Specia focus on the Middle East @ Pitti Fragranze 11

Pitti Fragranze n.11 will be focusing on a market which is particularly important for the world of perfumery, the Middle East, with a talk by sector expert Shahzad Haider. The CEO of Fragrance Foundation Arabia since 2008, Haider, who also directs the faculty of Fashion Marketing at the ESMOD Dubai French fashion university, is a recognized world authority on the perfumery scene in the Middle East, with an analytical knowledge of the fragrance market and its development, from the regional situation to international trends, especially with regard to the niche and luxury brand segment. In his talk he will analyze the current niche perfumery market, paying particular attention to the Middle Eastern perspective, discussing the growing passion of international brands for oriental scents, and the transformation of brand positioning in terms of consumer target groups. Interviewing Shahzad Haider will be Chandler Burr, now a regular at Pitti Fragranze and one of the world's leading fragrance experts, an American journalist, perfume critic for the New York Times, and curator of the exhibition "The Art of Scent: 1889-2012" at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.