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Sephora's 2025 Accelerate Incubator Program Announces Cohorts

All 2025 Accelerate participants applied to the program in Fall 2024. Eligible applicants were required to be at least 18 years old, have a North American-incorporated company, and be in the early stages of development.

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Top 25 Beauty Brands in Influencer Marketing

According to Traackr, a provider of influencer marketing software, the below 25 beauty brands in the United States, United Kingdom, and France are paving the way in influencer marketing.

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Spate Predicts Top 10 Skin Care Trends of 2025

In its 2025 Beauty Trends Report, Spate predicted all of the trends it sees in beauty based on growing online searches. The beauty trends were organized into skin care, hair, makeup, bath/body and fragrance categories.

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Top 5 Fragrance Headlines of November 2024

Learn more about what readers loved most this past month.

The company, known for hair care, skin care and personal fragrance, will use this expansion to support the growing demand of its customer base, including brands in North America, Europe and Asia.

Bright Innovation Labs Announces Expansion in Arizona Facility

The company, known for hair care, skin care and personal fragrance, will use the expansion to support the growing demand of its customer base, including brands in North America, Europe and Asia.

Guerlain partners with Aptar Beauty for its L'Art & La Matière collection, featuring innovative Sensea fragrance pumps and GSA dispensing systems.

Guerlain Taps Aptar Pumps for L'Art & La Matière: Luxury Meets Sustainability

Guerlain partners with Aptar Beauty for its L'Art & La Matière collection, featuring innovative Sensea fragrance pumps and GSA dispensing systems.

VIOLETTE_FR, known for products like Boum-Boum Milk, has raised Series B funding led by Silas Capital.

Violette_FR Secures Series B Funding to Fuel Global Expansion

Violette_FR, known for products like Boum-Boum Milk, has raised Series B funding led by Silas Capital. This investment will fuel global expansion and drive the brand's next phase of growth, per the brand.

In-cosmetics Global is set to return to the RAI Amsterdam from April 8-10, 2025.

Science Meets Beauty In Amsterdam: Save The Date For In-cosmetics Global 2025

In-cosmetics Global is set to return to the RAI Amsterdam from April 8-10, 2025.

The Me Espresso Eau de Parfum includes top notes of espresso, cappuccino, and cocoa powder.

Sabrina Carpenter Announces Launch of Me Espresso Eau de Parfum

This launch marks Carpenter’s fourth fragrance with Scent Beauty.

New stores drove growth at Ulta Beauty amid stiff competition from other retail channels.

Fragrance & Body Skin Care Drives Ulta Beauty Q3, 9-month 2024 Sales

“The Ulta Beauty team delivered better-than-expected sales and profitability reflecting improved sales trends and strong financial discipline," says Dave Kimbell, chief executive officer.

Skin care luxury giftsets were the most purchased beauty giftsets in October 2024, generating £31.7 million in the United Kingdom.

Beauty and Fragrance Gifts Shine Bright for the 2024 Holiday Season

For the month of October, sales of prestige beauty gift sets in the United Kingdom were up by 5% compared to last year, bringing in £55.3 million for U.K.-based retailers.

From left: Jean Holtzmann, chief brands officer, prestige, Coty, and Michele Molon, chief commercial officer, Swarovski.

Coty Launching Swarovski 'Pop Luxury' Fragrances in 2026

Coty's latest results were boosted by growth in fragrances across the pricing spectrum (prestige scents up 9% like-for-like).

Pantone17-1230 Mocha Mousse is said to honor and embrace the sustenance and authenticity of our physical environment, finding harmony and balance between the demands of modernity and the timeless beauty of artful creation.

Pantone Announces Scent Collab with Pura to Debut 2025 Color of The Year, Mocha Mousse

P&F+ connects with chief fragrance officer Mara Dumski to discuss the partnership and the inspiration behind the scent's formulation.

Naama Eylon, CEO of Sharon PC, says, 'I see very positive outcomes as we enter into this new partnership. Our combined manufacturing and distribution footprints across India, Europe, Asia and United States will offer a robust supply chain.'

Eternis Expands Into Beauty with Sharon Personal Care Acquisition

"As we step into 2025, I speak on behalf of the team at Eternis in expressing my excitement with this significant milestone of successfully completing another overseas acquisition in our growth journey," says Rajen Mariwala, managing director of Eternis.

The Sephora effect hasn't been fully positive, however. In a strange twist, Kohl's 'fine jewelry business was largely displaced' by Sephora shop-in-shops, leading to 'persistent headwind to our sales performance for many periods,' the CEO explained.

Sephora at Kohl's Boosts Q3 2024 Beauty Sales by 15%

Highlights included fragrance, bath and body, and skin care, particularly brands such as "YSL, Laneige and Sephora Collection," per the executive.

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Lorne Lucree Joins Beauty Accelerate 2025 Lineup to Take on Beauty's Innovation Slump

Lorne Lucree, founder of Quiet Coyote, is bringing his experience in combining strong brand marketing acumen, creativity, constant curiosity to the BA2025 conference with his session: Innovation that Screams.

Across both prestige and mass outlets, the holiday season remains of particular importance to the fragrance category, with the fourth quarter representing over 40% of annual sales within each channel.

What’s in Store for Fragrances this Holiday Season?

Circana releases its annual U.S. Holiday Shopping Intentions Report, which gives key insights into fragrance trends for the holidays.

Unilever is investing €100 million to build in-house, digitally enabled fragrance design and creation capabilities.

Why Unilever is Building an In-house Fragrance House

The company is planning to recruit expert perfumers in the United Kingdom, United States, and India to work across the global portfolio of brands.