| GIVENCHY | French brand of couture and perfumes (8) |
| CHATSHOW | Programme of interviews ahead of couture and millinery exhibition (4,4) |
| MCBLING | Aesthetic era associated with Juicy Couture and embellished Razr cellphones |
| HIGHFASHION | Haute couture, and a hint to the starts of 3-, 9-, 27- and 30-Down |
| ESSENCES | This German city provides a lot of spices and perfumes (8) |
| OPOPANAX | Component of incense and perfumes, also known as sweet myrrh (8) |
| CULOTTES | First glimpse of couture outlet's tailored skirt (8) |
| EVIAN | French brand of mineral water coming from several sources on the south shore of Lake Geneva |
| MARQUE | Drive, reversing that French brand of car |
| GINI | French brand of soft drink |
| PERRIER | French brand of bottled mineral water from the Gard department (7) |
| LECREUSET | French brand of enamelled cast-iron cookware |
| DAMASKROSE | Fragrant flower, often used in the manufacture of oils and perfumes (6, 4) |
| CASTOR | An oily substance secreted by beavers and used in medicine and perfumes |
| YLANGYLANG | Essential oil extracted from the Cananga flower and used in aromatherapy and perfumes (5-5) |
| MYRRH | An aromatic gum resin yielded from shrubs and trees, used in incense and perfumes (5) |
| ACETATE | Colourless volatile flammable liquid with a pleasant fruity smell, used as a plastics solvent and in flavourings and perfumes (5,7) |
| ETHYL | Colourless volatile flammable liquid with a pleasant fruity smell, used as a plastics solvent and in flavourings and perfumes (5,7) |
| MARKET | King to be (French brand) in progress - hence all those surveys (6,8) |
| DARRACQ | French brand that formed STD Motors with Sunbeam and Talbot in 1920 (7) |
