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Luxury Industry News Roundup: 04/16/10

April 16, 2010

1.) Survey Says the Right Brand Names Matter More Than Ever:“The importance of a brand of an item of clothing jumped 14% in the survey, with 28% now saying that brands are ‘more’ or ‘much more’ important to them … Five years ago, fewer than 3% thought brands and logo were more important . . [...]

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Quick Sniffs: Molton Brown Black Pepper, 10 Corso Como, Costes, Profumum Olibanum

December 11, 2008

It’s a spicy, smoky kind of day, so I chose four fragrances that might sate your greed for a new fall/winter scent that Santa can stuff in your stocking . . . or something like that. MOLTON BROWN BLACK PEPPER: Why do pepper fragrances usually smell like bell peppers? The fine print can read black [...]

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Ormonde Jayne Seraphim

December 2, 2008

Seraphim is a specially commissioned, limited-edition fragrance created exclusively by Linda Pilkington (of Ormonde Jayne) for the website 20ltd out of London. When it was first released, there was a howl of protest from perfume fanatics who were genuinely bent out of shape that a well-respected perfumer might accept a commission to create a high-priced, [...]

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Hippie Bling: Rich Hippie’s Woodstock, Krishna, Nirvana and Groovy

September 5, 2008

Rich Hippie gets a lot of blowback on the blogs for the sky-high pricing of their fragrances, which is understandable, as it does seem more than cheeky to ask for what amounts to $450.00 an ounce for something with the word “hippie” in its name (even when it’s preceded by the word “rich”). But there’s [...]

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Duro by Nasomatto

July 4, 2008

There’s an idea among some perfume companies that in order to get men to purchase a bottle of scent, it has to be completely removed from anything even resembling the concept of a pretty, floral perfume — so they craft fragrances that smell like gasoline, burnt rubber, asphalt (though I pretty much grooved on CdG [...]

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Luxury Industry News Roundup: 04/16/10

Quick Sniffs: Molton Brown Black Pepper, 10 Corso Como, Costes, Profumum Olibanum

Ormonde Jayne Seraphim

Hippie Bling: Rich Hippie’s Woodstock, Krishna, Nirvana and Groovy

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Luxury Industry News Roundup: 04/16/10

Quick Sniffs: Molton Brown Black Pepper, 10 Corso Como, Costes, Profumum Olibanum

Ormonde Jayne Seraphim

Hippie Bling: Rich Hippie’s Woodstock, Krishna, Nirvana and Groovy

Natural Perfumers: Ayala Moriel, Claude Andre Hebert, Red Flower, Social Creatures

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