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Gabrielle x 3

Posted by Robin on 30 July 2025 3 Comments

Spots for three body products in Chanel Gabrielle: first, the Fragrance Primer, then below the jump, the body cream and the body oil. 

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Dedicated entirely to scent

Posted by Robin on 30 July 2025 2 Comments

Taking advantage of this British beauty boom, Boots is further cementing its reputation as a household name committed to modern evolution with the launch of Boots Fragrance—its first standalone boutique dedicated entirely to scent. Set to open just in time for the holiday season rush in autumn 2025 at Broadgate Central in London, the 2,150-square-foot store will house over 400 luxury and niche fragrances, including more than 20 brands that will be entirely new to the retailer, as well as several UK exclusives.

— Read more in The Scent of a Retail Revolution: Boots Launches Fragrance-First Concept Store at BeautyMatter.

Couture essentials

Posted by Robin on 29 July 2025 5 Comments

From Dior, limited edition cases for your La Collection Privée fragrances.

Decrease

Posted by Robin on 29 July 2025 Leave a Comment

Interparfums, the Paris-based fragrance maker reported Q2 2025 sales of €211.4 million in its second quarter, 3.3% higher than the €209.9 million recorded in the same period last year. Timing of product launches and tariff-generated supply chain disruptions put pressure on US operations, resulting in a 20% decrease from the prior year's period.

— Read more in Interparfums US Performance Down 20% in Q2 at BeautyMatter.

LVMH has reported a decrease in revenues for the first half of 2025. The luxury French conglomerate saw revenues decline 4% to €39.8bn, with profits from recurring operations also decreasing 15% to €9.01bn. LVMH’s Perfumes and Cosmetics division reported revenues of €4.08bn, down 1% for the first six months of the year. Sephora’s performance within the Selective Retailing business group was hailed for strong revenue growth, however, particularly for new store openings globally.

— Read more in LVMH’s downturn in revenues shored up by beauty and Sephora at Cosmetics Business.

A completely new innovation

Posted by Robin on 26 July 2025 6 Comments

These two green elements are present in green leaves and green fruit (like kiwi and bananas)—they provide a spring, burgeoning, sappy, fresh-cut-grass kind of smell. Roudnitska used them to the biggest advantage in this perfume, providing a completely new innovation for a perfume that was already quite innovative because it was very minimalistic in conception. But then the coronation of this beautiful floral harmony was to put this completely new green, very ethereal and powerful dominance to make the fragrance completely new.

— Perfumer Rodrigo Flores-Roux on Edmond Roudnitska's Diorissimo. Read more in The 12 Favorite Fragrances of Famed Perfumers at Harper's Bazaar.

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