Italian fashion design house founded by Gianni Versace in 1978. Versace was known for his bright colors and sexy styles; Vogue notes that his "raunchy, barely-there dresses and reveal-all attitude to the female body gained him a reputation for having been inspired by the dress sense of prostitutes". Since his death in 1997, the house has been under the design control of his sister, Donatella Versace.
Versus is Versace's diffusion line, established in 1989.
Fragrances were introduced in 1982 with Gianni Versace. Subsequent scents include Versus for men (1990), Blonde (1995), The Dreamer (1996), Versace Man (2003), Glam (2003) and Crystal Noir (2004).
The Versace fragrance license has been held by Euroitalia since 2005.
Recent fragrances from Versace
Recent fragrance introductions include Versace Man Eau Fraiche (2005), Bright Crystal (2005), Versace by Versace (2007), Versace Pour Homme (2008), Gianni Versace Couture (2008), Versense (2009), Versace Versus (2010), Versace Vanitas (2010), Yellow Diamond (2011), Eros (2012), Versace Pour Homme Oud Noir (2013), Bright Crystal Absolu (2013), Versace Pour Femme Oud Oriental (2013), Gianni Versace Couture 2014 trio (2014), Yellow Diamond Intense (2014), Eros Pour Femme (2014), Versace Pour Homme Dylan Blue (2016), Versace Pour Femme Dylan Blue (2017), Eros Flame (2018).
Where to buy
At department stores and online fragrance discounters.
Website
Further reading
See all articles on Now Smell This tagged Versace.
See the Versace entry at Voguepedia.