The drift into the corporate mainstream by some of the older niche brands always creates the risk of a possible (or rather probable?) dimi...

Hermès has always seemed to me the height of luxury: not just a status symbol to carry around, but a brand organically grown out of that m...

The perfume industry is going through different phases and looking into the developments, what with the mergers, acquisitions, take-overs an...

Named after the famed "faux bourg" rue of Faubourg Saint-Honoré in the 8eme arrondisement in Paris, where the headquarters of the ...

A picture is worth a thousand words. Succumbing to celebrity culture has never been the Guerlain way . Guerlain does not follow th...

After the acquisition of parfums Jean Patou by the company Designer Parfums, a part of the Shaneel Enterprises Group (who took the helm from...

When the times are tough a little pampering goes a long way. But it also proves to be a wise marketing strategy with a purpose. French fashi...

L' Association des Professionnels du Luxe is today debating the question of luxe and premium as pertaining to terms used to communicate ...

Parfums Boucheron , sprung out of the famous jewellers by the same name and until recently in the hands of L’Oréal, will soon join Interparf...

It's no news that Louis Vuitton Moët Hennesy (LVMH) acts as a real-life Pacman, trying to eat all pac dots, i.e. luxe companies, through...

Maison Martin Margiela (MMM) won Le Grand Prix Stratégies du design 2010 on the 6th of October thanks to his new perfume release, Untitled ...

When one of the revered classics gets re-issued, it is cause for celebration. Or disenchantment. It really is a delicate balance. Diorama i...

Technology would get to perfume; it was only a matter of time! Studies had suggested that "particularly among young people, there is no...

Great news for US fans of the Annick Goutal line of pretty and interesting fragrances! After a problematic distribution which resulted in un...

WWD revealed that elegant Japanese department store Takashimaya which occupies more than 37,000 square feet for retail and office space on N...

The news on the discontinuation of some Serge Lutens fragrances we broke on these pages as well as the Guerlain discontinuations we also had...

Nina Ricci, Carolina Herrera, Paco Rabanne, Lowe, Massimo Dutti, and Prada perfume sectors will be joined by Valentino perfumes under the um...