a multifaceted woman. Generous and precious according to her first name, active and modern in her personal and professional career.
Always passionate about this culture of oriental well-being, Karima Lasfar nourishes the deep dream of infusing the tradition of her native country in Paris: To share with overexcited Parisians the art of taking time for themselves and taking a rejuvenating break thanks to ancestral spa rituals. Her deep convictions carried this stubborn entrepreneur, also physiotherapist by profession, to the birth of Okari Hammam & Spa Montorgueil in 2008.
THE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE EAST AND THE FAR NORTH
Karima Lasfar takes her dream further with this second O’Kari Hammam Spa Paris Marais address: to offer, in Paris, the unique and original experience of the Bains du Monde.
A Parisian for thirty years, she has drawn her inspiration from her initiatory travels by exploring the essence of well-being, convinced that each culture holds treasures to nourish the soul and the body.
Her encounter with Nordic culture was a real love at first sight, a trigger: Create a spa in Paris around contrast therapy and associate it with oriental treatments to discover the benefits of alternating hot and cold through a treatment path.