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Notes05/16/2016
WildGardener
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WildGardener
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Poor man's Eau Sauvage
There is a steady trickle of wine makers coming to sharpen their olfactory skills at Cinquième Sens - the perfumery workshop in Paris.
Wine and perfume have more in common than a bouquet, they are luxury in a bottle; they both stimulate the senses and appeal to our emotions. But, there is an anonomly in the way they are marketed.
For whatever reason, wine is priced by quality, Vin Ordinaire is cheaper than Veuve Clicquot. No such transparency in perfume.
Grès released Pour Homme in 1965. It was a flat and plodding citrus woody cologne that was, no doubt, being sold at the same price as all the other stuff ie. not cheap. Then, within a year, came Eau Sauvage.
If Table Wine and Champagne were the same price, which would you choose?
Poor Grès didn't have a chance.
Wine and perfume have more in common than a bouquet, they are luxury in a bottle; they both stimulate the senses and appeal to our emotions. But, there is an anonomly in the way they are marketed.
For whatever reason, wine is priced by quality, Vin Ordinaire is cheaper than Veuve Clicquot. No such transparency in perfume.
Grès released Pour Homme in 1965. It was a flat and plodding citrus woody cologne that was, no doubt, being sold at the same price as all the other stuff ie. not cheap. Then, within a year, came Eau Sauvage.
If Table Wine and Champagne were the same price, which would you choose?
Poor Grès didn't have a chance.
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