NEW YORK, Sept. 13 -- PRNewswire/AsiaNet Last night, Mr. Bernd Beetz, CEO of COTY Inc., hosted a VIP Gala at the American Museum of Natural History's Rose Center for Earth and Space for the centennial celebration of the world renowned beauty company. The evening coincided with the unveiling of Coty: Perfumer and Visionary published by Editions Assouline. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-a http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-b http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-c http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-d http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-e http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-f http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-g http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-h http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-i ) Coty: Perfumer and Visionary published by Editions Assouline is a landmark commemorative volume that chronicles the rich history of Coty in the fragrance and cosmetics industries, examines the eminent position that the company occupies today -- and glimpses at the endless possibilities that lie ahead for this stratospheric brand. The 240 page volume written by fashion editor Orla Healy will be available this fall at bookstores worldwide and will retail for $60 in the U.S. From 9pm until late into the night, Coty's guests partied through the cosmos in the Rose Center's Cullman Hall of the Universe which had been transformed into a Coty-Universe. Throughout the evening, a special "Coty Constellation," designed by Bureau Betak, beamed light and shone imagery of Coty perfumes. Midnight-blue "Coty Cocktails" were poured beneath the spectacular planetarium-glowing blue in the evening sky-while everyone danced away to a soundtrack from DJ Mark Ronson. Coty's own Beauty Partners Jennifer Lopez, Isabella Rossellini, Kate Moss, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and Kenneth Cole, were joined by over 600 friends, family and fans who had hailed from New York and beyond, including: e.g. Veronica Webb, Bettina Zilkha, Andy Hilfiger, Dimitri De Yougoslavie, Mickey Sumner, Prosper Assouline, Caroline Berthet, Alan Cumming, Carol Alt, Andres Santo Domingo, Irina Pantaeva, Lady Bunny, B 52's Fred Schneider, Hope Atherton, Eric Villency, Olivia Chantecaille, Fabien Fabase, Anand Jon, Olivier Sarkosy, Francesca Versace, Ernst Von Hanover Jr., Serena Williams, Venus Williams and Audrey Marnay. About Coty Inc. Coty Inc. is one of the world's largest and most successful beauty companies with sales of $1.95 billion in 2004. With operations in more than 25 countries, Coty Inc. boasts a global brand portfolio of unrivalled breadth and scope, spanning the three core categories of fragrance, color cosmetics and skincare. Lancaster Group, the prestige division of Coty Inc., has a portfolio of brands including Davidoff, Jennifer Lopez, Lancaster, Jil Sander, JOOP!, Nikos, Chopard, Vivienne Westwood, Marc Jacobs, Kenneth Cole and Baby Phat. Coty Beauty, Coty Inc.'s mass and masstige division, markets brands such as adidas, the healing garden, Rimmel, Calgon, Celine Dion, Stetson, Jovan, Aspen, Isabella Rossellini, Astor, Esprit and mary-kateandashley. For further information, please visit http://www.Coty.com. SOURCE: Coty Inc. CONTACT: Marie-Sabine Leclercq, +33-1-53-05-07-25, [email protected], or Maria La Gamba, +1-212-479-4335, [email protected], both of Coty Inc.; or Nadine Johnson of Nadine Johnson Inc., +1-212-228-5555, [email protected] Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-a http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-b http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-c http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-d http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-e http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-f http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-g http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-h http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040913/NYM058-i AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org PRN Photo Desk: [email protected] Web site: http://www.coty.com --Distributed by AsiaNet (www.asianetnews.net)----InfoQuest (PP)--