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

2020 . 09 . 29 selected by Editorial Board

Ingredients

Trends

Retail

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Johnson & Johnson removes skin whitening products from retail

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.

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A position taken by the giant Johnson & Johnson

2020 . 09 . 25 written by Karen Marin

Education

Perfume

Events

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THE NEW DYNAMIC IN TRAINING

As most countries emerge from lockdown, and stores reopen, salespeople are thrust into an environment that is vaguely familiar yet possibly changed forever. What they need now to perform at their best has changed from what it was pre-pandemic. Trainers are also called upon to provide more than product knowledge and coaching on selling skills. This new reality is a worldwide phenomenon that has led to a growing need for emotional connections and psychological support, both from trainer to salesperson and from salesperson to customer. For this article, I have interviewed three individuals from different continents in order to present a semi-global perspective onto the subject of training and how it is being managed today.

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2020 . 09 . 22 selected by Editorial Board

Perfume

Fragrance lovers

Ingredients

How to Satisfy Wanderlust with Perfumes

Perfumes have the great power to arouse emotions by evoking memories and fragments of life and allowing us to relive them by smelling a specific fragrance. There are scents that remind us of a precise moment in our life, others that remind us of a specific place and still others that we eagerly search for in order to make imaginary journeys. These are, for example, those perfumes which, thanks to a specific note or ingredient, remind us of a particular country ...

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A perfume is a ticket for a journey through memories.

2020 . 09 . 22 selected by Editorial Board

Retail

Marketing

Trends

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Great News for industry: Christmas beauty spend to stick in 2020, finds survey

According to an international marketing survey, signs bode well for Christmas shopping of beauty and personal care products.

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A message of hope for Christmas sales.
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 . 09 . 22 selected by Editorial Board

Events

Fragrance lovers

Perfume

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SFP Announces International Perfumer-Creator Award 2021 Theme

Calling all creatives, the French Society of Perfumers has opened submissions for their 2021 award with a theme devoted to Ylang Ylang.

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The challenges are open: the prize will go to those who will be able to give the best possible appearance to an equally magnificent flower, the Ylang Ylang.

2020 . 09 . 22 selected by Editorial Board

Education

Trends

Perfume

Firmenich Fine Fragrance Launches Re|Generation

Firmenich is launching a new website entitled Re|Generation for global collaboration on the challenges that face us all.

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What's the future of fragrance? What are the new ideas, the new solutions and new innovations that will pull the industry forward?
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2020 . 09 . 22 selected by Editorial Board

People

Perfume

Marketing

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Fragrance Parley for Perfumers

One of the leading experts in the sector in Nigeria, Seinde Olusola, has decided to spread his knowledge by opening a studio in which visitors can make their own cognitive and immersive experience with the aim of making consumers aware of their choices about what to buy and what not to buy.

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A look inside the Mr. Seinde's experience center in Nigeria.

2020 . 09 . 18 written by Karen Marin

People

Perfume

Fragrance lovers

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MyScentJourney: building the bridge between brands, users and influencers in everyday language

A childhood fascination with the way things smell has led Eduardo Garcia de Alba to pursue his passion for fragrance outside of his day job as an industrial engineer. Eduardo, who is based in Mexico City, started chronicling his personal collection of over 400 fragrances as a hobby on Instagram until he discovered that a community of like-minded people existed. This discovery led to the creation of MYSCENTJOURNEY, a new concept destined to build an active and international fragrance community and to help brands to get to know their consumers all over the world. Already active on several social networks, MYSCENTJOURNEY is a multi-phase development that is sure to breathe new dynamism into the fragrance universe. Meet the visionary founder behind this innovative project who kindly granted me a Zoom interview.

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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 . 09 . 15 selected by Editorial Board

Marketing

Trends

Retail

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LVMH H1 2020 Perfume & Cosmetic Sales Drop

Even large companies and large groups have been economically affected by the lockdown and the consequences of the pandemic. However, they are also the first to often be able to recover and get out of the crisis and, precisely for this reason, they could be studied to understand how to better move in the near future.

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In this time of worldwide pandemic, it is somewhat comforting to see that large groups are also suffering and are hopeful for a recovery in the second half of the year.

2020 . 09 . 15 selected by Editorial Board

Noses

Ingredients

Perfume

Francis Kurkdjian, Hitting the Right Notes

Let's discover the professional and personal life, affections, experiences and talent of the French-Armenian perfumer, winner of the Prix François Coty in 2001, Francis Kurkdjian.

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An interesting interview with the nose Francis Kurkdjian.