There is strong interest among Chinese consumers in premium products and the moves that major brands have made toward digitization. The interest in premium segments is exemplified by the fact that in more than a year, Shiseido has sold 15 masstige brands in order to move toward more prestige and premium business segments. The Japanese giant attributed the growth of its business in China to the growth of its high-end brands, according to its annual financial report for 2021.

German cosmetics brand Barbara Sturm is launching a line of microbiotics dedicated to Generation Z. The products, designed for the 12- to 25-year-old age group, include cleansing balm, a hyaluronic anti-imperfection serum, a face cream and an anti-imperfection treatment, made with innovative new formulations and sustainable packaging. Sturm has always aimed to speak to Generation Z; in fact, during the pandemic, it launched an online skin-care school with weekly classes dedicated to Generation Z and celebrities in that age group (such as Hailey Bieber, Emma Roberts, and Ashley Graham) to teach consumers how to take care of their skin.

In this interview Ilsa Manning, founder of the Ilsa Fragrances brand, explains the 5 things you need to know to be successful as an entrepreneur.

In this interview Trinny Woodall outlines the strategies her direct-to-consumer brand adopts to target women who are no longer young.

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In addition to often having an original proposal, emerging brands have interesting foundation stories and make a shrewd and modern use of digital. According to Fashionista, the definition of indie is not unique: if we asked six people to define what “indie” means, we would have six different definitions. The fact remains that indie brands, besides being numerous, are setting trends in the perfumery sector thanks to an attention to sustainability, to genderless, to women entrepreneurs, often owners of brands, and to a curious focus on the memories of founders. Among the trends, the search for consoling, functional and anti-stress fragrances is confirmed.

Multi-purpose stick balms have become Korea's biggest beauty trend of 2022. This full-body, anti-wrinkle type of product has become extremely popular in Korea, so much so that Glowpick, a Korean review app for beauty products, dubbed "untact beauty (언 택트 뷰티)" as one of the biggest trends of 2021. The cult product is the Kahi Wrinkle Bounce by Charlotte Cho, co-founder of Soko Glam. In 2021, searches for Wrinkle Bounce Multi Balm went from around 100,000 to 12 million in a single year, and more than 10 million sticks were sold in February 2022, confirming Kahi as the most sought-after beauty brand on Naver, the main engine. of Korean research

On the occasion of the centenary, the Design Lalique studio, under the direction of Marc Larminaux, has created an exceptional piece: the Fusion Bottle. Inside is a jus created by the master perfumer Alexis Dedier of the Grasse Robertet house which pays homage to the incandescence of the crystal and which presents notes of pepper in CO2 extract, amber, vegetal musk, rose and iris. Made in just 10 pieces, the Fusion Bottle represented a real challenge especially for the processing of the crystal in different colors (colorless, black and amber), which makes this piece extremely delicate to handle.

An intense interview with Byredo's creative director, Ben Gorham, about his creative process and how the mindset of athlete and basketball player made the foundation and success of his brand possible.

A brief but comprehensive account of what emerged during the "Niche perfumery" event organized by the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ITA) in collaboration with Esxence.