Cosmetic World www.cosmeticworld.com
MAY 30, 2011
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Vol. XLVII / No. 9
SPECIAL EDITION • FiFi ISSUE
BULLETIN BEAUTY FASHION HOSTS PRE-FiFi PARTY
39TH ANNUAL FiFi WINNERS REVEALED
The Fragrance Foundation’s 39th annual FiFi Awards honored the extraordinary creativity and achievement of the international fragrance industry at an awards celebration under The Tent at Lincoln Center in New York City on May 25. Among the guest list of industry insiders was a stylish group of celebrities CEI’s Justin Spiro and Lord & Taylor’s including, Mary J. Blige, Kate Walsh, Barbara Zinn Moore with Art Spiro of Elizabeth Arden. Trey Songz, Padma Lakshmi, Nate On May 24, Beauty Fashion Berkus, Tiffani Amber Thiessen and celebrated the much-anticipated Paz de la Huerta. -Continued on Page 122 FiFi Awards with a cocktail party at Doubles in New York City. ESPRIT D’OSCAR -Continued on Page 142
CLINIQUE’S FIRST GLOBAL COLOR ARTIST
Clinique has named makeup artist Jenna Menard as its first global color artist. In this newly -Continued on Page 158
P&G PRESTIGE RECEIVES ART OF PACKAGING AWARD
Marc Rosen Associates’ Marc Rosen, P&G Prestige’s Sumit Bhasin and Pratt Institute’s Dr. Thomas Schutte.
Over 200 guests came together on May 17 to celebrate the innovative packaging designs of P&G Prestige at the 22nd annual -Continued on Page 148
DISNEY STORE LAUNCHES FRAGRANCE COLLECTION
D i s n ey S t o re h a s officially entered the world of fragrance with its latest creation— a new collection of personal fragrances, home scents, candles -Continued on Page 130
RECAPTURES SPIRIT OF FEMININITY
In 1977, Oscar de la Renta launched a fragrance creation, Oscar, which captured the chic sophistication of his fashion designs and generated nearly $300 million. Now, over thirty years later, Mr. de la Renta has made a decision to rejuvenate his signature brand with the introduction of a modern scent for a new era, Esprit d’Oscar. To celebrate women, timelessness, and femininity, Oscar turned to his daughter Eliza to help create the new eau de parfum—a sparkly floral-oriental. Esprit d’Oscar opens with a bright citrus bouquet of Sicilian lemon, bergamot and citron, and melts into a floral heart of Egyptian jasmine, orange flower and tuberose. A combination of musk, heliotrope, tonka bean and vetiver give the scent a warm, long-lasting base. “The juice is a take on the original, but in very different concentrations,” said Alex Bolen, CEO of Oscar de la Renta. “Consumers and retailers have -Continued on Page 130
Halle Berry with Bernd Beetz of Coty.
CEW NAMES 17TH ANNUAL BEAUTY AWARD WINNERS The year’s most innovative beauty products were recognized at the 17 th annual Cosmetic Executive Women’s (CEW) Beauty Insider’s Choice Awards, held at the Waldorf=Astoria on May 20.
CEW’s Carlotta Jacobson with Allure’s Linda Wells and Agnes Chapski and Jill Scalamandre of Chrysallis.
The ceremony, hosted for the sixth consecutive year by comedian and Sex and the City star Mario Cantone, is the only awards program where the winners are determined exclusively by more than 4,000 beauty insiders and professionals working in the beauty industry. These CEW members narrowed down nearly 600 product entries from over 350 brands to 139 finalists across 26 categories. “When it comes to buying beauty products, women are looking for proven -Continued on Page 132
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