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12 Jul

Givaudan Master Perfumer Olivier Pescheux Dies at 57 –

Master perfumer Olivier Pescheux died Monday in Paris at age 57. The passing “after fighting against an extended disease” was confirmed in an announcement released by fragrance house Givaudan on Tuesday. A renowned and award-winning perfumer, Pescheux was known for his elegant and luminous olfactive writing, which defined many leading fragrances, including Eau Mohéli, Eau des Sens, Fleur de Peau and Orphéon by Diptyque; Herod by Parfums de Marly; L.12.12 Blanc de Lacoste, and Explorer by Montblanc.  Other highlights include Paco Rabanne’s 1 Million scent, which last yr was voted by beauty industry insiders as one among the 100 biggest fragrances of all time, and the Diptyque 34 Collection, which took the “Home Collection of the 12 months” acknowledgement on the Fragrance...
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19 May

Lester Gribetz, Master Merchant, Former Bloomingdale’s Vice Chair, Dies

Lester Gribetz, a former Bloomingdale’s vice chairman and for a long time a highly respected and talented retail executive immersed in the house furnishings and cosmetics industries, died Thursday morning at his home in Manhattan along with his husband by his side. He was 93. “Lester was a special and rare human being,” said his husband, Andy Peters, who confirmed Gribetz’s passing. “His open heart and type, caring nature captured everyone he got here into contact with. He was also a talented, once-in-a-generation merchant, which guided him from folding towels at Bloomingdale’s just out of the military to becoming vice chairman of the shop.” “He was a master merchant with an ideal eye,” said Jack Hruska, the previous executive vice chairman of...
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21 Jan

QVC Brings Back Master Beauty Class in 2023 –

QVC is giving its Master Beauty Class event one other go. After the series’ successful first yr in 2022 — at that time, it was the retailer’s largest beauty event ever — QVC is taking the event across digital platforms to widen its reach. “It’s now not about just connecting through the tv, we at the moment are casting such a large net to so many other platforms,” said Anna Baker, vp and general merchandise manager at QVC. Those platforms include TikTok, QVC.com, the retailer’s app, Facebook and YouTube. “[Our customer] is engaging with us on all of those different platforms.” Participating brands include Too Faced, Peter Thomas Roth, Lancer, Tarte and Philosophy. It can also include Be Free, a recent hair care brand from...
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