This year, the first-ever TFF Leadership Award was presented to Dr. Joyce F. Brown, president of The Fashion Institute of Technology. Dr. Brown has not only been the longest serving president, but the most passionate educator advancing fragrance studies at a public college. Her vision and impact has left such an indelible mark on the industry that it was only fitting for The Fragrance Foundation to honor her legacy.

Dr. Joyce F. Brown, President of the Fashion Institute of Technology (Photo: Kevin Mazur for the Fragrance Foundation).

Dr. Joyce F. Brown is “one of the most transformative leaders in education today,” stated Fragrance Foundation President Linda G. Levy. “She has brought profound and visionary change to FIT’s programs, facilities, and initiatives over the course of her 27-year tenure as president. Her impact in advancing academic programs in fragrance, and bringing generations of talented graduates into the industry cannot be overstated.” Levy traced the long history of collaboration between TFF and FIT—including the landmark creation of the FIT #FragranceForwardTFF Scholarship.

Levy also shared that TFF has donated $27,000, reflective of the FIT President’s 27 years of leadership, to the Dr. Joyce F. Brown Legacy Fund. This ongoing fund will support the creation of a state-of-the-art science laboratory at FIT.

Winners of the first five 2025 Fragrance Foundation Awards were then announced along with finalists for all 19 categories to be awarded on June 5^th, as well as the announcement that Daniela Andrier, master perfumer at Givaudan, would be the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Perfumer Honoree, and that Ralph Lauren will receive the 2025 Hall of Fame Award.

Justin Fenner received the Fragrance Editorial of the Year Award for his Robb Report article, The Man With the Golden Nose.

Justin Fenner (Photo: Regina Fleming Photography).

DS & Durga received the Innovative Fragrance Product of the Year for their DS & Durga Murder Mystery Set.

David Seth Moltz & Kavi Ahuja Moltz, D.S. & Durga (Photo: Getty Images/ Kevin Mazur for The Fragrance Foundation).

Jessie Dawes of Diptyque (Photo: Regina Fleming Photography).

Marc Jacobs received the Packaging of the Year Prestige/Popular Award for Daisy Wild.

Simone Bolotin of Coty accepted the award for Marc Jacobs (Photo: Regina Fleming Photography).

And Veronique Gabai received the Indie Fragrance of the Year Award for Délices des Bois created by Perfumer Amandine Clerc-Marie of dsm-Firmenich.

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Pratt Institute Unveils 2024 Legends Honorees: Celebrating Icons in Film, Architecture, and Packaging Design

A Scholarship Benefit Honoring Creative Icons and Supporting Pratt Students

Charles Burnett, Toshiko Mori (photo by Ralph Gibson), and Marc Rosen.

 

Pratt Institute has announced its Legends 2024, the annual scholarship benefit event that pays tribute to icons of art, design, and architecture. This noteworthy occasion, taking place on Thursday, October 10, serves as a crucial fundraiser for scholarships. Eighty percent of Pratt students rely on financial aid to pursue their educational aspirations, and contributions from events like Legends play a pivotal role in shaping the future of creative talent. This year, three distinguished individuals—award-winning filmmaker Charles Burnett, celebrated architect Toshiko Mori, and internationally renowned packaging designer Marc Rosen ’70—will be honored at Lavan Midtown in Manhattan. The glamorous gala begins at 6 PM with a cocktail reception, followed by a 7 PM dinner and awards ceremony.

Legends 2024 – A Night of Art, Design, and Inspiration

Legends 2024 promises an unforgettable evening filled with inspiring speeches, engaging discussions, and a lively celebration of art, design, and innovation. This event offers a unique chance to connect with fellow cultural institution supporters, network with Pratt alumni, and contribute to empowering the next generation of creative thinkers.

Legends 2024 will celebrate the achievements of these remarkable honorees and raise vital funds to provide scholarships that foster diversity within the Pratt community. Through the Legends scholarship program, Pratt is able to support and foster the inclusion of diverse artists, designers, architects, and creative thinkers.

“We are thrilled to celebrate Legends 2024 and honor the extraordinary contributions of Charles Burnett, Toshiko Mori, and Marc Rosen. Their groundbreaking work in film, architecture, and packaging design has set new standards and inspired countless individuals,” said Pratt President Frances Bronet. “This event not only recognizes their achievements but also raises essential funds to support our students’ education, ensuring the next generation of creative leaders can thrive and make a significant impact in the world.”

