Why are perfume commercials so weird? 

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They’re often surreal or provocative. Occasionally kinda now, kinda wow.
Perfume sells you a fantasy.
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Chanel launches its first big fragrance in 15 years

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The long gap is part of the perfume-making process. But it's also a business strategy.
A perfume flask of 'Chanel N°5', created in 1921, is displayed as part of the exhibition 'N°5 culture Chanel' referring to French fashion designer Coco Chanel (1883-1971) at the Palais de Tokyo art museum in Paris
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