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Left to right, Lorena Corbacho (business development director), Emma Gila (marketing manager), Paula Mateo (business development manager), and Fernando Hernández (sales manager)

PR Mixer & Pack Highlights Manufacturing Capabilities for Western Asia

Mixer & Pack offers a total service in the creation of perfumery for fashion brands, third party brands, private label, distribution brands, make-up, third party, private label or private brand.

Just as the company did with flavor before it with its Generative AI Flavor Formulator, the new fragrance variant is claimed to offer a speedy alternative to conventional R&D/product development, which is founded on iterative processes.

PerfumeGPT? NotCo's Generative AI Fragrance Formulator Wants to Disrupt Scent

The Generative AI Fragrance Formulator is capable of creating "unique scents that consumers have never encountered before," NotCo claims.

L to R: Timothy Kenny, President Cosmetic Ingredients, Montserrat Delor, Sales Director Spain & Portugal, Karim LISI, Vice President Sales Fragrances & Oral Care, Southern Europe, Ricardo Omori, Global President Fragrance Division, all Symrise.

Symrise Debuts Scent & Care Office in Barcelona

The 600-square-meter space is designed to reflect Symrise and the unique style of Barcelona, paired with natural elements such as wood, stone and earthy tones.

Twenty-one percent of girls and 12% of boys expressed interest in beauty/personal care before they were 7 years old. While this may seem shocking compared to past generations, it shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Gen Z’s & Alpha’s Parents Tell All on their Kids’ Beauty Obsessions

A new survey delves into the early onset of product interest, the role of social media, parents’ expectations and more.

Coty's La Maison Orveda Spa & Boutique Highlights the Intersection of Luxury & Science-forward Beauty

With the launch of La Maison Orveda on the Upper East Side, the brand will highlight a range of products featuring "cutting-edge science" and "gentle formulas" that work “with your skin, not against it."

Under the new research project, the Estée Lauder Companies seeks to decode the neurological connections between fragrance and emotion to drive fragrance product development, packaging innovation, the development of consumer experiences and marketing claims, and more.

The Estée Lauder Companies' New Research Project to Decode the Scent-Emotion Connection

The Estée Lauder Companies seeks to decode the neurological connections between fragrance and emotion to drive fragrance product development, packaging innovation, the development of consumer experiences and marketing claims, and more.

From Gen Alpha to longevity and (p)rejuvenation to elevated efficacy and obsession-worthy packaging, Beauty Accelerate 2025 will deliver insights from beauty's leading R&D, marketing and innovation voices.

Beauty Accelerate 2025: Future-proofing Beauty [Join the Waitlist!]

Returning to the East Coast, 2025's edition will highlight the technologies, trends and strategies propelling the most innovative brands.

According to a May 2024 Exploding Topics Report, “Search volume for ‘sustainable beauty’ is up more than 200% since 2019.” At the same time, clinical beauty has begun to eclipse pure-play “clean” beauty.

Future-forward Sustainable Beauty Ingredients: What's Next?

New innovation is merging performance and eco-friendly credentials to generate consumer-winning claims across categories.

Consumers are testing the limits of beauty innovation like never before, demanding elevated value, efficacy, sustainability and experiences, from product to branding and packaging to marketing and social engagement.

Global Cosmetic Industry Reveals 2025 Beauty Themes

From skin and hair health to emerging technologies and manufacturing trends to the latest packaging and ingredient innovations, 2025's information agenda will equip brands to compete in a dynamic, competitive marketplace.

Need an ingredient supplier? Or a contract manufacturer? Cosmoprof North America has you covered.

16 Brands Coming to Cosmoprof North America | PLUS: Manufacturing & Supplier Partners

In addition to beauty brands, this year's edition will include a wide array of supply chain partners.

'Creating bioidentical ingredients at scale helps preserve global biodiversity and secure responsible ingredient supply chains while continuing to prioritize quality and product performance,' said Debut founder and CEO Joshua Britton, Ph.D.

Debut and L'Oréal Are Developing 12+ Bioidentical, Biobased Substitutions for Conventional Cosmetic Ingredients

"Creating bioidentical ingredients at scale helps preserve global biodiversity and secure responsible ingredient supply chains while continuing to prioritize quality and product performance," said Debut founder and CEO Joshua Britton, Ph.D.

'WPC is renowned as a premier global stage for showcasing innovation and creativity in the industry,' said Daniela Knoop, senior global marketing manager, aroma molecules division. 'Also, it serves as a vital platform for fostering valuable relationships.'

Symrise Debuts Neomagnolan, Frostwood and Ambronova Fragrance Ingredients at the World Perfumery Congress

Its new Neomagnolan material represents a brighter, more transparent evolution of its classic Magnolan ingredient.

Juliette Karagueuzoglou, VP perfumer, IFF, said, “In a segment where bergamot and lemon tend to take center stage, our new grapefruit (pictured) and lime oils offer brands refreshing alternatives, with the same commitment to quality and transparency they expect from LMR.'

IFF's Ylanganate Floral Booster & Mindfully Produced Grapefruit and Persian Lime Oils to Debut at the 2024 World Perfumery Congress

Ana Paula Mendonça, president, scent, IFF, said, “Ylanganate, grapefruit and Persian lime oils exemplify mindful fragrance design that brings together the best of nature and cutting-edge science."

Current scientific literature points to “growing evidence that cellular senescence may be an essential mechanism that drives organismal aging,” including in the skin, leading to common issues such as “wrinkling, sagging, dryness or age spots.”

Beauty’s War on Senescence: Ingredient Trend Tracker

Regenerative technologies that clear the skin of zombie cells are reshaping beauty claims possibilities. PLUS: in-cosmetics Global 2024 ingredient highlights.

Givaudan Active Beauty's Illuminyl 388 is an augmented green tea polyphenol (EGCG; epigallocatechin gallate) prebiotic skin brightening active with universal efficacy against skin pigmentation for all skin types.

Skin Pigmentation 2.0: May 2024 Beauty Trend Tracker

With hyperpigmentation concerns on the rise, ingredient suppliers have launched technologies to address issues related to acne, psoriasis and more.

From calming scents to invigorating fragrance notes, mood- and emotion-forward design is winning over beauty's youngest shoppers.

Fragrance’s Moody Moment

Gen Z and Generation Alpha view scent through an emotional well-being lens; here’s what that means for the category.

The range's functional and biodegradable plant extracts, which are 100% natural in line with ISO 16128, are sustainably sourced from Madagascar, France and Bulgaria, per Symrise.

Symrise Launches Neurocosmetic-inspired Flowerconcentrole for Mood-enhancing Skin Care

Developed using Symrise’s Actimood technology ("a scientifically proven mood-activating scent design," per the company), Flowerconcentrole's neurocosmetic benefits leverage plant extracts to stimulate positive emotions.

A new report from Kline argues that the application of emollients and moisturizers, delivery systems, fragrances and essential oils, texture modifiers, and exfoliants can boost sensorial experiences to elevate everyday products and create “indulgent rituals that engage the senses” and emotions while also differentiating products in a crowded and dupe-riddled beauty market.

Clinical Eclipses Clean: Ingredient Trend Tracker

Efficacy, expert-backed claims and third-party certifications are the keys to beauty shopper engagement in 2024.