600% in a year! Cupid jumps 8% after signaling strong FY26 revenue beatCupid Limited shares jumped 8 percent on Wednesday. The company expects to exceed its FY26 revenue and profit targets. Cupid has set a new ...
01 Apr, 2026, 02.15 PM IST
From endangered plants come whiffs of inspirationFrom recreating lost vintage perfumes to evoking extinct flowers, innovators are using cutting-edge biotech and creative license. This olfa...
09 Mar, 2026, 10.41 AM IST
The Nose Job: How India is recreating the world’s most expensive perfumesA clutch of Indian companies are bottling affordable recreations of global luxury fragrances—from Tom Ford Ombre Leather to Coco Mademoisel...
06 Jul, 2025, 09.28 AM IST
Burnt Hair: All about the new perfume launched by Elon MuskThe price of 'Burnt Hair' is $100 a bottle, and Elon Musk said it earned him a million dollars within a few hours of its launch.
12 Oct, 2022, 05.58 PM IST
Whale vomit worth Rs 10 cr seized in UP. Why is ambergris so costly?Smuggling of ambergris is prohibited under the Wildlife Act of 1972. It costs upto Rs 2 crore a kg in the international market
08 Sep, 2022, 12.35 PM IST
Made in India perfume from UP's Kannauj launched in New YorkThe launch of the perfume 'Vikas Khanna by Zighrana' was unveiled by the Consulate General of India in New York Randhir Jaiswal here.
15 Feb, 2022, 08.45 AM IST
It's not BJP money, FM Sitharaman on Rs 200 cr seized from perfume maker in KannaujFinance minister Nirmala Sitharaman rejected the opposition charge that the wrong Jain was raided and the BJP's own money seized, saying, "...
01 Jan, 2022, 08.21 AM IST
It's not BJP money, FM Nirmala Sitharaman on Rs 200 cr seized from perfume maker in Kannauj"It is not BJP money," Nirmala Sitharaman said when asked about opposition charge that the Rs 197.49 crore cash recovered from perfume make...
31 Dec, 2021, 04.54 PM IST
Tax liabilities of perfume maker Piyush Jain yet to be determined: DGGIDismissing reports that the department had treated the recoveries as turnover and the accused has been allowed to deposit Rs 52 crore as ta...
30 Dec, 2021, 03.30 PM IST
Wild Stone-maker to set up fragrance experience centres for womenWild Stone-maker to set up fragrance experience centres for women.
20 Jul, 2018, 05.20 PM IST
Perfume makers spend $800 mn on ads that stinkSample products can often be a waste because the cost of designing, producing, & training salespeople to sell them outweighs any eventual b...
25 Jul, 2016, 06.33 PM IST
Samajwadi Party’s launch of perfumes an innovative example of political brandingIt allows Akhilesh Yadav to promote his state (and party) in an innovative way. It supports the local ittar industry in Kannauj.
02 Apr, 2016, 01.16 AM IST
Akhilesh, Dimple Yadav to ink deal with France to revive UP's perfume industryThe Kannauj-Grasse pact is expected to revive and modernise the struggling indigenous perfume industry and help it tap international market...
25 May, 2015, 11.45 AM IST
Weird fragrances: Strange aromas that take perfumes to a whole new levelEau de MacBook Pro is clearly for all diehard Apple fans. The aroma mimics the scent of an Apple device when it is taken out of the box for...
29 Mar, 2015, 05.58 AM IST
Gene may help reduce crop contamination by GMSherif said researchers might one day insert this gene into GM crops to prevent their pollen from reaching other plants.
21 Feb, 2015, 11.37 AM IST
- Givaudan buys ICI's fragrances unit for $2.3bn
Givaudan, the world’s biggest flavouring maker, agreed to buy the fragrances unit of Imperial Chemical Industries for £1.2bn.
23 Nov, 2006, 12.16 AM IST
- The scent of a BCCI deal26 Aug, 2006, 03.19 AM IST