Perfumer and brand founder Francis Kurkdjian is recognized for having created some of the best-selling fragrances in the world. Now also named creative director of Dior Perfumes, he found tile in his busy schedule for an interview in which he speaks about one of his blockbuster hits, Baccarat Rouge 540.

No longer just for masstige brands, it turns out that TFWA provides a great opportunity for niche players to meet buyers, distributors and international key players. Off-site meetings happen in hotel suites, on cafe terraces and at parties, so with no formal communication, the only challenge is getting the word out that you are present.

The House of Creed brings together the physical and metaphysical worlds in their new collaboration with toy art company RobbiArt. Collectible toys are all the rage in China where the market is valued at over $3 billion. This partnership is proving to be a spot-on strategy to target a new consumer.

What’s the next trend hitting men’s grooming? Makeup! The guys behind Beauty Benders are on a mission to bend the rules and take the gender out of makeup. These two out-of-the-box thinkers share their view on stereotypes in beauty and on using makeup as a means of self-expression.

Women are responsible for roughly 80% of purchases in the beauty sector which is why marketers need to understand how to appeal to them. From social media campaigns, to partnering with influencers, to monitoring product reviews, it’s all part of the equation that drives a woman to purchase. Find out what else you should consider.

Anticipation, excitement, hopefulness – all feelings that we experience before going on a date. Can you bottle that? Master perfumer Carlos Benaim thinks so, and has done so for the latest fragrance from Maison Margiela. Benaim talks fragrance, romance and wine in this offbeat interview.

After a career as fragrance designer for Coty and other major groups, Ruth Sutcliffe pivoted, shifting her expertise to therapeutic scent, a transition spurred on by very personal mission which led to the founding of her company. She has continued to champion the sense of smell and its effect on emotional well-being as seen in her latest product which can help combat anxiety.

In an effort to simplify the existing diagnostic tools on the market, ScentGenie aims to help consumers search for a fragrance based on a mood, a place or even the time of day. Texting the Api with words describing what feeling you want will result in a recommendation. Could this technology be coming to a store near you some day?

China’s Tmall is betting that a picture is not only worth a thousand words, but that it will convey a thousand smells. The new Scent Visualizer digital tool will help consumers see what a fragrance smells like. Will this boost sales in a country where estimates indicate only 5% of the population is a fragrance user?