Luxury perfumers to remove all badger-hair brushes

  Luxury perfumer Floris London has removed all badger-hair brushes from its stores and website after a new PETA video exposé of China’s badger-brush industry revealed that “protected” badgers are illegally hunted in the wild using snares and other cruel methods. The graphic footage shows that these badgers, as well as others who were bred … Read more

Frédéric Malle’s fragrance concept boutique in Marais. Look for the Supertitious – Alber Elbaz par Frédéric Malle

On the beauty retail scene, a new original store is a rarity. French luxury perfumer Frédéric Malle opens a ‘hive’ fragrance boutique in Paris at 13, Rue Des Francs Bourgeois, in Marais, the historic district in hosting many outstanding buildings of historic and architectural importance. To obtain “endless complexity and infinite reflections,” architects Jakob + … Read more