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09/25/2012
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Here today, gone tomorrow...
I am mystified by the swift transfer into clearance bins of perfumes only just released. Ellen Tracy BRONZE is a case in point. As other reviewers have attested, the primary source of this perfume is now at deep discounters such as TJMAXX, Marshall's and Ross, which are asking all of $10 for a bottle or $20 for a gift set. Yet BRONZE was launched in 2011!
This must be a sign of the times: with new perfumes proliferating like rabbits, marketers need to be savvy in order to capture their intended consumers' attention--and perfume wallet share. Of course, the fate of BRONZE could also be indicative only of the peculiarly incompetent marketers chez Ellen Tracy. To be honest, I'll never understand why designers who produce pricey clothing ask nearly nothing for their perfumes. (Pierre Balmain, anyone?)
BRONZE reminds me a lot of Dsquared SHE WOOD: water, woody violets in a pleasing, slightly sweet composition with a bit of an oriental feeling to it. So why is SHE WOOD a famous perfume and BRONZE relegated to the dust bin of perfume history in less than a year?
I don't know. But let us violet lovers simply rejoice that this sort of trouvaille can be had for so little money. Although this perfume is not niche, it is solid designer fare. I would rank this as equivalent in quality to any of the Salvatore Ferragamo perfumes. This means, too, that there is a bit of luck to a spritz. Sometimes it will go well, and sometimes there will be a bit of an unpleasant waft, especially up top. But the drydown is worth the wait, and I am happy to have picked up a gift set of this obscure but enjoyable designer fragrance.
Some of the Ellen Tracy perfumes I like a lot, above all, TRACY. Others are just okay, including ELLEN TRACY and LINDA ALLARD. One of them, ELLEN (the one in the white box), smelled yucky and sour to me when I tested it once at the store (again, TJMAXX). I find that BRONZE falls into the plus column of this designer's somewhat puzzling list of perfume offerings.
This must be a sign of the times: with new perfumes proliferating like rabbits, marketers need to be savvy in order to capture their intended consumers' attention--and perfume wallet share. Of course, the fate of BRONZE could also be indicative only of the peculiarly incompetent marketers chez Ellen Tracy. To be honest, I'll never understand why designers who produce pricey clothing ask nearly nothing for their perfumes. (Pierre Balmain, anyone?)
BRONZE reminds me a lot of Dsquared SHE WOOD: water, woody violets in a pleasing, slightly sweet composition with a bit of an oriental feeling to it. So why is SHE WOOD a famous perfume and BRONZE relegated to the dust bin of perfume history in less than a year?
I don't know. But let us violet lovers simply rejoice that this sort of trouvaille can be had for so little money. Although this perfume is not niche, it is solid designer fare. I would rank this as equivalent in quality to any of the Salvatore Ferragamo perfumes. This means, too, that there is a bit of luck to a spritz. Sometimes it will go well, and sometimes there will be a bit of an unpleasant waft, especially up top. But the drydown is worth the wait, and I am happy to have picked up a gift set of this obscure but enjoyable designer fragrance.
Some of the Ellen Tracy perfumes I like a lot, above all, TRACY. Others are just okay, including ELLEN TRACY and LINDA ALLARD. One of them, ELLEN (the one in the white box), smelled yucky and sour to me when I tested it once at the store (again, TJMAXX). I find that BRONZE falls into the plus column of this designer's somewhat puzzling list of perfume offerings.
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