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Estée Lauder innovates home fragrance with smart technology partnership

Estée Lauder Companies, the beauty giant behind brands like Le Labo and Jo Malone London, is transforming the home fragrance market with an innovat...

Beauty : Technology : Design

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The Space: Liberty's Fragrance Lounge

On 15 March 2024, luxury department store Liberty opened The Fragrance Lounge, its new innovative space redefining how scents are discovered a...

Beauty : Retail : Fragrance

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Scents of Ancient Egypt exhibition brings history to life with VR experiences

The Egyptian Museum in Tahrir has unveiled a captivating new exhibition, Scents of Ancient Egypt Through the Ages.

Beauty : Travel : Hospitality

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Merit and Completedworks unite for sculptural jewellery line

Merit and Completedworks have unveiled their limited-edition jewellery collection to complement Merit’s debut fragrance, Retrospect.

Fashion : Luxury : Beauty

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The Rolling Stones debuts a fragrance that captures the spirit of a cultural revolution

In an unexpected yet fitting evolution of their iconic brand, The Rolling Stones has launched its first fine fragrance.

Beauty : Pop-culture & Media : Luxury

Behaviours

Back-to-School Alphas

Gen Alpha are earning ‘aura points’ at the start of the school season thanks to skincare smoothies, smellmaxxing, hiring glam squads and sanitising...

Youth : Culture : Gen Alpha

Micro Trends

Scent Retail Futures

Luxury fragrance retail is turning to AI and immersive experiences to provide bricks-and-mortar customers with curated and personalised scent disco...

Perfume : Fragrance : Retail

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Foresight Friday: Seyi Oduwole, foresight analyst

Every Friday, The Future Laboratory team offers an end-of-week wrap-up of the topics, issues, ideas and virals we’re all talking about. This week, ...

Foresight : Australia : France

Micro Trends

Eau de Climate Change

As more flora and fauna become extinct every year, perfume innovators are becoming activists by attempting to encapsulate the authentic smell of Mo...

Beauty : Fragrance : Sustainability

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Lush opens The Perfume Library in London

Lush launched its Perfume Library in London in July 2024, inviting visitors to sit down with Lush’s fragrance experts for personalised consult...

Perfume : Retail : Beauty

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Nissan unveils fragrance to power up Shanghai E-Prix drivers

Nissan has ventured beyond automobiles, launching a unique perfume named Smell My Dust aimed at enhancing its drivers' performance at the inaugural...

Mobility : Fragrance : Design

Big Ideas

FT Business of Luxury Summit 2024: The Luxury Hourglass

The luxury industry's most prominent brands, experts and trendsetters gathered in Venice to distill what's next for the Chinese consumer, the fragr...

Luxury : Fragrance : Chinese HNWI

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Charlotte Tilbury Beauty’s Future of Fragrance Experience opens in East London

StudioXAG has teamed up with Charlotte Tilbury to launch the Future of Fragrance Experience, an immersive pop-up event showcasing the brand's new ...

Beauty : Retail : Fragrance

Markets

Saudi Arabia: Luxury Beauty & Wellness

Our latest report explores Saudi Arabia’s commitment to fostering a health renaissance, with high-end retreats and holistic beauty brands all on th...

Wellness : Beauty : Health

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Bodycare brand Baude delivers clean beauty with a whimsical edge

Baude describes itself as a ‘disobedient beauty brand’. Unlike bodycare cosmetics targeted at specific concerns or skin flaws, Baude stands out wit...

Beauty : Health : Wellness

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The Big Idea: Climate-adapted Beauty

At Dutch Design Week 2023, French foresight and speculative design studio Imprudence unveiled a futuristic beauty line addressing Anthropocene clim...

Beauty : Wellness : Health

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Shanghai’s Jade Buddha Temple and Boitown collaborate on ‘blessed scent’

Visitors to the Jade Buddha Temple (Yufo Temple) in Shanghai, China, can now take home a bottle of ‘blessed scent’, designed to bring good fortune ...

Scent : Spirituality : Youth

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Vape brand Ripple branches out into incense aromatherapy

Ripple, best known for its botanical and better-for-you vapes, is expanding with the launch of sleek, drop-shaped incense cones.

Scent : Wellness : Youth

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L’Oréal and Cosmo International Fragrances use green sciences for scent extraction

L’Oréal Groupe unveiled an unprecedented partnership with Cosmo International Fragrances in November 2023 by introducing a green sciences-based ext...

Beauty : Technology : Scent

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Bleu Nour adopts a multi-sensory approach to fragrance

A new fragrance studio, Bleu Nour, is revolutionising the perfume industry by turning colours into scents.

Beauty : Health & Wellness : Design

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Future Society’s perfumes revive scents of extinct flowers

Future Society, a pioneering perfume brand, is turning to science and DNA sequencing to recreate the scents of extinct flowers.

Beauty : Heath : Technology

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DS & Durga develops tennis-scented fragrance

Tapping into the ever-growing racquet culture, fragrance brand DS & Durga has introduced a new scent taking inspiration from the tennis courts.

Beauty : Sports : Leisure

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Marc Jacobs converts classic Daisy perfume into capsule format

Marc Jacobs’ iconic Daisy fragrance has been given a makeover. A new compact version encapsulates the perfume in pea-sized drops, offering a travel...

Beauty : Fragrance : Alternative Packaging

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Loewe Parfums introduces itinerant Victorian greenhouse

LVMH-owned brand Loewe recently invited customers to its garden with the Loewe Greenhouse, an itinerant Victorian greenhouse that travelled between...

Luxury : Retail : Beauty

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Luxury book publisher Assouline launches new travel-inspired candle collection

French luxury book publisher Assouline is expanding further into the home with a new interior decor line, beginning with a travel-inspired candle c...

Luxury : Travel & Hospitality : Design