EXCLUSIVE: James Pecis’ Clean Hair Care Brand Grows
PARIS — Celebrity hairstylist James Pecis’ clean hair care brand Blu & Green is expanding, with the launch of Daily Shampoo and Conditioner Concentrates. He and his wife Kimberley Norcott…
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Natura to Sell Avon CARD, Explores Options for Avon International
PARIS — Natura Cosméticos has entered into a binding agreement with Grupo PDC, a consumer goods company, to sell the Avon business located in Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, El…
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…
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…
Petit Bateau Readies to Change Hands
PARIS – Groupe Rocher said investment firm Regent is the preferred prospective acquirer of Petit Bateau, the children’s fashion brand. Groupe Rocher presented the acquisition plan on…
The 2025 Most Powerful Beauty Brands
WWD Beauty Inc took a variety of sources into account to compile the 2025 Power Brands list, including our own reporting. For the 2025 iteration of this franchise, we also asked featured…
Gisou Names Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Global Brand Ambassador
Gisou has named Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as its first global brand ambassador. “You really have to find the right match, and we have found that in Rosie,” said Negin Mirsalehi, founder of…
EXCLUSIVE: Miu Miu Beauty Writes a New Chapter With Miutine, Fronted by Emma Corrin
PARIS — Miu Miu is out to coin a new word with Miutine, its new feminine fragrance fronted by English actor Emma Corrin. The eau de parfum meant to channel the brand’s irreverent,…
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…
Dyson Launches Omega, First Hair Care Range With ‘Homegrown’ Ingredient
LONDON — James Dyson, a master of invention and reinvention, on Tuesday unveiled Omega, a new hair care range that, for the first time, marries his passion for farming with beauty. It’s no…
EXCLUSIVE: Dior Reveals Its First Permanent U.S. Spa in New York Flagship
Dior is poised to debut in New York its first permanent spa in the United States inside the brand’s renovated flagship opening on Wednesday. The spa, like the rest of the store located on…
Goodifferent Wants to Be a Salon Where Black Women Meet for More Than Just Hair
LONDON — Writer and editor Funmi Fetto has been obsessed with hair since the age of 5, when she once tried to wash her hair with fabric conditioner. She’s now bringing a lifelong dream to…
Interparfums SA Stock Hit After Full-year Estimate Adjustment
PARIS – Interparfums SA stock took a hit Thursday, after the fragrance maker said its full-year sales target should return to the lower end of the initial estimate, due to the appreciation…
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…
Longchamp Signs Fragrance License With Interparfums SA
PARIS – Lonchamp and Interparfums SA have signed a fragrance license that will run through Dec. 31, 2036. Under the agreement, Interparfums SA is to create, develop, produce and distribute…
Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella Names Ludivine Pont CEO
MILAN – Ludivine Pont has been named chief executive officer of Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella, effective Sept. 1. She has been chief marketing officer of Balenciaga…
Typebea Is Scaling Its Hair Care Range and Business
LONDON — The hair care brand Typebea, cofounded by Australian entrepreneur Anna Lahey and musician Rita Ora, recently celebrated its anniversary. The brand already has more than six…
EcoBeautyScore Launches in Europe as Consumers Demand More Transparency
PARIS – L’Oréal Paris, Neutrogena, Nivea Q10 and Eucerin – from L’Oréal, Kenvue and Beiersdorf – are among brands starting to us the EcoBeautyScore online in some European markets, in the…
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Puig, Home of Creativity’ Book Celebrates the Company’s 110-Plus Years
PARIS – Puig is celebrating its more than 110 years of existence with a new book, called “Puig, Home of Creativity.” The 148-page tome published by Rizzoli will be sold in select…
Couture Beauty Hits the Ground Running
Dramatic beauty looks spilled off the runways and on to the streets of Paris this week, as the fall 2025 couture season got underway. It was not only models sporting hair and makeup that…
EXCLUSIVE: Jimmy Fairly Cofounder Launches Beauty Brand Firn
PARIS — What might the Jimmy Fairly of beauty be like? It is Firn, the brainchild of Sacha Bostoni, who cofounded that pioneering eyewear brand 14 years ago. “It’s product first, a good…
Givaudan to Acquire Brazilian Fragrance Supplier Vollmens
PARIS – Givaudan is acquiring a majority stake in Vollmens Fragrance Ltdas, a supplier based in Brazil. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. However, Givaudan, a Swiss fragrance…