Several beauty industry trailblazers passed on in 2022. Some were celebrities in their own right, others were celebrities in the world of cosmetics, fine fragrance and skincare. Here’s a rundown of beauty industry executives lost in the past year.

January

Thierry Mugler, 73

French Fashion Designer Manfred Thierry Mugler, died on January 23. He was 73. Mugler, born in Strasbourg, France, started designing in the 1970s. He was known for his dramatic, avant-garde designs. Mugler’s first perfume, Angel, debuted in 1992. Composed of notes of praline, chocolate and patchouli, Angel was the first gourmand fragrance. The iconic, faceted star-shaped bottle, was created by the Brosse Master Glassmakers. Fans of the fragrance include Diana Ross, Barbara Walters, Eva Mendes and Hillary Clinton.

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n 1996, Mugler followed up Angel with a male version named Angel Men. This fragrance includes notes of caramel, coffee, vanilla, patchouli and honey. In 2005, Alien was created. In 2006, Mugler completed a project for the launch of Tom Tykwer’s film Perfume. In collaboration with IFF, Mugler created a box set of 15 fragrances During 2007, Mugler launched Mirror, Mirror, a collection of five fragrances, created as “perfume-trickery” to “enhance one’s presence.” Angel and Alien have combined sales of about $280 million. In 2010, the fragrance Womanity was released by the House of…