Fragrance News Archives

WWD reports that L'Oréal is interested in acquiring exclusive world-wide and long-term licenses for several prestigious luxury beauty and fragrance brands to complement its portfolio. It is currently in negotiation with PPR, which belongs to the Pinault family. Included...

Amethyst by Lalique won the 2007 Etui D'Or As previously announced, the voting for the Flacons D'or awards started taking place anew last fall in its seventh edition (after a year of interruption). This consumer award was created in 2000...

Thierry Mugler Parfums have a history of original marketing approach based on a solid belief in outreach going miles deeper than the easy smile flashed at their clientele during the time of a mere transaction or two. They have...

  Note: The Rose Challenge becomes a permanent feature as the Rose Notebook. Dear Readers,We are announcing a challenge for the next few weeks, the Smell-The-Roses-Till-Valentine's Day Challenge. Until Valentine's Day, we will cover a rose scent or edible or rose-related...

 The Scent of Peace by Bond no. 9 was released in March of 2006  The internet is -- we perhaps tend to forget this in our daily practice of it -- a fascinating, revolutionary medium of communication. It is the...

Continuing to add portraits to our gallery of celebrities that lend their name and fame to perfumes, we can now report that actor Henry Cavill who plays Charles Brandon the 1st Duke of Suffolk in the popular series, The...

Robert Piguet have taken the practical and gratifying decision, for consumers of quality niche perfumes, of opening a new e-commerce website; "niche" does not need to equate "difficult to get". Their catalogue now comprises the following re-editions and re-workings...

South China Woman by Wang Yidong, 1988   According to a press release by the NPD Group, within the Chinese beauty market in 2007 skincare products (71 %) were much more heavily consumed than fragrance (12%) with both perfume and...

Yves Saint Laurent has issued a Limited Collector Edition for Young Sexy Lovely. The flacon is strewn with small pink and red hearts surrounding a transparent window in the shape of a bigger heart to celebrate love and Valentine's...

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of L'Air du Temps (1948) created by perfumer Francis Fabron right after WWII as a renewed affirmation of femininity, Nina Ricci has asked its creative director Olivier Theyskens to dress the flacon for which...

Lancôme has announced that young actress Anne Hathaway will join the ranks of Kate Winslet and Clive Owen to represent the brand's image for a new perfume to be launched in September of 2008, "Anne Hathaway is a radiant...

This is news mainly for perfume bottle and jewelry collectors and lovers who will be hunting for a gift for Valentine's Day. Ferré Rose issued in 2007 will be offered in a Limited Diamond Edition from February 2008 just...

It is that time of the year again. Each year for 24 years, fragrance expert Michael Edwards has been publishing a reference book on new perfume launches that took place the preceding year. It is hard to believe, but...