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

2020 . 12 . 01 selected by Editorial Board

Trends

Marketing

Beauty

Asian countries and their obsession with white skin!

Unfortunately, black people tend to use whitening products that can make their skin clearer and brighter. This is due to a totally wrong concept that is instilled in them from a young age that having white and radiant skin is synonymous with beauty, acceptance, success. This hammering concept has led to drastic and catastrophic consequences not only on an ethical, ethnic and cultural level; it has also led many people to resort to harmful products and cosmetic interventions that have led to serious consequences and, in some cases, even death ...

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An article that makes us reflect on the incredible backwardness of a world still broken by useless and horrendous stereotypes.

2020 . 12 . 01 selected by Editorial Board

Fragrance lovers

Noses

Perfume

ÇaFleureBon Notes from The Lab: Make it Happy on Top (unofficial perfumery descriptors and dialects) +Provision Scents Resonance Draw

Perfume is a universal language: perfumes, smells, are able to communicate with anyone and to anyone, arousing emotions, memories, sensations in each of us. This emotional bond is fundamental and must never be put aside to favor a more technical, cold and scientific language. It will then be up to the noses to translate the emotions and stories of the clients into chemical formulas and technical language to give life to a magnificent creation.

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An article on the importance of "olfactory language" in describing and conceiving a perfume.

2020 . 12 . 01 selected by Editorial Board

Fragrance lovers

Perfume

If Your Perfume Doesn’t Last — a few solutions

Some perfumes are less persistent than others, first of all the colognes and especially those with citrus notes on the head. In other cases we are surprised when people make comments about our scent that we no longer perceive because we are now addicted to it; or again, there may be cases in which we are unable, due to a permanent or temporary “defect” to perceive a particular odor. For each of these cases there is a solution ...

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An article that clarifies why some perfumes last or seem to last a short time.

2020 . 12 . 01 selected by Editorial Board

Regulatory

Perfume

Beauty

Fragrance Creators CEO Issues Statement on Cosmetic Fragrance and Flavor Ingredient Right to Know Act

A comment on a law aimed at total transparency in the declaration of ingredients and components of products to allow consumers a total and complete awareness of what they use

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An update on one of the hot topics in our industry.
Essencional - The Paper
Have you ever asked yourself what’s behind the world of artistic perfumery? We have collected numbers, conversations, and trends of a world that has always been fascinating and inspiring.

2020 . 11 . 27 written by Karen Marin

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People

Fragrance lovers

+1

WAKE UP YOUR NOSE AND COLOR YOUR WORLD WITH CRA-YON

Inspired by the abstract, and the idea of using scent as a tool to express yourself, husband and wife team Niclas and Christine Lydeen bring us CRA-YON, a collection of fragrances that are destined to color your world. By stripping away superfluous elements such as fancy packaging and celebrity spokespeople, the consumer is uninhibited to discover the scents and the feelings they evoke. The couple drew upon their rich experiences from meeting people around the world and interacting with different cultures to approach fragrance in a fresh way. Fragrance becomes an invisible wardrobe that empowers the individual to be the hero in his own life. I caught up with Niclas, who is based in Sweden, by Zoom to find out more.

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2020 . 11 . 24 selected by Editorial Board

Perfume

Marketing

Retail

China's Emerging Perfume Industry

Interest in artistic perfumery brands is growing in China. In fact, more and more e-commerce companies sell and promote these products and sales increase exponentially (just think of the incredible success of Jo Malone and Byredo).

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Cross border ecommerce in China is a growing opportunity for niche fragrance brands.
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2020 . 11 . 24 selected by Editorial Board

Beauty

Trends

People

+2

'How could you discontinue that?': When Gen Z tussles with beauty's old guard

Thanks to the power of social networks and the innate inclination of Generation Z to express their point of view through these tools, some discontinued products from different brands have been put back on sale or have given birth to new collections of products from the past.

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An interesting article on the phenomenon of discontinued products.

2020 . 11 . 24 selected by Editorial Board

Beauty

Ingredients

Trends

WHAT IS BLUE BEAUTY?

An article that summarizes an episode of a podcast in which, thanks to a testimony interview, they try to clarify the new trend of blue beauty, defined as "sustainable beauty with benefits".

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An article that explains what is meant by Blue Beauty
Essencional - The Paper
Have you ever asked yourself what’s behind the world of artistic perfumery? We have collected numbers, conversations, and trends of a world that has always been fascinating and inspiring.

2020 . 11 . 24 selected by Editorial Board

Trends

People

Marketing

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A Queer History of Fashion and Fragrance Part 5: Six Vanguard Voices Making It Personal

Perfumes have always been categorized into genres: male, female and unisex. Then the trend of genderless perfumes was born, “gender fluid”. In this article we see the views of some fragrance creators or owners of brands who are homosexual.

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An unprecedented and personal interview with six personalities from the world of fashion and fragrances.

2020 . 11 . 24 selected by Editorial Board

Sustainability

Ingredients

Trends

+1

Slow Beauty Might Save The Planet…Here’s What You Need To Know

This article introduces us to slow beauty, a trend whose motto is "less is best" ...

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Another trend in the world of beauty: slow beauty