Fragrance News Archives

The classic Vent Vert by Balmain created by perfumer Gemaine Cellier in 1947 and re-created by perfumer Calice Becker in 1990, as well as the house's men's classic, Monsieur Balmain have been poured into new flacons to harmonize with other...

In brief: Coty Inc, have announced that as CEO Bernd Beetz will retire and be replaced by Michele Scannavini coming from Coty Prestige Brands, the company will also be creating a joint partnership with Korean company LG Household & Health...

When company Epic Scents state that,"They have broken down the complexities of timeless video game hero Mega Man and translated him into a scent that will remind gamers not just of the Capcom games, but of the time spent playing...

After considering the pros and contras of continuing or not to conduct business with licensee Inter Parfums SA - a very successful partnership - Burberry Parfums have finally decided to keep on going on their own, maybe, in the hope...

A new interview with Stephen Weller {Check also our interview}, Director of Communication for the International Fragrance Association (IFRA) makes the particularly salient point in this exchange that without IFRA, a number of perfumery ingredients would have altogether disappeared from...

The latest iteration of Burberry Body for summer 2012 is an alcohol-free Body MistA New-York-based Think Tank evaluated the online strategies of 63 luxury brands and gave top rankings to only two perfume labels, Burberry and Ralph Lauren. Burberry Body,...

 As scent critic Chandler Burr continues to further define his art-of-appreciation-of-perfume project, he has gone through the first unveil which has revealed that the masked perfume was none other than Infusion d'Iris by Prada. Some people were hoping it would...

The Labour Ministry of Saudi Arabia are starting to implement a new policy today which will see sales assistant jobs at the perfume and beauty counters be reserved exclusively for women; "Fake women" - one can only make an educated...

Bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James qualified as "mummy porn" fiction has been selling like hot cakes even though, or precisely perhaps because the writing is simplistic. If not everyone is convinced by the literary qualities of the...

Tabloid fixture, rehab icon, fashion designer, and one who we just learned is also an author, Nicole Richie, will launch her debut perfume this fall from September 2012. The composition is inspired by the scents that her mother wore, which...

Perfumer Mark Buxton is relaunching his eponymous perfume brand under new auspices, i.e., read new management and financing. Initially created in 2008, then purchased by a Russian investor, Buxton recently reclaimed his name for his label "Mark Buxton Perfumes".The new...

Following the unnoficial internet unveil of the upcoming perfume by Lady Gaga called Fame developed by Coty, Inc, the star, instead of wringing her hands as is usual in this case, had this to say,"Looks like photos of my perfume...

To celebrate the 2012 European Year of Water, perfumer Francis Kurkdjian and "artist-entrepreneur" Yann Toma have devised a conceptual art installation around the thematic of water for EDF in Toulouse... ...

  Pop singer Britney Spears has come up with the packaging idea of offering a perfume twofer to her fans this fall 2012. She chose two of her bestsellers - Fantasy and Midnight Fantasy - and combined them into...