Meet the Honorees

Marc Rosen

Award-winning designer, professor, philanthropist, and author Marc Rosen began his career as a cosmetics packaging designer under the tutelage of Charles Revson, founder of Revlon. He then went on to become vice president of global design and communications at Elizabeth Arden. He established Marc Rosen Associates in 1989 and has worked with such famous names as Karl Lagerfeld, Coty, Chloe, Fendi, Oscar de la Renta, Perry Ellis, Nina Ricci,

Burberry, etc. He is the recipient of seven FiFi Awards, the Academy Award of the fragrance industry. A trustee emeritus at Pratt Institute, Rosen has three full tuition scholarships for graduate students studying package design as well as an education fund. He was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in 2003 and has authored two books, Glamour Icons and Rubbing Shoulders.

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Jerry Vittoria, President of Fine Fragrance at Firmenich, and Chairman of the Fragrance Foundation

AND THE 2024 FRAGRANCE FOUNDATION WINNERS ARE…

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people…in a way that engages with memory and emotion like no other

sense. – Sissel Tolaas, Norwegian Fragrance Researcher

The Costume Institute’s spring 2024 exhibition, Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening

Fashion, on view through September 2nd, 2024, features approximately

250 garments and accessories that will be connected visually through nature, which

also serves as a metaphor for the transience of fashion. The show brings to life the

sensory capacities of these masterworks through a wide range of encounters: visitors

are invited to smell the aromatic histories of hats bearing floral motifs; to touch the

walls of galleries embossed with the embroidery of select garments; and to

experience—via the illusion technique known as Pepper’s ghost—how the “hobble skirt”

restricted women’s stride in the early 20th century. Punctuating the galleries is a

series of “sleeping beauties”—garments that can no longer be dressed on mannequins

due to their extreme fragility.

Norwegian Artist Sissel Tolaas and Symrise’s William Chaney examine archival pieces from The Met Costume Institute.

Renowned Norwegian fragrance researcher Sissel Tolaas spent years collecting scent

molecules from garments in the archive in partnership with Symrise’s William Chazey,

Senior Manager of Market Sample Analysis and Applied Research. Chazey supported

the examination of the attire showcased in the exhibit, aiding in the capture of lingering

scents retained by the garments. Tolaas is responsible for capturing scent scapes of

several dresses and of specific women. Denise Poiret, the wife and muse of Paul “King

of Fashion” Poiret, who drew the rose on the maison’s label, is one of them. Another is

the heiress and paradigm of chic Millicent Rogers; the traces of scent left on her

Schiaparelli dress have also been documented and are available for the visitor to sniff.

Photo: Getty Images

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As part of the month-long campaign, Origins will bring its Green The Planet initiative to life through a tree planting event in Oakland, California, with non-profit Planting Justice. The grassroots organization is led by frontline Black, Indigenous and Latino communities, with a mission to empower individuals impacted by mass incarceration and social inequities with the skills and resources needed to cultivate food sovereignty, economic justice and community healing. Origins has recently expanded the focus of Green the Planet to support the work of environmental justice organizations globally, accelerating urban forestry initiatives across the U.S. and expanding city project planting efforts throughout the world. The partnership with Planting Justice is supported by Origins’ Green The Planet, in partnership with its global non-profit partner One Tree Planted.

“Origins is committed to championing people and our planet which is why inclusive, community-centered approaches to reforestation efforts are critical to help restore ecosystems and address climate change,” said Amber Garrison, Global Brand President, Origins. “Through Green The Planet, we are not only investing in critical urban forestry initiatives, but we’re also investing in the environmental welfare of local communities for the long term.”

Funding from Origins’ Green The Planet will support the planting of a total of 250 fruit, nut, and native trees at Planting Justice’s new Aquaponics Incubator Farm located in Oakland’s Sobrante Park, a neighborhood which has one of the lowest canopy percentages in the entire County. Feedback and community surveys garnered from the neighborhood’s residents revealed a strong desire for more neighborhood tree cover and increased access to local and organic produce. Planting Justice’s cumulative work planting on 5-acres in Sobrante Park represents the largest investment in the creation of local green jobs and sustainable agriculture careers in the City of Oakland. Origins planting efforts will support one of the ways Planting Justice is expanding its impact and creating access to local jobs and livelihoods.

