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The Companies Behind Fashion’s Biggest Fragrances

Despite fast growth for independent fragrance brands, designer scents still make up most sales, and a few companies are the engines behind them. BoF unpacks the key players.
A perfume bottle sat on a shelf in a store.
A perfume bottle sat on a shelf in a store. (Shutterstock)

The fragrance business is booming.

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Joan Kennedy
Joan Kennedy

Joan Kennedy is Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in New York and covers beauty and marketing.

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