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Why are perfume commercials so weird?

by Janet Nguyen

Dec 1, 2023

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

by Kristin Schwab

Sep 22, 2017

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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