Frédéric Malle to step down from eponymous brand
Frédéric Malle stems from a family routed in the world of fragrance, with his grand-father Serge Heftler-Louiche having established Parfums Christian Dior in 1947 and his mother Marie-Christine having been the artistic director of the House.
In 2000, fragrance industry expert Frédéric launched his own venture, Editions de Parfums: a ‘perfume publishing house’ where he is the editor, giving the ‘fragrance authors’ full artistic freedom and visibly crediting them on the bottles - ultimately enabling a new kind of bond between creator and wearer.
In 2015, his business was acquired by Estée Lauder Companies and this coming June 2024, he will be stepping down fully. Read more in his interview with Erica Smith
Acne Studios launch debut fragrance with Frédéric Malle
Acne Studios par Frédéric Malle marks the fashion label’s first perfume, and in Acne co-founder Jonny Johansson’s words, combines classicism and kitsch
Nose: Suzy Le Helley, perfumer at Symrise - portfolio
Price: £200 for 50ml / £290 for 100ml
What we smell: Fabric softener, flying saucer sweets, blackcurrant, soap, and a hint of Karma by Lush
What Fragrantica smells:
Osmo AI and scent teleportation
Founded in 2022 by Alex Wiltschko as a continuation of his olfactory neuroscience work at Google Research, Osmo is on a mission to digitise scent to ultimately improve health and wellbeing of human life. Backed by a $60m Series A round led by Google Ventures and Lux Capital, the team is currently working on teleporting scent; capturing it in one part of the world, and releasing it in another. Read more
Charlotte Tilbury (re-)enters the world of fragrance
Puig-owned Charlotte Tilbury has launched six fragrances as part of a new Collection of Emotions range - the brand’s first perfume drop its 2016 limited edition, ‘NSFW’ Scent of a Dream by nose François Robert.
The fragrances were created by IFF perfumers Anne Flipo, Juliette Karagueuzoglou and Dominique Ropion, in collaboration with IFF’s Senior Consumer Science Manager Céline Manetta, with each scent aiming to enhance a particular emotion - from love to serenity.
Read more in this piece by Alexandra Pauly
New industry appointments:
Alexandre Choueiri appointed CEO and President of the Americas at Kering Beauté, previously President at House of Creed Latin America
James Krivda appointed Senior Perfumer at Robertet SA
Things to explore in London:
10-19th May 2024: Charlotte Tilbury fragrance pop-up
18th May 2024: Barnes Fragrance Fair 2024
My fragrance of the day: Bois D’Ascèse by Naomi Goodsir - nose: Julien Rasquinet - the warm yet cold, incens-y inside of a church on a snowy, lantern-lit evening
“What fragrance family will feel “dated” a few years from now?” - a reddit thread
Colin the Caterpillar backpack
Espadrilling through Spring - Mexico City, June 2023
- Flo
"Karma by Lush" made me giggle