Beauty Features
Prescriptives' Extraordinary: a Serious Lipstick
NEW YORK -- Prescriptives has always taken pride in the shades of its lipsticks. Now it also wants to be known for what they do.
"We are planning to move from a quiet player in the lipstick category to a real force," said James Bunn, vice...
— May 6, 1994
Perfumania Head Adds Chairman and CEO Titles
MIAMI -- Simon Falic, president of Perfumania Inc., has been named to the additional posts of chairman and chief executive officer, succeeding Ilia Lekach.
Lekach, who founded Perfumania and remains a major shareholder, will continue with the...
— May 3, 1994
Arnault Takes Fiscal Control of Guerlain
PARIS -- Bernard Arnault, the king of French luxury goods, has acquired financial control of Guerlain SA, one of the country's most prestigious fragrance houses.
But the Guerlain family, while receiving an estimated $343.5 million in stock,...
— May 2, 1994
Commes des Garcons to Launch a Fragrance
PARIS -- Comme des Garcons is planning to launch a women's fragrance, perhaps next year, and designer Rei Kawakubo has apparently decided that the house should manage her first fragrance itself.
The Tokyo-based firm recently set up a new French...
— Apr 29, 1994
Cosmair Aims Horizon at New Age Guys
NEW YORK -- For its follow-up to the high-powered macho image of Drakkar Noir, Cosmair Inc. is aiming at a more sensitive and slightly older man.
The company is giving Horizon for Men, set for an early fall launch, a more tranquil mystique with...
— Apr 29, 1994
Karan UK Launch Seen Doubling Plan
LONDON -- The British launch of Donna Karan's fragrance and body collection at Harvey Nichols is expected to tally more than $250,000 in sales its first month, better than double the original plan.
Sources said the initial sales target for the...
— Apr 29, 1994
Italian firms Plan Youth Kick
BOLOGNA, Italy -- In a two-pronged effort designed to tap into the search for value without losing their niche in the prestige market, leading Italian fragrance manufacturers are launching a slew of less expensive scents aimed at the younger...
— Apr 29, 1994
