Experience innovative textures and sensory effects that elevate formulations and
delight consumers.
The Science of Sensory Appeal
Multi-sensory design that keeps consumers coming back.
Discover the sensory secrets of product appeal
Personal care products do more than care for the body — they engage the senses. Texture, colour, fragrance, and taste shape how consumers feel, connect, and remember a product, turning everyday routines into memorable experiences.
At in-cosmetics Global, these innovations come to life across our feature areas, showing how brands awaken the senses, spark creativity, and inspire loyalty.
Explore how sensory design transforms products and builds lasting consumer connections.
Feel
Look
Explore vibrant pigments and versatile shades that spark creativity,
from bold lipsticks to inclusive foundations.
Smell
Discover scents that go beyond finishing touches, building emotional connections and strategic product value.
Textures that inspire
Sensorial performance is central to product success, with Mintel naming sensorial synergy a top beauty trend for 2026. Formulations must do more than perform; they must feel and create emotional connection. From texture design to ultra-sensory ingredients, in-cosmetics Global showcases solutions helping formulators craft immersive, experience led products.
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Sensory Bar
Experience cosmetic innovation first-hand at the Sensory Bar. Test sensorial formulations and transformative textures, discovering how immersive sensory design enhances product appeal, fosters emotional connection, and creates memorable consumer experiences.
Sensory Bar Awards
Celebrate sensorial innovation as products compete through touch and feel. The Sensory Bar Awards recognise formulations with truly transformative textures and exceptional sensory performance. Which product will set the benchmark?
Make an impression
Colour cosmetics are in a renaissance, driven by self-expression, authenticity, and ingredient-conscious consumers. With rising competition and dupe culture, brands must deliver efficacy, inclusivity, and responsible innovation. At in-cosmetics Global, discover smart ingredients and inclusive technology shaping standout, emotionally resonant products.
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Make-Up Bar
Discover the latest pigment technologies in finished formulations, giving R&D and product innovators the inspiration and tools to create bold, high-performing, standout colour cosmetics. Explore shades, hues, and textures shaping tomorrow’s products.
Make-Up Bar Awards
See the product pushing boundaries and celebrate the best in colour cosmetics as exhibitors showcase technologies powering trend-led,
high-performance formulations. Which product will claim the Make-Up Bar Award?
Scent that speaks
Scent is redefining how personal care products are experienced. Today, fragrance elevates formulations by enhancing desirability, emotion, and loyalty. At in-cosmetics Global in Paris, explore fragrance solutions meeting growing demand across skincare, haircare, and toiletries, and unlock new ways to enhance product appeal.
Exclusive Media Partner
Scent Bar
Discover how fragrance elevates modern beauty. Experience scent solutions and explore how fragrance has evolved into a strategic ingredient that enhances product appeal, builds emotional connection, and drives brand loyalty.
Scent Bar Awards
See the most innovative fragrance products compete at the Scent Bar Award. Highlighting how scent elevates formulations, drives emotional engagement, and creates lasting impact, which product will claim top honours?
Taste the innovation
Unlock the potential of the booming nutricosmetics and inner-beauty market. Discover opportunities to diversify offerings and expand product lines with innovative ingredients, science-backed formulations, and novel delivery systems. At in-cosmetics Global, find solutions to develop high-performing inner-beauty products that meet today’s wellness-focused trends.
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Taste Bar
Taste the future of inner beauty. Sample innovative nutricosmetic gummies, drinks, powders, pills, and bars, and discover versatile ingredients that enhance beauty, wellness, and health in delicious, functional formats.
Taste Bar Awards
Be part of the verdict! Taste innovative nutricosmetics in gummies, drinks, powders, and bars, then vote for your favourite product -- celebrating the most popular inner-beauty innovation of the show.
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