In this edition of CD Buzz, the Cosmetics Design USA team bring you the latest analysis on P&G's return to growth strategy and recent developments from Coty, which has announced another major acquisition and plans to reorganize the business,...
The Boston, Massachusetts–based organism engineering company announced today that it has entered into a multi-million dollar contract extending its partnership with fragrance maker Robertet.
Consumers have outgrown signature scents and now wear perfumes appropriate to the occasion, event, or activity. Here, the team behind Pour Le Monde parfums tells Cosmetics Design what it all means for the industry.
The consumer fragrance creator has set its sights on digital scent technology and, by making use of Vapor’s oNotes software platform, anticipates a first product launch early next year.
Germany-based fragrance and personal care ingredients provider Symrise has strengthened its US business with the acquisition of Georgia-based Pinova Holdings.
At the recent Cosmoprof Las Vegas event Cosmetics Design caught up with Lauren Boothby, who is a leading fragrance consultant at Air Aroma, a company specialized in providing scent marketing strategies to companies in a wide variety of commercial fields.
Just how much personal care and cosmetics product are loyal consumers in contact with? That’s what a team of researchers from the US and Europe – including two pros from P&G – set out to discover.
L’Oréal has signed a license agreement with women’s wear brand Proenza Schouler for the creation and development of fine fragrances, as the fashion and perfume worlds meet once more.
Packaging and design industry leaders take bold steps, spending on technology, innovating truly new containers, and shrewdly reinventing the way brands communicate with consumers.
Stress is a huge factor in daily life and inevitably impacts the bottom line. Forecasters caution beauty brands to look beyond 2020 and plan for the best, long lives of their brands, their consumers and the planet.
Inter Parfums French subsidiary has entered into an agreement with Procter & Gamble to acquire the Rochas brand for $108 million, in a move that will look to fuse fragrance with fashion.
Well 2015 seems to be passing by quite quickly, so here's some more announcements and highlights from the cosmetics packaging world, whether it be in masstige or prestige, fragrance, skin care, make-up, the list goes on. Browse the gallery to see...
Teams on the ground in Indonesia and Malaysia will allow the fragrance and flavour company closer oversight of the farming and harvesting end of its ingredient supply chain.
Perfume is forever giftable; yet standby products like celebrity fragrance and eau de parfum aren’t necessarily the best sellers they once were. This year, specialty fragrance is putting a bow on it!
It has been a big year for luxury acquisitions this year, as cosmetics players at the top end of the business have scrambled around to make value-added additions to their business.
Coty is struggling to grow its non-core brands in a tough North American fragrance market, reporting flat revenue for the first quarter, however it is meeting expectations and interim CEO Bart Becht says it is making ‘gradual progress’.
Successful vintage fragrances can dependably yield revenue and require less in the way of innovative marketing and branding than launching a new scent.
Personalized perfume is a trend whose time has come for the US market, where consumers demand individualized attention and personal care products with a tailored feel.
Fine fragrances and brands crossing over into scented body care and lifestyle products are taking advantage of top-level innovations, compelling ingredient stories and expert perfumers’ inspiration for success.
Robertet has expanded its operations on the other side of the Atlantic following the opening of a $20m fragrance and flavors facility in Mount Olive, New Jersey.
Coty has restructured its organization to provide better focus on the market segments it serve, optimize its global markets presence, and to build on the brands in its portfolio.
US-based biotechnology company Amyris has further developed its relationship with Japan-based Takasago by extending the commercialization of its farnesene-based fragrance technology.
The FIFA World Cup in Brazil is getting people all around the world excited even the cosmetics industry, which has been looking to score a few goals of its own by creating products that coincide with the games.
The latest executive level cosmetic industry appointments in North America include new positions at luxury cosmetics player Coty, beauty licensing company Boldface and CPL Aromas.
Packaging provider Quadpack has launched a new fragrance roll-on that gives on-the-go fragrance fans the opportunity to choose different fragrances that fit different occasion in the day.
The cosmetics packaging event is gearing up to open its doors next month where 3,400 brand experts and packagers will gather from 60 countries to network and see the industry's latest innovative and sustainable efforts.
Despite having their own online platforms and accounts, fragrance brands are increasingly leveraging star power by using celebrities to amplify the message themselves.
The key trend in 2014 will be that of ‘mixologiste’ and will see big growth in multifunctional make-up in the U.S. where it is already gaining popularity, according to market researcher Mintel.
Pennsylvania state Rep. Marcia Hahn, is proposing legislation that could create fragrance-free school buildings if a student is known to have a severe fragrance allergy.
The men’s fragrance market is benefiting from a female influence as individual juices and gift sets, big categories in the women’s market, appear to be driving sales growth.
It turns out we pick our perfume not only for its fragrance but for how it will interact with our underlying body odour, according to a leading scientist.
According to fragrance experts Seven Scent, intense versions of current favourite ingredients including dark rose, rich berries and spirit-inspired aromas will be the most influential in next winter's fragrance collections.
Due to drawbacks in the use of salicylates in fragrance and perfume products, scientists have identified and researched credible alternative compounds that perform effectively.
Coty says fourth quarter profits are better than expected with fragrance and skin care seeing particular gains in Asia, having posted its first quarterly results as a public company.
US packaging company Topline Products has teamed up with French perfume company Carven to create a stylish floral fragrance cap to raise the profile of its latest product launch.
With the arrival of the newest member of the royal family and summer weather kicking into full gear, afternoon tea inspired scents and fresh, outdoor summer twists are even starting to influence fragrance trends in the UK.
Cosmetics maker Coty has announced two new changes to its senior management team in its fragrance and color cosmetics divisions as it looks to expand its brands and become a market leader.
All the news we hear at the moment regarding the developing markets is positive and this is no different for Mexico, after a market researcher singled out fragrance as the fastest growing sector holding great potential.
Following the success of the 10th edition, the show’s organizer predicted the 2013 event would be the biggest to date and records just in have confirmed just that as 2,894 unique visitors attended - up 11 per cent from last year.
In a world in which waste is becoming an ever greater problem, packaging comes under the spotlight as one of the biggest contributors, and with the beauty industry being no stranger to the sustainability question, one packaging firm believes it may have...
Luxury fragrance and cosmetics player Coty has formed a joint-venture with a major cosmetics distributor in Brazil, in a bid to expand its footprint in the country.
