Promoting innovation and high creativity in the development of Niche Perfumery and Cosmetics

2020 . 07 . 21 selected by Editorial Board

Ingredients

Education

Fragrance lovers

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ScenTree: a collaborative classification of perfume ingredients

The database created by scentree collects more 460 raw materials two thirds of which are synthetic. Scentree is a tree that, from the 16 olfactory families, descends into the detail of each raw material as it is enlarged.

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Two young entrepreneurs have launched an ingredient data base providing information for novices as well as noses.

2020 . 07 . 17 written by Karen Marin

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Olfactology

Perfume

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SCENTREE: Exploring the many branches of fragrance ingredients

ScenTree is a recently launched interactive raw material online database designed to answer all questions anyone could have about perfume ingredients. Founders and ISIPCA grads Thomas Espinasse and Maxime Baud were inspired by Lifemap, an interactive tool that allows the user to explore the tree of life. Using the visual of a phylogenetic tree, ScenTree classifies over 535 natural and synthetic ingredients.

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2020 . 07 . 14 selected by Editorial Board

Marketing

Trends

Beauty

How Will COVID-19 Impact Beauty Shopping? Let Us Count the Ways . . .

As everyone knows, e-commerce and online shopping have undergone a rapid and strong increase during the lockdown caused by the pandemic. Of course, we have already seen that even after the reopening of the stores, ecommerce will continue to perform in an optimal way, but this does not necessarily have to lead to the death of the brick & mortar. Physical stores must be able to adopt a whole series of strategies and initiatives to keep up with the times and be indispensable thanks to the experience they will be able to offer.

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A brief analysis on how the covid-19 influenced beauty shopping.

2020 . 07 . 14 selected by Editorial Board

Fragrance museums

Perfume

Inside The World’s Only Perfume Conservatory In Versailles

This museum open to the public now includes around 4500 perfumes (some of which no longer exist anywhere else in the world) and hundreds of formulas.
The only one owned by Osmothèque is Napoleon's eau de cologne, which is why it is also the only perfume to be sold.
This collection includes many historical pieces, recreated by the perfumer Kerléo, including for example a perfume attributable to the Roman naturalist Pliny the Elder or the Eau de la Reine de Hongrie which The Sun King was obsessed with. But most of the perfumes in the collection date back to the 19th Century or later…

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An interesting article on the only existing perfume museum in the world: the Osmothèque of Versailles.
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2020 . 07 . 14 selected by Editorial Board

Trends

Beauty

Why C-Beauty Has Become More Popular After COVID-19

One of the phenomena that has had the greatest success and followed during the pandemic is certainly the beauty “branded” China. In fact, since Covid-19 has incited patriotic and nationalist sentiments all over the world, the trend towards patriotic spending and "Chinese buy" has exponentially increased, heavily influencing the beauty market. One could think of this phenomenon as a trend, something transient and transitory, but aesthetic shifts and the strengthening of the digitization of the retail market in the last few months will allow the C-beauty to remain on the crest for a long time making this sector still more complicated for foreign realities.

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An article explaining why C-beauty became so popular and successful during the pandemic.

2020 . 07 . 14 selected by Editorial Board

Retail

Marketing

Trends

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A Veteran Buyer On How Indie Beauty Brands Can Win Over Retailers Challenged By The Pandemic

In this article, six tips are listed and analyzed in detail to ensure that indie beauty brands can be more successful and have a greater impact on the retail level: being always present and active on social media, creating unique content, giving life or participating in large digital events, focus first on e-commerce, avoid massive discount policies and create exclusive products.

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An article that explains what actions must be taken by indie beauty brands to give support to retailers tested by the pandemic.
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2020 . 07 . 14 selected by Editorial Board

People

Perfume

Givaudan Evaluator Interview – “A Very Sacred Bond” Paula Cantuaria

The main role of the evaluator is to act as the go-between. On one side the nose and on the other side the client (ie the Brands). He/her challenges the perfumer to meet the brief provided by the client, driving his work in order to ensure that fragrance will fit with the brand brief and consumers target.

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Understanding the unknown work of the evaluator (2nd part)

2020 . 07 . 10 written by Karen Marin

Trends

Marketing

Retail

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THE BEAUTY INSIDER: The rise of small brands and how it happened

Beauty is big business. Globally, the cosmetics product market was valued at $532 billion in 2017 and is expected to grow to over $800 billion by 2023. Of course, this is a comprehensive number including everything from hair care to oral care as well as color cosmetics, skincare and fragrances, with sales made everywhere from mass to class distribution.

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2020 . 07 . 07 selected by Editorial Board

R&D

Trends

Perfume

IFF Partners with SleepScore Labs for Products Capable of Improving Sleep

The collaboration between IFF and SleepScore Labs has led to a series of studies aimed at creating products that promote a good night's sleep. For example, a spray was created to be sprayed on the pillow to facilitate sleep and ensure its better quality: the results showed that the scent has actually brought great benefits to healthy sleepers. In fact, study participants spent an average of 26% less time awake at night after falling asleep.

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An healthy example of partnerships between companies to ensure better sleep and health for consumers.

2020 . 07 . 07 selected by Editorial Board

Ingredients

Trends

Regulatory

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Generational Divide Over CBD Products

The huge interest toward CBD products are not the same for Baby Boomers (age 56-74), Gen X (age 40-55) and Millennials. Learning about different consumers’ behaviour will be more and more important to support the inevitable growth of this business in pain management, mental and general health, food/beverage but also in wellness and beauty.

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The different but positive approach of three different generations regarding products that contain CBD