Breakthrough Science
Breakthrough Science
Our multidisciplinary expertise includes basic science and advanced technologies—the intersections of physics, chemistry, biology and engineering, combined with state-of-the-art technology. Thus, we enable all our brands to benefit from the latest scientific breakthroughs, while ensuring the highest safety, quality, and performance standards. Our employees are driving research and innovation activities in the following areas:
- Analytical Science
- AI & Innovation
- Bioactives
- Biomechanics
- Biotechnology & Fermentation
- Clinical Science
- Data & Analytics
- Green Chemistry
- Imaging Technologies
- Material Science
- Package & Device Design
- Process Development & Scale Up
- Product Formulation
- Product Safety
- Regulatory Science
- Rheology & Stability
- Skin Biology & Physiology
- 5,000+Patents on file
- 300+Publications since 2017
- 60%+Women in STEM roles*
*as of Fiscal Year 2025
Setting the Standard for Science-Driven Skin Care
With 80 years of scientific authority, we lead skin care innovation through a powerful science platform built on five key pillars: longevity, regenerative science, adaptation science, dermatological science, and advanced ingredients. Our scientists translate deep research into how skin ages, renews, and responds to stress into high-performance formulas.
Our expertise offers solutions for derm-level concerns and supports dermatological treatments and procedures. Through precision ingredient science, we create next-gen actives that deliver on efficacy and performance. Grounded in rigorous clinical testing and backed by external scientific and dermatologist experts globally, our approach has set the standard for breakthrough innovation in luxury and prestige skin care.
Learn more about the company’s longstanding leadership in one of our key pillars: skin longevity science.
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Learn more about the company’s longstanding leadership in one of our key pillars: skin longevity science.
Spotlight on Estée Lauder Re-Nutriv
Estée Lauder Re-Nutriv
The Estée Lauder brand has been at the forefront of skin longevity science since 2007, with 40+ patents, 35+ international academic conferences and publications on skin longevity research alone, as well as partnerships with the Stanford Center of Longevity and with leading scientists at MIT, Harvard, and University of California Berkeley.
Estée Lauder continues to drive new breakthroughs in biological aging with Re-Nutriv’s exclusive SIRTIVITY-LP™ technology. It targets all key hallmarks of skin aging and is proven to help skin cells behave biologically younger.
Designing High-Performance Makeup Formulations
Backed by decades of formulation authority and advanced materials science, we are a recognized leader in creating high-performing makeup formulas that deliver exceptional wear, comfort, and payoff. Our formulators engineer textures, pigments, and film-forming systems that perform under real-world conditions, while maintaining a sensorial elegance and luxury finish our consumers know and love.
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Spotlight on M·A·C Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 24hr Matte Foundation + Oil Control
Designing High-Performance Makeup Formulations
M·A·C Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 24hr Matte Foundation + Oil Control
As the ultimate color authority with artistry in its roots, inclusion and diversity at its core, and a commitment to conscious beauty and social responsibility, M•A•C has led the industry with high-performance products tailored for every makeup lover.
Available in 67 shades, the iconic Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 24hr Matte Foundation + Oil Control was remastered with a soft-matte finish and infused with 87% skincare ingredients, including sugar kelp extract to control oil along with red algae extract and hyaluronic acid to hydrate skin over time. New Pro Fluid Technology™ moves with skin for a natural look and comfortable, lightweight wear, and the easy-to-apply pump lets the wearer control coverage.
Advancing New Breakthroughs in Hair Care
Leveraging deep expertise in hair and scalp biology, advanced formulation science, and rigorous clinical testing, we develop high-performance solutions across diverse hair types and needs. Our scientists translate fundamental research, spanning hair fiber structure, scalp health, and scalp aging, into transformative formulas that deliver measurable benefits, from repair and strength to volume and shine.
Spotlight on Bumble and bumble Thickening High Drama Styling Foam
Advancing New Breakthroughs in Hair Care
Bumble and bumble Thickening High Drama Styling Foam
Bumble and bumble's Thickening High Drama Styling Foam is ideal for all hair textures or those with thinning hair looking to instantly boost visible hair density and create big voluminous styles that last all day. This airy hair-thickening foam is a hair styler and scalp treatment that gives an immediate increase in visible hair density and instant lift for all-day roots-to-ends volume. With Strand Plumping Technology to expand strands for instant volume, this hair thickening formula + scalp treatment has an Antioxidant + Energy Complex to help boost energy + protect against external aggressors and Density Rice Peptides to increase thickness + visible hair density.
Driving the Future of Fragrance
Through world-class expertise in olfactive chemistry, sensory science, and evaluation—and supported by a dedicated fragrance hub in France—we create distinctive scents across multiple formats that balance emotional resonance with performance and longevity. By uniting heritage craftsmanship with cutting-edge science, technology, and consumer insights, we are defining the future of luxury and prestige perfumery.
Spotlight on TOM FORD Oud Voyager
Driving the Future of Fragrance
TOM FORD Oud Voyager
Oud is one of the most celebrated notes in perfumery, known for its complex, deep, warm, and aromatic scent, and long revered across Middle Eastern and Asian fragrance traditions. With Oud Wood, TOM FORD BEAUTY helped popularize the oud note within modern Western luxury fragrance. Oud Wood became one of the brand’s defining fragrance successes and helped broaden Western luxury consumers’ familiarity with the oud note.
Recently, TOM FORD BEAUTY reimagined the iconic ingredient through the introduction of futuristic floral notes – geranium and peony – in Oud Voyager. These notes are artfully combined with a natural oud through a special distillation process to create the floral oud tri-distillate, crafted exclusively for TOM FORD BEAUTY, giving Oud Voyager its unique dimension.