Growing demand for prestige perfumes helped lift Interparfums sales 15 percent year-on-year to $425 million – beating analyst expectations of $413 million – in its …
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The Founders Pushing African Fragrance Into the Mainstream
For centuries, Africa has been a source of inspiration and botanicals for the world’s biggest beauty companies. (Think of Byredo’s best-selling fragrance Bal d’Afrique, or …
Exclusive: L Catterton Invests in British Fragrance Brand Vyrao
Niche perfume maker Vyrao is readying for its next stage of growth. Today, it announced a significant minority investment from L Catterton, the LVMH-backed private …
Dubai-Based Huda Beauty Weighs Sale of Fragrance Division
Dubai-based cosmetics firm Huda Beauty is considering selling all or part of its fast-growing perfume division, according to people familiar with the matter. The firm …
Chanel Appoints Simona Cattaneo as Fragrance and Beauty President
Simona Cattaneo, a beauty and fashion executive with experience at Coty, L’Oréal, Burberry and Dior beauty, will join Chanel as president of fragrance and beauty …
Cult Gaia Gets Into Beauty With Fragrance Line
For the past year, anyone who visited Cult Gaia’s eight stores got a whiff of its first, then unreleased scent without knowing it. Now, shoppers …
To Restart Growth, Molton Brown Bets on Fine Fragrance
For many beauty companies, the always-popular fragrance category has been a valuable buffer against wider spending slowdowns. British bath and body brand Molton Brown is …
Bella Hadid Wore Zuhair Murad To The Ôrəbella Fragrance Launch Party
Bella Hadid continued to celebrate her newest Ôrəbella fragrance, Nightcap, by hosting a star-studded party in West Hollywood on Thursday evening. If there was ever …
Can ‘Dupe’ Fragrance Brands Make The Real Thing?
Dupes are a big business. Across TikTok and Reddit, beauty fans swap tips and recommendations for affordable alternatives to hard-to-get products, whether due to their …
Shiseido Wins Max Mara Fragrance License
Shiseido is adding to its fragrance portfolio. On Thursday, the Tokyo-based company announced it had entered into a “long term” agreement with the Italian fashion …
Tracy Anderson Launches Fragrance | BoF
Tracy Anderson is now a beauty entrepreneur. The fitness mogul, whose workout classes are beloved by the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow and Victoria Beckham, is …
Fendi Launches Fine Fragrance Collection
Fendi is adding a fine fragrance collection to its line-up. The seven-piece range includes scents such as Perché No, with notes of sandalwood and pink …
Celine unveils their new fragrance Zouzou starring Esther-Rose McGregor
Celine debuts a new fragrance, Zouzou, inspired by Hedi Slimane’s obsession with 60s youth culture, with notes of benzoin, tonka bean, patchouli, labdanum, vanilline and …
Celine Adds To Fragrance Line-Up
Beyond extending into cosmetics, Celine is adding to its fragrance assortment with Zouzou, $280. With notes of caramel, amber and musk, the scent is inspired …
Gong Jun Wore Michael Cinco To The Beast Fragrance Event
Gong Jun looked as handsome as ever while promoting the new fragrance, Beast in Chengdu, China today. If there are two things we learned from …
The Perfumers Driving the Fragrance Industry
If a shopper were to go to a perfume counter and smell Tom Ford Ébène Fumé and Clinique Happy, it would be difficult to see …
The Celebrity Fragrance Is Back
Australian perfumer Craig Andrade was excited to showcase a rare ingredient in perfumery: Tasmanian mountain pepper, obtained through supercritical carbon dioxide extraction. The botanical ingredient …
Why L’Oréal Is Investing in Niche Chinese Fragrance Brands
When Li Shen and Liu Huipu launched luxury fragrance maker To Summer six years ago, the tastes of the Chinese market tilted decidedly towards sweet, …
Inside Indiaâs Niche Fragrance Takeover
Arjun Sampath, founder of Indian-based skincare and perfume brand Soma Ayurvedic, believes the topography of his motherland including its soil culture, altitude and humidity, make …
Givaudan Sales Surge to $8 Billion, Led by Fine Fragrance
Growth was especially seen in its fragrance and beauty division, where sales grew 7.6 percent to CHF 3.3 billion ($3.8 billion). Fine fragrances were up …