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.
L’édition Luxe L de Lolita Lempicka, in a limited edition, signed and numbered (1805 bottles were made) Baccarat crystal flacon. 50 ml Extrait de Parfum, 800€ at Sephora in France…
1985’s Obsession, from Calvin Klein, was meant to capture the “essence of the 1980’s obsession with carnal and material gratification”; Secret Obsession, the brand’s latest feminine fragrance, hopes to update that notion for modern times, to “become the meaning of what is sexy today — more personal, sophisticated and intoxicating”.* If Secret Obsession fails in that mission it won’t be the fault of Eva Mendes, who gamely writhes and moans in (presumably) perfumed ecstasy, and shows just enough nipple to get the advertising spot banned from television, thus ensuring that a bajillion people will watch it on YouTube at no expense whatsoever to Coty…
Calvin Klein launched Obsession in 1985, and it was the brand’s first blockbuster in fragrance, far outselling the two fragrances that preceded it (Calvin Klein for women and Calvin for men, both long discontinued). Like many of the fragrances of the period, it was not meant to speak softly:
“The name Obsession is big, like a movie poster for this era,” said Calvin Klein. “I think of everything I’ve ever done, how obsessed I was. Everyone is obsessed in the Eighties. And, of course, the name suggests an obsession with someone. A man obsessed by a woman.” (via Women’s Wear Daily, 1/18/1985)
Obsession hit its mark perfectly; based on the steamy advertising and magazine scent strips, it reportedly sold out at many stores before they even had the first shipment in stock…
Eva Mendes in the “banned” commercial for Calvin Klein's upcoming fragrance, Secret Obsession. NSFW, so I've put it after the jump. I assume they've got a cleaned-up version that they'll run on TV.
And if you've got a secret obsession that you'd like to share with the internets, click on over to the “share your secret” page at the Secret Obsession website…
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.
At Colette in Paris, Viktor & Rolf’s Flowerbomb for Women (shown above left) and Antidote for Men in limited edition engraved and numbered bottles created for this summer’s retrospective at the Barbican Art Gallery in London…