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Bunch o’ limited edition collector bottles 2018, part 8

Posted by Robin on 6 September 2018 23 Comments

More limited edition collector fragrance bottles, with the usual disclaimers: in most of these cases, the juice is unchanged, just the bottle is “special” (or not, as the case may be), and some of these may not be available in the US. Today’s post includes special edition bottles from Chanel and Ferragamo, which don’t really add up to a “bunch” but you did not want to wait to see that Chanel bottle, did you?

Coming from Chanel in November, limited edition red bottles of No. 5 L’Eau and No. 5, both in 100 ml. I do not know the price or how widely they will be distributed…

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Solo Loewe Ella ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 6 September 2018 2 Comments

Spanish house Loewe has launched Solo Loewe Ella, the feminine counterpart to 2004′s Solo Loewe…

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Thursday scent of the day 9/6

Posted by Robin on 6 September 2018 291 Comments

Happy Almost-Friday! And I will be celebrating National Coffee Ice Cream Day and Read A Book Day. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Christian Lacroix Tumulte Pour Homme. I was going to save it until Friday, but Bear was talking about it yesterday so I moved it up. Maybe I’ll wear it again tomorrow.

Reminder: on 9/7, wear a fragrance with cedar, if you have one…

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The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 6 September 2018 Leave a Comment

Cedar rope incense: "Fredericks & Mae is the design team of Jolie Mae Signorile and Gabriel Fredericks Cohen, who met through a shared love for materials: feathers, thread, gold, and paper decorated their first studio in 2007. Their collaborative practice has since evolved into a series of objects for the home, garden, and sky. The duo's cedar rope incense is designed for use with an incense holder." On markdown, $12 at The Maryn. (Rope incense is generally made with rice paper, and you lay it flat on ash or a rope incense burner to burn it.)

In-store marketing costs

Posted by Robin on 6 September 2018 2 Comments

That’s when the “exorbitant” in-store marketing costs began to stack up. “It's really expensive to get good placement in Sephora,” she says. “There were costs to be in the holiday catalogs or sampling for holidays — all these programs that big companies have.” Though she says Sephora was very supportive, she didn't anticipate having to pay for good shelf placement or to be in holiday boxes. Sephora did not respond to request for comment.

— Read more at How Kate Walsh Re-Launched Her Fragrance Business for the Instagram Era at Hollywood Reporter.

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