Photosoma
Fabbrimarine

Photosoma

Photosoma is Fabbrimarine founder Dr. Alberto Fabbri's patented system using the interaction between light and marine actives to create adaptive, responsive formulas.

Photosoma is a patented technology conceived by Dr. Alberto Fabbri, Fabbrimarine’s founder. It uses the interaction between light and marine actives to create adaptive formulas — cosmetics that respond to skin’s changing condition rather than applying a single, fixed solution regardless of context. Dr. Fabbri calls this la cosmetica pensante — thinking cosmetics.

Why it matters

Most cosmetic formulas deliver the same action every time, regardless of what skin actually needs in that moment. Skin’s condition genuinely changes — with sun exposure, temperature, hydration level, stress — and a fixed-action formula can’t account for that. Photosoma’s light-responsive mechanism is built to behave differently, adjusting to skin’s actual condition rather than treating every application identically.

How light-responsive formulation works, conceptually

The core principle is that certain marine actives can be triggered or modulated by light exposure — meaning the same product can behave differently depending on the conditions it’s applied in, rather than delivering a static, unchanging action. This is a meaningfully different design philosophy from most cosmetic formulation, which is built around a single, predictable action regardless of context.

Part of a wider system

It’s one of five core technologies underpinning Fabbrimarine’s formulas, alongside Marine Stem Cell Technology and Lyophilization and Osmotized Water. None of these technologies work in isolation — they’re designed to complement each other across the formulation process, from raw marine extraction through to how the finished product behaves on skin.

Read the full picture on the science behind the brand.

Common questions

Frequently asked

A patented technology, conceived by Fabbrimarine founder Dr. Alberto Fabbri, that uses the interaction between light and marine actives to create adaptive skincare formulas rather than fixed, one-size formulas.
Most formulas deliver the same action every application, regardless of what skin needs at that moment. Photosoma is designed to respond to skin's changing condition instead — what Dr. Fabbri describes as "thinking cosmetics."
It's one of the core technologies in Fabbrimarine's approach, alongside Marine Stem Cell Technology and the brand's extraction processes — see the full science page for how these work together.
Dr. Alberto Fabbri, Fabbrimarine's founder, who both conceived and holds the patent for the system.
It means certain marine actives in the formula can be triggered or modulated by light exposure, so the product's behaviour can adapt to the conditions it's applied in rather than delivering the same static action every time.
They're designed to complement each other across the whole formulation process — from raw marine extraction through to how the finished product behaves on skin — rather than functioning as separate, unrelated features.