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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.
Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images
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What's that smell? A rise in "perfume culture"

by Adriene Hill and Phoebe Unterman
Dec 24, 2018
Shakeups in the industry have given way to more niche, artisanal fragrances.
Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images
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Business bottling a person's "olfactive signature"

by John Laurenson
Jan 18, 2016
What if you could keep the smell of the ones you love?
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Flores-Roux is a nose ahead in the perfume business

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Aug 27, 2015
Give a little citrus, lavender and stink to the lab, and you get atomized magic.
Kai Ryssdal with Rodrigo Flores-Roux at his perfume lab.
Bridget Bodnar
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Ahh... The scent of alma mater...

by Sally Herships
Jun 24, 2013
Notre Dame is the latest school to market its own fragrance.
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Final Note

Dolce and Gabbana to release perfume for babies

by Kai Ryssdal
Jan 30, 2013
The new fragrance will have notes of citrus, melon and honey.
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The Punchline

The latest (old) scent for sale

by Jeff Horwich
Jul 20, 2012
You've of course heard of Old Spice. Well, here comes "Old Book."
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Avon rejects $10 billion takeover offer by Coty

by David Gura
Apr 2, 2012
Coty is world's biggest perfume maker, making scents for the likes of Calvin Klein and Stetson. In a statement, Avon said it wants nothing to do with the offer.
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