Miss Dior’s Exhibit in Shanghai Opens At Fosun Foundation
The latest installment of the Miss Dior exhibition has landed at Shanghai’s Fosun Foundation, coinciding with the launch of the new Miss Dior Essence scent in the Chinese market.…
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Balenciaga Launches Perfume Collection and Fragrance Store
PARIS — Balenciaga is delving deep back into fragrance with the launch of a high perfume collection and a boutique to house it. This marks the first scent-related project for the brand…
How Dior Sauvage Remains the Bestselling Scent Overall
PARIS — In the ever more competitive fragrance industry jungle, Dior Sauvage men’s scent ranks first among all fragrances — masculine and feminine combined — 10 years after its launch. It…
Timothy Han Returns With Imprint, a Fragrance Collection Inspired by Cult Classic Books
LONDON— What does literature smell like? There are probably as many answers as there are books, and the perfumer Timothy Han has a few of his own. Han is making a comeback with a…
The Fragrance Foundation to Honor Chairman Jerry Vittoria
The Fragrance Foundation has looked within its own ranks for its 2025 Circle of Champions honoree. Receiving the award will be Jerry Vittoria, the organization’s chairman, who is the…
EXCLUSIVE: New CEO Is Poised for Parfums de Marly, Initio Parfums Privés
PARIS — There’s a changing of the guard at the top of niche fragrance brands Parfums de Marly and Initio Parfums Privés. Julien Sausset — who has served as their chief executive officer…
Bottega Veneta’s Fragrances Launch at Bergdorf Goodman
Bottega Veneta’s beauty business has its first retail partnership. The range of fragrances, which launched in 2024 after Kering created its beauty division in early 2023, has launched with…
Phlur's New Cherry Stem Perfume Smells Like a Sultry Cocktail—Here's Why It's My #1 Fall Fragrance
Phlur is one of my all-time favorite fragrance brands. I love its minimalist aesthetic. I love its emphasis on storytelling through scent. Most of all, I love the products themselves—the…
The Smell of Summer Sex Is Still Lingering in London
HEATING UP: Summer might be winding down, but the smell of sex is still lingering around in London and that’s partly because of Yasmin Sewell’s new scents from her brand Vyrao. She took…
Studio 54 Gets a Revival From Valentino Beauty
Who said disco was dead? Certainly not Valentino Beauty, who is bringing back Studio 54 for the night of Sept. 10. It marks the brand’s 2025 Born in Roma Rendez-Vous Ivory Collection…
EXCLUSIVE: Tilda Swinton Fronts Tom Ford Black Orchid Reserve Campaign
Fresh from tapping Angelina Jolie for Runway Lip Color, Tom Ford Beauty is continuing to add star power to its campaigns. The beauty brand, owned by The Estée Lauder Cos., is partnering…
Fragrance and Style Experts Explain the Scent Behind One of Taylor Swift's Preferred Perfumes
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, WWD may receive an affiliate commission. Bold lipstick, blond bangs, black eyeliner — Taylor…
Fashion Dives Deeper Into Beauty Boom Amid Economic Pressures
Fashion meets beauty — again. As concerns over the state of the global economy continue to rise and companies see profits squeezed, in part because of tariffs, fashion and traditional…
Coty Shares Drop as Much as 17 Percent After Wider-than-expected Q4 Loss
After closing down just 0.5 percent at $4.86, Coty’s stock price dropped more than 17 percent in after-hours trading Wednesday after a greater profit loss in its fourth quarter than Wall…
Beauty Sales for the First Half Hit $50.6 Billion in the U.S.
Beauty is showing resilience to broader macroeconomic headwinds, Circana data from the first half of 2025 shows. In the U.S., the prestige beauty market grew by 2 percent to $16 billion in…
Chanel Launches Bleu de Chanel L’Exclusif In China With Music-themed Pop-up
To celebrate the launch of its new Bleu de Chanel L’Exclusif scent in China, Chanel has unveiled a pop-up at Shanghai‘s Hengfu Historical Area. Located within the Hengshan 8 Hub, the space…
Celebrity Hairstylist Kahh Spence Is Launching a Unisex Fragrance Brand
The ever-hot niche fragrance game has a new player. Longtime celebrity hairstylist Kahh Spence, known for working with artists including Kelly Rowland, Cardi B, Kehlani and others, is…
The Martones: The First Family of Made-in-Italy Fragrances
LODI, Italy — It’s not every day you see an amusement park-style train running around a factory. But one of the two colorful vehicles roaming the site of fragrance manufacturer ICR…
Amouage Unveils New Fragrance, Opus XVI Timber, and Shares Retail Expansion Plans
Omani luxury perfume house Amouage continues its artistic momentum by adding another chapter to its acclaimed Library Collection with Opus XVI Timber, a woody tribute to the profound…
Brett Johnson Debuts First Fragrances with a French Touch
MILAN — Brett Johnson is getting into the fragrance business with a three-scent range developed in-house with a little help from Grasse, France-based perfumer Claudine Roublot. The…
Alison Hahn, Sephora’s Head of Makeup and Fragrance, to Retire
A mastermind of some of Sephora‘s key categories is set to retire. Alison Hahn, Sephora’s Stateside senior vice president of merchandising for makeup, fragrance and Sephora at Kohl’s, will…
EXCLUSIVE: Selena Gomez Opens Up About Launching Rare Beauty’s First Fragrance, and What It Means to Her
With the debut of its first fragrance, Rare Beauty enters a new chapter. For founder Selena Gomez, it’s personal. “Some of my best memories were when I was creating this, in our little…
Jean Kerléo, Former Jean Patou Perfumer and Osmothèque Cofounder, Dies at 93
PARIS — Perfumer Jean Kerléo, who served as Jean Patou’s in-house perfumer for more than three decades and cofounded of the Osmothèque world scent archive, has died at the age of 93. His…
EXCLUSIVE: Troye Sivan’s Fragrance Brand to Launch at Nordstrom
Troye Sivan‘s fragrance brand has its first U.S. retail partner. Tsu Lange Yor, the brand founded by Troye Sivan and his brother, Steele Mellet, has inked its first retail deal, with…