With Melissa Jones - Senior Manager Inclusion & Belonging North America | dsm-firmenich

Discover how The Colors and dsm-firmenich are turning partnership into a growth engine for multicultural beauty. This session will showcase how our collaboration creates tangible opportunities for brands and set the stage for the next chapter in beauty.

With Mathieu Chevara - Co-founder | Nez, the olfactory cultural movement

The Colors and Nez join forces to spotlight new ways of telling stories in perfumery and connecting with wider audiences. This session will present upcoming projects born from their collaboration — from editorial initiatives to Paris Perfume Week — and invite brands and creators to be part of this collective journey shaping the future of fragrance culture.

With Nzingha Prescod - Olympic Fencer & World Champion - Founder | The Prescod Institute for Sport, Teamwork and Education (PISTE)

What if beauty were part of the athlete’s gear — driving confidence, resilience, and identity? This session explores how beauty brands can align with sport’s values and join a working group bringing together the beauty and sports worlds to build a virtuous, consumer-focused collaboration. The group will draw lessons from Paris 2024 and prepare a roadmap toward LA 2028.

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For textured and afro hair, care goes beyond products — it also depends on the right tools. This session highlights two companies developing innovative accessories designed to respect natural hair structure, support scalp health, and make daily care safer, more effective, and culturally relevant.

In this session, discover creators blending cultural roots with global ambition, crafting fragrances designed to become enduring favorites and building strategies to grow a loyal audience in today’s fragrance landscape.

This session explores how retail and social media intersect to shape consumer engagement in multicultural beauty. From curated, sensory in-store experiences to the business impact of platforms like Instagram, we’ll look at how brands can connect with diverse audiences, influence trends, and drive growth.

Spotlighting the must-have fragrances and beauty for multicultural consumers

As the day comes to a close, join us for a networking cocktail designed to connect industry decision-makers, press, and entrepreneurs around the most exciting launches shaping the future of multicultural beauty and fragrance.

Curated by The Colors, this exclusive showcase features a handpicked selection of standout brands and creations presented by their founders. Attendees will have the opportunity to discover, test, and discuss them in a direct, informal setting.

This selection was crafted with one goal in mind: to spotlight retail-ready, traffic-driving offerings for multicultural audiences, whether you’re building in-store discovery or online conversion.

For retailers, it’s a chance to identify innovations that meet real demand across diverse markets.

For press, it’s an insider view into the most culturally relevant and trend-forward debuts of the season.

A not-to-miss moment to taste the future, network with key players, and source what matters now.