Category Beauty
Interparfums reports a 5.8% increase in sales in the first half of 2025
Interparfums saw its sales increase by 5.8% in the first half of the year to EUR 446.9 million (USD 525 million), with business remaining ‘solid’ in the United States, but the group could raise its prices again on the American…
LVMH reports 4% drop in first half sales and 22% decline in profit
French luxury group LVMH (Louis Vuitton, Dior, Celine, Moët Hennessy) saw net profit plummet 22 percent in the first half of 2025, the company announced Thursday, June 25, blaming the plunge on an “unsettled economic and geopolitical” backdrop. Cosmetics and…
“Verescence has very high expectations for the years to come”, Thomas Riou
The global leader of luxury bottling just announced one of its furnaces at the historic site in northern France will be modernised and replaced with a new oxy-gas hybrid technology. The project is part of a broad, global decarbonisation and…
Longchamp inks licensing agreement with Interparfums
French leather goods brand Longchamp announced on Tuesday, July 22, the signing of a fragrance licensing agreement with France-based company Interparfums, effective immediately and running through December 31, 2036. “Under this exclusive worldwide agreement, Interparfums will be responsible for the…
Financial results: Fine fragrance drive Givaudan sales in the first half of 2025
Swiss fragrance and flavor company Givaudan reported rising sales for the first half of 2025 on Tuesday, July 22, driven once again by strong performance in fine fragrance and supported by price increases. For the period from January to the…
Beauty industry welcomes “balanced” EU Chemicals Action Plan
The European beauty industry says the European Commission’s EU Chemicals Industry Action Plan will help keep industry innovative and, in fact, improve safety standards not minimise them. On July 8, 2025, the European Commission presented its European Chemicals Industry Action…
Puig sales grow by 7.6% in the first half of 2025
Puig generated EUR 2,299 million in net revenue in H1 2025. This represented +7.6% like-for-like (LFL) growth compared to the same period of 2024 and +5.9% on a reported basis as exchange rates negatively impacted the first half of 2025…
“To innovate in perfumery is to stand out,” Amaury Roquette, dsm-firmenich
With 700 million euros invested in R&D and three to five new fragrance molecules launched each year, whether natural ingredients, synthetic molecules, or biotechnology-derived molecules, dsm-firmenich has made innovation a cornerstone of its strategy. We spoke to Amaury Roquette, President…
Coty debuts new consumer fragrance brand Origen
The U.S. fragrance and cosmetics group has unveiled Origen, a new consumer beauty fragrance brand inspired by scent stories from around the world. The brand launches with five signature scents (Amazonian Water Lily; Yucatan Midnight Amber; Amalfi Love Bloom; Sahara…