If a product is moisturizing it means that an ingredient is a humectant, while “moisturizer” means that an ingredient is occlusive. If your skin is dry, it means that it is low in oil and therefore needs to be treated with a moisturizer; if it is dehydrated, and therefore low in water, it needs a moisturizer.

This article summarizes nine mistakes that cause our skin to age prematurely and not be as healthy as it should and could: not sun protection, smoking, not removing makeup correctly, drinking little water, not using a moisturizer, eating unhealthy and gain weight or lose weight quickly, use incorrect cosmetic application procedures, and use unsafe natural products.

We read, through the words of the independent perfumer Sherri Sebastian, how her work has changed, for the better, due to the isolation due to Covid-19.

The challenges to be faced in order to make the world of cosmetics greener, more sustainable, environmentally friendly and transparent

The pyramidal structure of a fragrance is a simple, clear and intuitive method to explain the composition of a perfume and the arrangement of its raw materials. However, it should not be understood as something strictly binding and limiting: a perfume is much more than the mathematical sum of its components.

By olfactory marketing we mean the practice of associating a brand and its representative place or physical stores or a particular environment with a new perfume that is its unequivocal olfactory signature. It is a sometimes onerous choice but fundamental for the positive results it can cause in terms of engagement, conversions, customer loyalty ...

Finding your own olfactory signature is difficult and takes time. It must satisfy us fully, represent our personality, be unique and create an harmonious whole with our person. Let's read the point of view of Emma J Leah, Master Perfumer at independent Gold Coast perfume house Fleurage

Photography is able to arouse thoughts, emotions, memories, desires; in the same way, a perfume can make us travel to exotic lands, bring to mind loved places and people or make us come into close contact with our interiority. What's better than combining a fragrance with photographs? Society of Scent has selected five fragrances from its SO SCENT collection to combine them with photo books by Damiani editore.

Due to the recent racist events that have sparked a strong wave of protests and indignation, some important brands have decided to take concrete action to avoid causing further dissension: Johnson & Johnson, for example, has decided to remove from the market those products that were going to change the complexion of the skin by whitening it.