April 29 (Reuters) - Hong Kong-listed L'Occitane International's chairman and controlling shareholder has decided to take the French skin-care firm private, valuing it at a maximum of HK$13.91 billion ($1.78 billion), the company said on Monday.

($1 = 7.8265 Hong Kong dollars) (Reporting by Roushni Nair and Himanshi Akhand in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri and Sherry Jacob-Phillips)