Cluster Updates

Cosmetic Week In Paris 2022

26/10/2022

Cosmetic 360 Week, the first Cosmetic’s international week organized by Cosmetic Valley from Monday 10th to Monday October 17th 2022, in France. The program covered topics of national and international networking, industrial and cultural visits in link with Research, Innovation and Distribution during an international tour in Argenteuil. The day began with fragrance. The global clusters visited the Givaudan Corporation in Argenteuil. Givaudan is a global industry leader in gamechanging innovations in food and beverage as well as inspiring creations in the world of scent and beauty, Givaudan operates in the expanded market space of flavour & taste, functional & nutrition ingredients, fragrance & beauty, worth CHF 42 billion. This was a real treat and one of the best fragrance labs in the world. The Fragrance school has only 8 students and 5000 applications a year. Becoming a perfumer is a very difficult job. Your success rate is only 5 percents, which means you fail 95 percent of the time. This is a job that requires strength and passion.

Cosmetic 360 Week continued in a historic building and museum in Argenteuil. The Mayor of Argenteuil welcomed us with a speech on the town's history. Global Cosmetics Cluster’s team preceded with holding the Annual General Assembly. This event was both in person and online. We went over all of our achievements and made plans for the next year ahead. After the cluster assembly was over we moved on to tour Claude Monet’s impressionist home. This is a new museum that is dedicated to discovering the years that Monet lived in Argenteuil. Monet spent 6 years in this home from the end of 1871 to 1878, and painted approximately 250 paintings.

A brilliant speech by Cosmetic Valley President Mr. Marc-Antione Jamet on the benefits of the Global Cosmetic Cluster and its prosperous future.