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The room dedicated to No5 – [Thomas du Pré de Saint Maur of Chanel's] personal favourite, he tells us – features Andy Warhol artwork that’s never before been shown to the public, as well as an interactive VR experience where you take on the role of perfumer Ernest Beaux in 1921, presenting Gabrielle Chanel with samples of what became the world’s most iconic perfume.
— Read more in A spectacular new fragrance exhibition, Le Grand Numéro de Chanel, opens in Paris at Harper's Bazaar.
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“We talk a lot about the climate crisis, but it’s not only the climate crisis that’s affecting us – there’s the ecological crisis. We’re in the midst of the sixth mass extinction, losing 200 species every day,” [Michal} Benmayor told attendees.
There had been unprecedented heat waves across the US, Europe and India in recent years, with wild fires causing extensive losses of fauna and flora, she said. And 2022 had been the driest year on record for Europe, with consecutive droughts in Africa and terrible flooding in Pakistan too, all of which was a result of human actions.
— Read more in Ethical fragrances: ‘We’re in the midst of a reinvention of perfumery,’ says Firmenich at Cosmetics Design Europe.
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According to The NPD Group, fragrance sales grew 4 percent from Oct. 4 through Dec. 2.
The increase is due in part to climbing price averages and fewer discounts, as well as consumers opting for higher-priced offerings — a prevailing trend this year.
“Fragrance sales reached new heights following the pandemic, and it’s particularly impressive that the market is maintaining this elevated level rather than softening, which is typically the case after such an unprecedented performance,” Larissa Jensen, beauty industry adviser at NPD, said in a statement.
— Read more in Holiday Shopping Boosts Prestige Fragrance Sales 4 Percent at Women's Wear Daily.
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The year was 1981, and if you couldn’t get your hands on a bottle of Giorgio, were you even there? Reportedly the first perfume to be banned from restaurants because it was so voluminous, tenacious and outrageous, what it lacked in subtlety, it more than made up for in getting its wearers noticed. And that was precisely the point.
— Read more in Why the strong, sexy mega-fragrances of the 80s are back at The Telegraph.
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Christian Louboutin in Loubiworld, with the latest, Loubimar.