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05/16/2016
BrianBuchanan
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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 a peculiarity in the way they are sold.
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 woody-citrus cologne, and was - no doubt - being sold at the same price as all the other stuff i.e. 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 a peculiarity in the way they are sold.
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 woody-citrus cologne, and was - no doubt - being sold at the same price as all the other stuff i.e. 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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