...Seatonica:How do they make money?Go to any big department store or better, Sephora and just spend hours watching the people that go there and that happily buy every latest release just because it is new, I never got it, guys that need to ask the SA for the ultimate panty dropper or girls buying the latest fresh or floral fragrance. The amount of sales in a day is crazy and when a special holiday arrives then it is incredible. As Chandler Burr stated in the BBC documentary Perfume "People have already been trained to move on to the next thing" he also said that fragrance is the best way of monetizing celebrity and brand and that is so true, how many guys buy a fragrance just to have a piece of a designer, it is very likely that the amount of money they make with fragrances outweighs the brand itself. It is very normal to own any Dolce & Gabbana fragrance, but a pice of clothing is another story.

...LovingTheAlien:killing the artThe way I see it now is:Designer: ACCESSORYNiche: ART Although there are bad and good fragrances in both markets and sadly (at least for me) people seem to enjoy more what they already know and what they can process as nice or not. I once wore Incense Rose by Tauer at Christmas and none of my family or friends knew what to say about the scent, they were confused and some of them didn't want to be near me at all, it is very sad because some tard wearing le male got all the compliments of the night and smiles, but it didn't affect me... I felt like a king as if I was such a connoisseur who could appreciate the fragrance like nobody could. Just sharing an experience. Of course I agree with you Allen, there is just nothing we can do.

...Indeed, the more synthetics appear the more the cheap stuff get to see the light of day and the thing is very good brands like D&G, YSL, Gucci and countless others are now playing that part due to the giants controlling them. I am particularly sad for YSL, I always thought that L'Homme was amazing UNTIL I got the chance to try Opium and it blew me away so much that I could finally comprehend why everyone seemed to be mad at the new YSL releases. I even said to the sales assistant that I could not believe I had to go back 18 years to find something as exciting in the designer line and she was like what are you talking about, haven't you tried the new Libre?? and that is another point, if you are not a fragrance enthusiast chances are you have no idea what happens behind the curtain and that gives the giants the power to continue doing what they want, if they cut down quality who cares... well, we do but sadly i'm pretty sure that fume heads are not the biggest income. This may never change, in fact it may get worse.

...Amouage Memoir Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBwa8nqtrisDior Homme Intense http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3nBuwOPu8AMDCI Invasion Barbare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNVCD1dsnJIDior Fahrenheit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiaOFOMPOBc