COUNTDOWN BEGINS: Puig has set the pricing of its initial public offering at 24.50 euros per Class B share and confirmed it will begin trading on the Spanish Stock Exchanges on Friday. The beauty and fashion company’s shares, priced at the top of the offering price range of 22 to 24.50 euros per share, are … Read more
MAKING SCENTS: In honor of the 90th anniversary of Caron’s iconic scent Pour Un Homme, the first fragrance created specifically for men, a sit-down dinner was held in Paris Wednesday night. The event was hosted in the Galerie au Roi by Olivia de Rothschild, Caron’s artistic director, and Jean Jacques, the house’s in-house perfumer. Pour Un … Read more
PAINT THE TOWN: YSL Beauté will host a pop-up, immersive experience near Paris’ Place de la République next week to help celebrate the launch of its new lip collection, YSL Loveshine. The collection includes Candy Glaze gloss in stick form and Wet Shine lipstick. Guests will be met in the entry by a large, suspended heart-shaped … Read more
PARIS — Deva Cassel is Dior’s new international ambassador for fashion and makeup. “I have always had enormous respect for the house of Dior, and the feminine and refined image that they conveyed has always made me dream,” said the model and actor, who is the daughter of actors Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel. Born in Rome in … Read more
GREEN THEME: Friends and collaborators Pharrell Williams and Tyler, the Creator have teamed up with their respective brands, Humanrace and Le Fleur, for a limited-edition nail polish. The polish comes in Humanrace’s signature lime-green color and is contained in Le Fleur’s flower-topped bottle. The outer packaging is a similar green. The product joins other nail polishes … Read more
NEW ROLE: Michelle Yeoh has been named the new face of Helena Rubinstein. “This collaboration is the result of an unprecedented encounter harmoniously merging the pioneering spirit of the avant-garde beauty brand and the inspiring journey of Michelle Yeoh,” Helena Rubinstein said in a statement. “Entering a new era together, Helena Rubinstein continues to invent beauty … Read more
TO KINGDOM COME: The King and Queen of Spain presided over a ceremony held Wednesday in Barcelona to inaugurate the second Puig Tower. King Felipe VI and Her Majesty Queen Letizia toured the building, called Puig Tower-T2, which houses almost 500 employees of the Spanish beauty and fashion company’s operations hub. It also shelters an innovation … Read more
PARIS — For Mugler, 2024 will be a banner year. The brand turns 50 and is entering China with a new retail concept mixing fragrance and fashion. It is also launching Alien Hypersense, the fragrance fronted by model Anok Yai. “We rejuvenated Angel last year, so it was time for Alien,” Danièle Lahana-Aidenbaum, global president of Mugler Fashion, told … Read more
WHITE-GLOVE TREATMENT: Dior will debut its first spa in Dubai, atop The Lana, a Dorchester Collection hotel. The 4,305-square-foot spa, due to open on April 15, will stand on The Lana’s 29th floor, offering a panoramic view of Business Bay, Marassi Marina and Burj Khalifa. Upon entering, spa-goers will be met with the reception area that also will … Read more
FRAGRANT GLOBE-TROTTING: Louis Vuitton master perfumer Jacques Cavallier-Belletrud sat signing books Wednesday evening at the luxury brand’s Saint-Germain-des-Prés boutique in Paris. No matter how many times he put pen to paper, the line of journalists before him kept growing longer, as they chatted together and sipped Champagne. The 380-page tome, entitled “A Perfume Atlas,” describes perfume plants, such as key lime, vetiver and … Read more
