Fragrances

After experiencing a decline in 2022, fragrances witnessed robust current value growth in China in 2023. Despite the weak rebound in overall beauty and personal care in 2023, fragrances recorded double-digit growth, surpassing the level of sales seen…

In 2023, fragrances in Singapore experienced significant growth in both retail volume and current value terms, surpassing the pre-COVID-19 levels, seen in 2019. With the resurgence of activities outside the home, such as work, school, and travel,…

Fragrances maintained double-digit current value growth in South Korea in 2023, with premium fragrances continuing to overwhelmingly dominate, and also seeing the strongest growth in this year. The super-premium segment in fragrances is primarily…

Fragrances registered double-digit current value growth in Japan in 2023. Strong growth was also seen for colour cosmetics, but this was underpinned by the rebound from the pandemic, and it still had a lower level of sales compared with pre-pandemic…

In 2022, fragrances in India witnessed healthy double-digit current value growth on the back of favourable external factors, such as the full return of social gatherings, the surge in demand for domestic travel, and the return of most offices and…

Despite ongoing mask mandates due to the pandemic in Hong Kong, demand for fragrances continued to improve in 2022, driven by several key factors. The "lipstick effect" encouraged consumers to occasionally purchase affordable premium beauty items,…