<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9 http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9/sitemap.xsd http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9 http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9/sitemap-news.xsd"><url><loc>https://www.perfumerflavorist.com/fragrance/fine-fragrance/news/22976607/bath-body-works-drops-platform-turns-fragrance-into-a-fastmoving-experiment</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Perfumer & Flavorist</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-10-16T15:31:09.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Bath &amp; Body Works’ Drops Platform Turns Fragrance Into a Fast-Moving Experiment</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://img.perfumerflavorist.com/mindful/allured/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/10/screenshot-2026-10-16-100305.13MJwHq3Zw.png?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The retailer’s new Drops platform serves as a dedicated destination for experimental fragrances and other product launches. Its centerpiece is Hype Lab, an initiative designed to translate social and cultural trends into fragrances on an accelerated development timeline. The approach offers Bath &amp;amp; Body Works a way to test consumer appetite for emerging scent ideas before deciding which concepts warrant broader investment.</image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>