<?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/trends/news/22970834/takasago-partners-with-handcraft-to-create-the-scent-of-global-jpop</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Perfumer & Flavorist</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-07-20T14:04:48.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Takasago Partners With Handcraft to Create the Scent of Global J-Pop</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://img.perfumerflavorist.com/mindful/allured/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/adobestock-2076515234.tIv18NLGGb.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>&amp;quot;Japan offers an extraordinary cultural vocabulary that remains largely untapped globally,&amp;quot; says Joseph Lattarulo, senior vice president and general manager at Takasago. &amp;quot;Sacred woods from legendary forests. Tea rituals from Japan to China. Traditional gastronomy. Seasonality. Architecture. Craftsmanship. Thousands of emotional stories waiting to become fragrances.&amp;quot;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.perfumerflavorist.com/fragrance/fine-fragrance/news/22970837/carlos-benam-revisits-white-diamonds-with-iffs-natasha-ctmouzannar-for-a-modern-icon</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Perfumer & Flavorist</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-07-20T13:56:13.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Carlos Benaïm Revisits White Diamonds With IFF&apos;s Natasha Côté-Mouzannar for a Modern Icon</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://img.perfumerflavorist.com/mindful/allured/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/et-image-2500pixels.A1HsalmpmX.jpg?auto=format%252Ccompress&amp;q=70</image:loc><image:caption>The fragrance opens with fraise des bois, pear blossom and Green Mandarin LMR (sourced from Sicily and Calabria), leading into a heart featuring Cristalfizz, orange flower LMR, orris and jonquille absolute LMR—a deliberate nod to the narcissus note that defined the original White Diamonds.</image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>