International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), a global creator of flavors and fragrances, recently won the 2011 FiFi Award, the highest honor in the fragrance industry, for Technological Breakthrough of the Year for its encapsulation technology. IFF applied this technology to "Redken Nature’s Rescue Radiant Sea Spray" – Time Touch Hair Fragrance. Nicolas Mirzayantz, Group President, … Read more
Estée Lauder’s Aramis and Designer Fragrances Division will assume the exclusive worldwide license for the fragrance and grooming business of the Ermenegildo Zegna Group, a one-hundred year old, billion-dollar Milan-based men’s luxury clothing and accessory business. The license is effective July 1st 2011. The new license provides the Estée Lauder Companies exclusive global rights to … Read more
The purchase agreement for the acquisition of around 79% of the share capital of Huta Szkla Czechy (HSC) was executed for a total price slightly less than 7 million euro. The purchase has been executed through a bank financing which anyway does not affect the already low financial debt of the Zignago Vetro Group. HSC … Read more
Rhodia invests in its cyclopentanone production unit and confirms its position in the fragrance markets. Cyclopentanone is a key intermediate in the production of methyl di-hydrojasmonate (MDJ) and the source of a jasmine floral note with a fresh lemon scent widely used in fine fragrances. This major investment at the Melle facility is aimed at … Read more
According to beauty market research conducted by the market research company The NPD Group in 2010, total U.S. prestige beauty generated $8.4 billion, an increase of 4 percent in dollars, compared to $8.19 billion in 2009. U.S. 2010 Prestige Beauty* Industry Categories 2010 Dollars % Change 2010 vs. 2009 % Change 2009 vs. 2008 Total … Read more
Coty Prestige has signed an agreement with Nine d’Urso to be the face of Bottega Veneta’s first fragrance for women, to be unveiled in July 2011. Nine d’Urso is the French-Italian daughter of the famous French fashion icon Inès de la Fressange and the late Italian businessman and art merchant Luigi d’Urso. The agreement with … Read more
The thorny subject of sustainable fragrances is the focus of Organic Monitor’s upcoming Natural Cosmetics Masterclass. Taking place in Paris on 2nd March, the Masterclass aims to unravel some of the major technical & formulation issues associated with sustainable fragrances. Although there is considerable interest in sustainable fragrances, Organic Monitor finds the adoption rate remains … Read more