“Volunteer events create the understanding that the community itself has the power to change its living conditions, especially for those who have historically lacked access to trees, land and resources,” said Gavin Raders, Co-Founder, Planting Justice. “When youth and residents plant trees in their own homes and in their own communities, and with the support of volunteers, they not only bring more health and wellness to their families and neighbors, but they are forever connected to the land.”

Planting alongside Planting Justice staff, many of whom are formerly incarcerated, long-term Sobrante Park residents, Origins volunteers will help plant the first trees at the Aquaponics site. Once fully matured, the variety of fruit trees planted at the Aquaponics Incubator Farm will supply the East Oakland community with locally appropriate, nutrient dense, fresh and local produce. Additionally, the urban forest will provide a diverse array of benefits such as providing residents propagation material for rare, heirloom and climate-resilient tree crops and the creation of beauty and shade in an area that currently lacks green spaces.

Throughout the month, Origins will celebrate the profound impact of trees on the lives of real people through their global brand campaign, Rooted Voices.

Follow the campaign on Origins’ Instagram and TikTok and share your #RootedVoices story on social for anchance to have a tree planted in your name.

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The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) hosted their Sixteenth Annual Connoisseur’s Dinner, honoring Leonard A. Lauder, Ronald S. Lauder, William Lauder, Gary Lauder, Aerin Lauder Zinterhofer, and Jane Lauder in celebration of their historic $200 million gift to the ADDF, announced earlier this year.

The event, held at Sotheby’s in New York City, raised nearly $3 million, every dollar of which will go directly toward the innovative science that fuels the ADDF’s mission to accelerate the development of drugs to prevent, treat, and cure Alzheimer’s disease. The Lauders’ extraordinary gift ensures the ADDF will be able to continue our work until we have fulfilled our goal, ultimately changing the way the world ages.

Aerin Lauder, Lori Kanter Tritsch, Danielle Lauder, William P. Lauder, Rachel Lauder, Jane Lauder, Ronald S. Lauder, Jo Carole Lauder, Gary M. Lauder, Laura Lauder

Celebrated author and journalist Walter Isaacson presented the Lauder family with the Chairman’s Award. “Since Leonard and Ronald Lauder founded the ADDF 25 years ago, the family has shown an unmatched dedication to curing this devastating disease, infusing the Lauder spirit of innovation, quality, and excellence into the ADDF’s quest to identify and support the most promising research. It is an honor to recognize their efforts tonight.”

Leonard Lauder said, “Alzheimer’s disease doesn’t affect just one person, it impacts entire families. That is why it is so meaningful for my family to be honored by the ADDF, an organization my brother and I began because of our mother. She inspired us to do everything we could to fight and prevent this disease and I am proud to see my children and nieces pick up that torch.”

Ronald Lauder added, “We are proud of the impact the ADDF has made over the past two decades. The progress we are seeing in prevention, diagnostics, and drug development makes me confident the innovative research we support will continue to build momentum until we eradicate this disease for future generations.”

The ADDF’s Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer Dr. Howard Fillit remarked on the incredible progress of the past year and the ADDF’s plan to continue this momentum. “There has never been a more exciting time in Alzheimer’s research, and we would not be here without the vision, commitment, and leadership of the Lauder family. Their remarkable gift comes at a critical time, with a new era dawning in the field and the ADDF leading the charge to build upon recent breakthroughs. Our laser focus on a precision medicine and combination therapy approach will revolutionize treatment and stop Alzheimer’s in its tracks.”

The black-tie event featured an exclusive preview of Sotheby’s Impressionist, Modern, and Contemporary Art sales and wine pairings presented by Sotheby’s Wine.

Notable guests included:Jo Carole Lauder, Laura Lauder, Danielle Lauder, Rachel Lauder-Lyons, Lori Kanter-Tritsch, Fabrizio Freda, Karen Lauder, Nancy Goodes, Jane Hertzmark Hudis, Walter Isaacson,  Bonnie Lautenberg, Heidi and Tom McWilliams, Ann Tisch, Barbara Tober, Paula Zahn, Ginger and Larry Leeds, Hilary and Wilbur Ross, Eleanora Kennedy, Sharon Loeb and John Paulson and Alina de Almeida.

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