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L uxury Ghanaian fragrance house Scent of Africa is unveiling the first chapter of its highly anticipated new Akua’ba fragrance collection at TFWA World Exhibition & Conference. The brand, which arrives in Cannes with significant international momentum and a clear focus on expanding its presence within global travel retail, will use the show to preview the new collection ahead of its official launch later this year. Enriching Scent of Africa’s unique approach to contemporary fine fragrance, the new collection draws further inspiration from African ingredients and symbolism, highlighting the company’s commitment to bringing African stories, materials and cultural perspectives to the global fragrance landscape. Created specifically for the new collection, the flacon’s sculptural silhouette draws inspiration from the Akua’ba, the iconic fertility figure of Ghana’s Akan culture, traditionally associated with fertility, hope and beauty. Comprising six different fragrances, the Akua’ba collection’s olfactive direction draws inspiration from Thiouraye, the West African tradition of blending and warming fragrant woods, resins and spices to perfume the body, clothing and home. Scent of Africa reinterprets this intimate ritual through fine fragrance, creating a parallel between the transformation of its aromatic materials and the evolving stages of love. Scent of Africa to preview new Akua’ba collection Full details of the fragrance concept, including the ingredients and the creative direction, will be revealed in Cannes, offering an exclusive insight into one of the brand’s most ambitious fragrance concepts to date. GreenVillageH36 T he Tomatin Distillery is showcasing its current Travel Exclusives range at TFWA World Exhibition & Conference. Spanning five age statements from 8 to 45 years old, the collection demonstrates the breadth of Tomatin’s cask maturation expertise while retaining the distillery’s characteristically soft, fruity and approachable Highland style. The range comprises Tomatin 8 Year Old, Double Cask 13 Year Old, 16 Year Old, 21 Year Old and 45 Year Old. Each expression is available exclusively through global travel retail, giving travellers a progression from an accessible one-litre introduction to an exceptionally rare, individually numbered aged whisky. “The newest addition to our Travellers’ Exclusives collection is the Tomatin Double Cask 13 Year Old, which started rolling out globally in April 2026,” says DannyWhelan, Global MarketingManager, The Tomatin Distillery. “It builds on the success of our flagship 12 Year Old in domesticmarkets and replaces the one-litre 12 Year Old previously available in the channel. It’s joined a diverse range, extending from the accessible 8 Year Old through to themore cask-led 16 and 21 Year Old expressions. At the top of the collection is our exceptionally rare 45 Year Old, with only 250 individually numbered bottles releasedworldwide. We will also be discussing our Single Cask Programme, which allows operators to select their own Tomatin cask. Previous programmes have included city-exclusive releases for Frankfurt, Istanbul, Amsterdamand Antalya airports. Our extensive inventory gives us an exceptional choice of ages, cask types and flavour profiles toworkwith.” HarbourVillage EVA The Tomatin Distillery to showcase Travel Exclusives range Prev i ew September 2026 47 T F W A D A I L Y