Business
Beauty Sales for the First Half Hit $50.6 Billion in the U.S.
Beauty is showing resilience to broader macroeconomic headwinds, Circana data from the first half of 2025 shows. In the U.S., the prestige…
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Fashion
Chanel Launches Bleu de Chanel L’Exclusif In China With Music-themed Pop-up
To celebrate the launch of its new Bleu de Chanel L’Exclusif scent in China, Chanel has unveiled a pop-up at Shanghai‘s Hengfu Historical…
Beauty
Celebrity Hairstylist Kahh Spence Is Launching a Unisex Fragrance Brand
The ever-hot niche fragrance game has a new player. Longtime celebrity hairstylist Kahh Spence, known for working with artists including…
Beauty
The Martones: The First Family of Made-in-Italy Fragrances
LODI, Italy — It’s not every day you see an amusement park-style train running around a factory. But one of the two colorful vehicles…
Beauty
Amouage Unveils New Fragrance, Opus XVI Timber, and Shares Retail Expansion Plans
Omani luxury perfume house Amouage continues its artistic momentum by adding another chapter to its acclaimed Library Collection with Opus…
Beauty
Brett Johnson Debuts First Fragrances with a French Touch
MILAN — Brett Johnson is getting into the fragrance business with a three-scent range developed in-house with a little help from Grasse,…
Fashion
EXCLUSIVE: Bonpoint to Celebrate 50th Anniversary With a Show During Paris Fashion Week
PARIS – Bonpoint is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a return to the runway during Paris Fashion Week. The event, due to be held on…
Beauty
Alison Hahn, Sephora’s Head of Makeup and Fragrance, to Retire
A mastermind of some of Sephora‘s key categories is set to retire. Alison Hahn, Sephora’s Stateside senior vice president of merchandising…
Celebrity
EXCLUSIVE: Selena Gomez Opens Up About Launching Rare Beauty’s First Fragrance, and What It Means to Her
With the debut of its first fragrance, Rare Beauty enters a new chapter. For founder Selena Gomez, it’s personal. “Some of my best…
Beauty
Jean Kerléo, Former Jean Patou Perfumer and Osmothèque Cofounder, Dies at 93
PARIS — Perfumer Jean Kerléo, who served as Jean Patou’s in-house perfumer for more than three decades and cofounded of the Osmothèque…
Beauty
EXCLUSIVE: Troye Sivan’s Fragrance Brand to Launch at Nordstrom
Troye Sivan‘s fragrance brand has its first U.S. retail partner. Tsu Lange Yor, the brand founded by Troye Sivan and his brother, Steele…
Beauty
Longchamp Signs Fragrance License With Interparfums SA
PARIS – Lonchamp and Interparfums SA have signed a fragrance license that will run through Dec. 31, 2036. Under the agreement,…
Beauty
A Beauty Incubator Tried to Launch an AI Fragrance Influencer. Human Fragrance Influencers Weren’t Impressed
It appears #PerfumeTok isn’t ready for AI-generated entrants. When Slate Brands — the beauty incubator behind Brooke DeVard’s Naked Beauty…
Beauty
Who’s Winning the 2025 Fragrance Game so Far?
Macy’s may be holding on to its longtime position as the top U.S. retailer by share of fragrance sales, but plenty of other shifts are…
Beauty
Laura Slatkin Steps Back From Day-to-day Operations at Nest New York
Laura Slatkin, the founder and executive chairman of Nest New York, is stepping away from day-to-day operations, the fragrance brand said…
Beauty
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Love Island USA’ Star Leah Kateb Named as Chief Creative Officer and Re-founder of Clean Fragrance Brand Skylar
“Love Island USA” season six star Leah Kateb, best known by fans of the show as the “people’s princess,” is taking her talents behind the…
Lifestyle
Tone, the Personal Care Brand Founded by Six Twitch Streamers, Is Entering Target
Is the era of Twitch streamer-founded beauty brands upon us? If the breakout success of Tone, a unisex personal care brand launched in…
Business
Surprise! Trump’s New Fragrance Sucks
Donald Trump’s wishy-washy tariffs have been good for one thing: keeping Federal Reserve interest rates high, according to the central…
Business
Givaudan to Acquire Brazilian Fragrance Supplier Vollmens
PARIS – Givaudan is acquiring a majority stake in Vollmens Fragrance Ltdas, a supplier based in Brazil. Financial terms of the deal were…
Beauty
Global Beauty Giants’ Early Bets on the Eastern Fragrance Wave
When it comes to sniffing out the future, investors are looking Eastward. Strategics’ venture capital arms are increasingly placing small…
Beauty
How Fragrance Became a Burgeoning Subculture
It’s Friday night at New York niche fragrance boutique Stéle, and a crowd of 30-plus “frag heads” are in their natural state of smelling,…
Beauty
Western Brand Tecovas Debuts New Signature Unisex Fragrance With Ranger Station
Western wear and boots brand Tecovas is riding into the world of unisex fragrance with Nashville-based perfumer Ranger Station, debuting a…
Lifestyle
EXCLUSIVE: Bradley Cooper, Maluma and Vinicius Junior Front Boss Bottled Beyond
PARIS — The Boss Bottled franchise is expanding with the new Boss Bottled Beyond scent and a big-bang campaign featuring Bradley Cooper,…
Beauty
The Best Beauty Moments at The Fragrance Foundation Awards 2025: Laverne Cox, Vera Wang, Carolyn Murphy and More
The 2025 Fragrance Foundation Awards took place in New York City last night, gathering perfume innovators, newcomers and enthusiasts to…